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High School Social Studies Lesson Plans Number 151 to 200
- Blowing in the Wind
- Boundary Ballads
- Break a Leg
- Build a Whale of a Crittercam
- Business Ownership: How Sweet It Can Be!
- Business Ownership: The Franchise Option
- Buying vs. Renting
- Can Captive Breeding Save Species?
- Capital Investments: Human v. Physical
- Car Loan Project
- Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": Bringing a Great City Alive
- Certain Crimes Against the United States: Consequences of the Sedition Act
- Changes to the CPI Index
- Changing Nature's Course: A Look at the Kissimmee River
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper" -- Writing Women
- Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper"-The "New Woman"
- Chaucer's Wife of Bath
- Classroom Cash Incentive Plan
- Climate and CO2: Analyzing Their Relationship
- Clinton Focuses on Environmental Issues in Botswana
- Closing the Gap
- Coastal Development
- Collecting for Fun . . . and Profit?
- College: Where Am I Going to Go?
- Common Visions, Common Voices
- Comparative Economic Systems
- Congressional Committees and the Legislative Process
- Connecting the Dots: Genographic's Markers in Context
- Constitution Costs
- Contaminants in the Water Cycle
- Crack the Code
- Crane Cam: Intended and Unintended Effects of Conservation Efforts
- The US Constitution Power Grab Game- To encourage students to comprehend these points of emphasis and relate them to the study of the three branches of our federal government.
- The Voting Game- Students will be able to classify political parties between the radical-conservative range. Students will identify their interests with a political party.
- The Holocaust- The student will learn about prejudice, racism, and stereotyping in any society.
- Family Newscast- The purpose of the activity is to allow the students to experience what takes place in the production of a newscast or newsmagazine on a specific issue.
- Foreign Language and Culture- Students will list activities which affect the language under study. (i.e. Bastille Day, Chinese New Year, Ramadan, San Gennaro Festival, Cinco De Mayo, Fasching, Oktoberfest, Carnival, Guy Fawkes Day, Boxing Day, Santa Claus Day, and other activities not found in the United States.
- Foreign Policy Simulation- This activity is a simulation in which students role play to solve various foreign policy problems.
- Forming A Government- The lesson finds the students on an island after their ship has wrecked, or their plane has crashed. Food, fresh water, and shelter are in short supply. The students must form a government, develop laws and penalties.
- Free Enterprise: Business Magazine Project- It allows the creative student with poor writing skills an opportunity to express their economic knowledge and earn a grade that is not hampered by their specific learning deficiency.
- Freedom of the Press- : This lesson focuses on the role the press plays as a "watchdog" for the citizenry. By examining who two reporters uncovered the story behind the Watergate break-in, students see not only the benefits of a free press, but also the obstacles that can be placed in the way of reporters trying to gather information.
- Fun With Pacific Northwest Cities and Towns- The major purpose is fun. It also aids the students with map work.
- Funny Money- The purpose of this(one day) lesson is to stress the importance of good attendance, student promptness, and overall student responsibility.
- Genealogy Research- The main purpose of this activity is to create interest and personalize history.
- Geography of the Middle East- It gives the student a visual image of the boundaries of the nation states in the Middle East. The student will also visualize the crisis areas occupied by Israel.
- Government & Economics: The Ties That Bind- The purpose of this activity is to expand the understanding of students in the areas of both economics and government.
- Group Newspaper Presentations- In connection with my World War I Unit, I assign a group presentation. I assign the membership in the groups to make sure that I have certain strengths in each one.
- Have Minorities Gained Acceptance?- Students will cite evidence gathered from magazines about how much Blacks are accepted into the mainstream of American life. They will support their conclusions by writing an answer to an essay question.
- Home Made Political Parties- The purpose of this activity is to provide students with an understanding of the role of political parties in our democracy, by offering them an opportunity to participate in one of the primary activities of any party, writing a platform.
- How Man Negotiates Away His Natural Freedom- Students are assigned readings on John Locke's views on the political nature of man. This is followed by class discussions on ways in which his views were incorporated into the early U.S. political framework and philosophy.
- Human Growth & Development: Aging- The purpose of this unit on aging is to provide experiences and activities to increase students understanding and empathy towards people of many different ages.
- Introduction of Restrictions on Freedom of Speech- Students often times see the Bill of Rights granting them unlimited rights. The need for them to see the limits of those rights are important. This lesson helps them to see those limits.
