- Chess:
A Game or Rules of Society?- This particular lesson is a one day
activity that can be used almost any time during a Western European
History Unit. At the conclusion of the lesson, each student will be
able to identify the social classes of medieval Europe, and utilize
the chess board and pieces to understand their relationship to each
other.
- Christmas
Around the World- Students are prompted to contrast and compare
traditions/customs of how Christmas is celebrated around the world.
- Cultural
Exchange Through Internet Keypals- Students interact effectively
and work cooperatively with the diverse ethnic and cultural groups of
our nation and world.
- Cultures
and Customs Now and Then- Students will be engage in learning about
the cultures and customs in the past and in the present, by describing
and discussing food, clothing, shelter, and transportation, specifically.
- Data
Gathering: Vietnam- This will further students' knowledge of the
Vietnam era from many different points of view through personal contact
with those directly involved in the Vietnam Era.
- Experiencing
Prejudice and Discrimination- To help students come to understand
the prejudices and discrimination that have existed throughout history
and is a negative part of our society today.
- Exploring
Countries- Given a short lecture on communication, students will
find one (credible) person for each country to converse with and gather
at least three important pieces of information and three experiences
of that person. Given tools and a short lecture, students will create
a tourism web page with links and graphics with 95% accuracy.
- Fun
With Hieroglyphics- This lesson will introduce students to one of
the earliest forms of writing which comes from Ancient Egypt. Hieroglyphics
will come alive to the students as they create their own story in hieroglyphics.
- Funeral
Customs- In this activity, the teacher will teach the concept of
main idea and supporting details, as well as discussing how we gain
information about past cultures.
- Investigating
Culture Traits- Student work groups select past or present global
cultures. Within each work group, students make decisions regarding
1) research/data collection, 2) data analysis, 3) data cards preparation,
and 4) making a research report to the class; having affixed data cards
for each culture trait cell to a matrix board.
- Japanese
Extended Family- Using a flannel board and pre-cut paper dolls,
students will engage in an activity that will assist them in understanding
the concept of the Japanese extended family.
- Japanese
Kite Stories- During a unit on Japan, students will participate
in an activity to assist them in understanding a segment of Japanese
culture.
- Making
Tortillas- Students will describe the daily lives of men and women
who occupied the missions and the role of the Franciscans in the change
of California from a hunter-gatherer economy to an agricultural economy.
- Medieval
Feasts- To familiarize students with a social aspect of the Middle
Ages, with great feast being the focus of this lesson.
- Middle
Ages, The- A complete unit on the middle ages.
- Planninga
Mexican Fiesta in the Classroom- The students and their families
celebrate Mexico's culture by planning and partaking in a fiesta , held
in the students' classroom.
- Population
growth in Europe- Students will be able to understand the importance
of the environment and how it impacted history. Students will be able
to identify environmental problems in history and in their surrounding
environment.
- Prehistory:
Cave Painting- Students will be able to understand the meaning of
cave paintings. Student will be able to understand why early man painted
on caves and why they painted certain objects.
- SC Voices:
Lessons from the Holocaust- Interviews and 12 lessons on the Holocaust.
- Sociologically
Speaking: Persecution of the Jews Before and During World War II-
Students will demonstrate an understanding of how World War II and the
events leading up to the war affected people from all walks of life.
- Teacher's Guide to
the Holocaust- Photographs, movies, sounds, and art of the holocaust.
- The
Story of Sadako and the Art of Origami- This is a lesson that can
be done prior to folding paper fraction strips. Students will understand
how the atom bomb affected Sadako.
- Using
the Internet for Multicultural Education: Learn About a Country-
Students will learn about a country and compare living there to living
in the United States.
- Using
the Internet to Explore Issues: Children's Rights- Students use
reference tools such as dictionaries, almanacs, encyclopedias, and computer
reference programs and research tools such as interviews and surveys
to find the information they need to meet specific demands, explore
interests, or solve specific problems.
- War
in the Pacific- After today's lesson, students - through class discussion
- will be able to identify how the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour
impacted the United States.
- Webbing
Around The World- Students recognize varying social groupings and
institutions, customs, norms, roles, equity, order,and change. Students
interact effectively and work cooperatively with the many ethnic and
cultural groups of our nation and world.
- What
Is a Village?- The activity on villages may be used in connection
with a social studies unit on communities around the world. It may also
be used as part of a lesson on the use of dictionaries in reading/language
arts.
- World
Diplomacy- The student will select an appropriate reference source
to answer a question about relationships between countries.
- World
War II- This lesson can be used to introduce study of World War
II. The lesson introduces topics of cost, scope, and human casualties.
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