11th Grade Social Studies & History Lesson (by date, oldest first)

This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed.

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Who doesn't like a scavenger hunt? Students will find this North America Scavenger Hunt motivating, and it will encourage students to examine the physical, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of North America, including Canada, the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. This is the perfect activity to introduce to begin your North America unit or as a follow-up activity at the end of the unit.

For this activity, provide each student with a student activity sheet. Students will work in collaborative groups of two to four, depending on their class ability and experience working in cooperative groups using the Internet, books, and other resources that are available to them.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

• 1 student activity sheet, North America chart, and map for each student—although they are working in groups, each student needs to have questions and answers for their notes.
• World population density map (attached)
• Physical world map
• Atlases
• Computer stations
• Reference books from the library
• Geography books

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Geography teachers, are you always looking for a great Getting To Know You back-to-school geography icebreaker activity for the beginning of the year for all ages? This activity will encourage your students to become familiar with their classmates as they work in groups and rotate through various stations. What a great introduction to basic geography skills such as graphs, charts, maps, and the concept of culture. It truly teaches geography skills all the while allowing students to collaborate, have fun, and get to know one another.

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What a great and fun way to have your students not only get to know their classmates but also begin to understand the concept of geography! This is an easy-to-prepare, back-to-school beginning-of-the-year geography icebreaker activity that can be implemented in geography, world history, or other social studies classes. Your students will enjoy the interaction with other students as they learn about how geography surrounds them.

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This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed.

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Students will find this scavenger hunt on Central and South America both fun and motivating, It will encourage students to examine the physical, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of Central and South America. This is the perfect introductory activity to begin your unit.

For this activity, provide each student with a student activity sheet. Students will collaborate and work in groups of two to four, depending on your class and ability and experience in working in cooperative groups.

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Station Activities

Station 1: Create a mind map of problems in Latin America

Station 2: Finish Me Story Cooperative Writing Assignment

Station 3: Learn a Latin American Song

Station 4: What Time is it? Reading a time zone map.

Station 5: Latin America Current Events

Station 6: Latin America Skit

Station 7: (Individual Assignment) Reflective Journal

Station 8: Culminating Activity: Student will present their products.

This lesson is set up for students to work in cooperative teams of 3-4 at Stations 1-6. At station Station 7, students will complete the journaling activity individually, as it is a time of reflection. Station 8 will require students to choose a finished product or activity and present it to the class. Use the grading rubric to assess the students.

Instructor Preparation

1. Arrange desks into six different stations.

2. Place a stamp at each station.

3. Copy and place any reproducible at each station. Laminate when necessary.

4. Make sure you have a timer so that you can monitor the time spent at each station. This lesson is set up for 15-minute stations; however, you may find that you need more or less time. Make modifications as needed.

5 Provide each student with a Latin America Passport. A blank is provided in the case that you need to change the reward system.

6. For some stations you may need Internet access, iPads if available, and a way to play mp4s from iTunes or from a CD, etc. Read the Station Preparation for each station listed under each Teacher Guide.

Lesson Includes 36 Pages of:

All handouts, Instruction Sheets, Station Instructions, Study Activity Sheets, Teacher Instructions, Teacher Preparation, Grading rubrics, etc.

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Take your students into today's world and its current environmental, human, and cultural situations.

Students will learn about current events in our world while exploring the 5 geographical themes — location, place, movement, human-environment interaction, and region. The five geography themes enable you to discuss and explain people, places, and environments of the past and present. This is a higher-level thinking skill assignment for grades 6-12 and can be modified by the instructor for various learning levels. Incorporates students' creative side and music, and provides hands-on learning to reach all different types of learners. All instructions and resources are included.

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This lesson has been very successful in teaching students about civil rights in China under communism through examining China's Tiananmen Square Protest also considered a Massacre. In addition to teaching civil rights, it explores the similarities and differences between government types Communism and Democracy. This is great for Social Studies courses, such as; Geography, World History, and Government

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Students respond positively when music is incorporated into the lesson —THEY LISTEN AND THEY LEARN! Music is a great tool to get and keep students' attention. Try it! You will be pleased with the results.

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A FUN WAY TO STUDY 20TH-CENTURY PEOPLE AND EVENTS!

Save yourself hours and hours of planning with this all-in-one, ready-to-use lesson.

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Students will love this study! This lesson engages students with the incorporation of music, collaboration, and student autonomy and choice. All lessons can be modified for grades 6-12 to meet the learning abilities and levels of the students you teach, from class to class or year to year.

Through this lesson, students will view a PowerPoint and use the Bingo Listening Guide as the introduction to the lesson, Students will experience Billy Joel's 1989 Hit: We Didn't Start The Fire which depicts major events and people who influence the 20th Century. Then they will move on to continue to work in collaborative groups choosing which person or event from the 20th Century they wish to study, using the 20th Century Timeline Event Cards. Students will participate in research and a class presentation, then post their events on the wall to create a timeline of events.

This lesson took 15+ hours to plan, design, and tweaked.

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· Introduction PowerPoint (54 slides with music that can be removed)

· Detailed written instruction for the teacher: Introduction, procedure, wrap-up and
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· PowerPoint Bingo Listening Guides (3 variations)

· Copies of Song Lyrics - copies for groups

· Sound system to play the song by American Musician Billy Joel: We Didn’t Start the
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· 20th Century Timeline Event Cards (People & Events)

· Research material and access to the Internet

· Tape - used to place the notecards on the walls of the classroom in the form of a
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· Grading Rubric

· Exit Cards

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This is a great way to get students moving, collaborating and learning about Latin America Geography! This lesson/activity encourage students to develop higher-level thinking skills. The more they practice, the better their thinking strategies will become.

Students will complete a K-W-L Chart prior to the lesson while watching a suggested Intro video to peak their interest.

Students will work in teams and will rotate around (like a carousel) from one picture to another, spending 1-2 minutes at each and brainstorming the answers to the questions on each. Students will write their ideas on the chart paper at each station. Allow students add additional knowledge/terms to the chart if they wish. This will act as an extension of their learning.

Students will develop a one sentence summary of the main ideas and present it to the class. Students will be given blank maps to fill in the ideas presented as a listening/comprehension activity.

This lesson includes:

°Printable K-W-L Chart

°Teacher Instruction and Assessment Guide

°12 pages of printable photos for stations

°Suggested articles and videos

°23 pages of instruction, printables, assessment guide, suggested

additional resources.

°Includes introductory activity, class activity, whole class instruction

activity, and closure activity.

It is at the teachers discretion on how to assess the students understanding and knowledge gained.

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How important is teaching globalization and economic interdependence?

Globalization and Interdependence describes the relationships of mutual dependence between all elements and life forms (including humans) within and across cultures, environments, and social systems. Today, more than ever before, globalization and interdependence are part of our everyday local lives. We are linked to others on every continent even if we don't realize it. We are linked through social media and telecommunications, the movement of people and ideas (culture), international trade, the environment as we share the planet, and through international political relations and regulations. The easiest way to teach interdependence no matter one's age is to address international trade. Help your students understand globalization and interdependence through this lesson Economic Interdependence and Globalization.

Note: This lesson has been reviewed by multiple geography teachers.

OBJECTIVE:
• The learner will understand the purpose of globalization.
• The learner will understand economic interdependence through international trade.
• The learner will be able to explain the difference between imports and exports.
• The learner will be able to identify cause and effect of economic interdependence and international
trade.

MATERIALS:
• Student Globalization and Economic Interdependence Reading Activity • Let’s Trade Game Instructions and Game Cards
• Space for students to stand in a large circle
• Large Ball of Yarn
• Exit Cards

PREPARATION:
• Print out the Global Trade & Economic Interdependence card, cut, and laminate
• Roll the yard into a large ball to make it easy to toss.

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Political cartoons are a great way to allow students to express their viewpoints and concerns through a creative alternative outlet. This includes a handout to provide students on "How To Create a Political Cartoon," along with samples and suggested online sites that allow students to create their political cartoons online.

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What a fun way to learn how to read a time zone map! If you are doing this at the beginning of the year, it's probably football season, too. Your students will have fun playing football while learning how to read a time zone map. Your students won't feel like they are learning through all the fun! My students love this game!

This is football with a twist and modified for time limitations. Please always feel free to modify our lessons to meet the needs of your students and time restrictions. Enjoy!

OBJECTIVES:

(1) The learner will become familiar with a 24-hour (universal) clock.

(2) The learner will learn and use the meanings of a.m. and p.m. appropriately.

(3) The learner will review the Eastern and Western Hemispheres and will understand when traveling west, one subtracts time, and when traveling east, one adds time.

(3) The learner will become familiar with reading a time zone map.

(4) The learner will demonstrate an understanding of time zone changes

by calculating the time at different degrees of longitude.

MATERIALS:

• Game Pieces: Footballs, Game board, 16 Game Cards
• Some Form of Projector to Project the game onto the board,
  wall, or large-screen computer.
• Time Zone Game Instructions
• Exit Tickets
  Patience. This can be a difficult concept.

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Use the 5 Geography Themes of geography to captivate your students to explore today's, world — from North America to Africa to Asia and beyond. Take a journey into the world's current political, social, and cultural situations. Students will learn about current situations and issues going on in our world today while exploring and or reviewing the 5 Geographical Themes through this geography lesson. Students will be provided a choice board, which has been shown to improve remote learning in our virtual classrooms, increasing student engagement and ownership, and even making our students more eager to dig into their assessments and homework.

This a higher-level thinking skill assignment for grades 6-12 and can be modified by the instructor for various learning levels. Incorporates students**' creative side and provides hands-on learning** to reach all different types of learners.

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Why do maps change? How do boundaries change?

There are may political, economic, and social factors that reshape our world and our maps. Students will participate in the introductory PowerPoint presentation and will visit historical events that have shaped our world and today's maps. This is a great lesson to incorporate into your maps unit. It goes beyond the basics and broadens the students' scope of understanding.

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OBJECTIVE:

• The learner will understand factors which shaped our maps, such as colonization, decolonization, war, and regions claiming and gaining independence, etc.
• The learner will explore historical events that shaped today’s map.
• The learner will identify social, historical, and economic factors that reshape maps.

MATERIALS:

• Make multiple copies of each “Events that Shaped Our World” activity sheets.
• Access to the Internet for research purposes.
• Powerpoint Identifying social, historical and economic factors that shaped our maps
  This & That Introductory Game
• Maps or atlases for student to use a references. If you don’t have these, find a map with political boundaries for each country and state of United States or each team.
• Colored pencils for student can draw the before and after maps on their activity sheet.
• Numbers to display on the wall for the Gallery Walk.
• Pad of sticky notes for each group.

INCLUDES:

• Detailed Teacher Guide
• Introductory PowerPoint with This & That Game
• Events that Shaped Our Maps Activity Sheets
• Printable Numbers for Gallery Walk
• Exit Tickets

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This is a great way to get your students excited about studying a historical or current figure. Students use research and inference skills to create a resume for a historical or current figure. The example given is Mao Zedong's Resume'. Students will create an objective as to what job the character is applying. The character's education, work experience, etc. will be included. This will enhance the student's comprehension of who the character is and/or was.

This lesson comes complete with a resume layout pdf form for a simple printout as a guide sheet as well as a fillable PDF that can be given to students to fill in at a computer. for easy modifications. a resume' activity sheet, example resume, and grading rubric.

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Although this lesson plan is written specifically for World History, character maps can be used at antime that you are studying a character or historical individual. This lesson plan is easy to modify for language arts, English, reading, social studies, science, and other content areas. It is easy to use and can be included in your lesson plans time and time again. Students may need some assistance in the beginning stages of the assignment, but once the students understand the concept behind character analysis they will love this activity. All students can be successful in this process. This lesson is specifically designed to explore and analyze Alexander the Great. I have used this teaching technique within my lesson because it is fun , keeps students interest, and they learn from it.

Note: Thumbnails are misconstrued; activity is presented in a nice and neat format.

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A FUN WAY TO INTRODUCE A STUDY 20TH CENTURY PEOPLE AND EVENTS!

Save yourself hours and hours of planning with this all-in-one, ready-to-use lesson. This lesson includes the PowerPoint & Listening Guide.

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Students will love this PowerPoint & Listening Guide! This lesson engages students with the incorporation of music and collaboration, as students watch the Powerpoint and work with their teammates to answer the questions on the Bingo Listening Guides.

Through this lesson, students will view a PowerPoint and use the Bingo Listening Guide as the introduction to the lesson, students will experience Billy Joel's 1989 Hit: We Didn't Start The Fire, which depicts major events and people who influence the 20th Century.

NOTE:The song on the PowerPoint is a free song, but can be removed or muted in order to play Billy Joel's We Didn't Start the Fire, easily downloaded on iTunes or can be obtained using Pandora or Spotify. Legality reason will not allow one to sell a copyrighted song in their materials.

This lesson took 5+ hours to plan, design, and tweaked.

INCLUDES

· Introduction PowerPoint (54 slides with music that can be removed)

· Detailed written instruction for the teacher: Introduction, procedure, wrap-up and
more!

· PowerPoint Bingo Listening Guides (3 variations)

· Copies of Song Lyrics - copies for groups

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In our global society, our students need to understand how **cultures are developed **and how they adapt to and adopt practices and beliefs from others through cultural diffusion. As students understand cultures vs subcultures, it will help them navigate and appreciate the diverse world we live in. In this lesson, students will look at "the American culture" vs its subcultures.

Students will enjoy working in **cooperative groups **to create a collage that illustrates various American subcultures. This activity will require them to use **higher-order thinking skills **as they analyze, compare, and evaluate American culture alongside its subcultures.

Additionally, students will complete a short preliminary assignment in which they will interpret a political cartoon. This approach caters to** visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners** in grades 5 through 12, ensuring that even older students will find it engaging!

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No two students enter a classroom with identical abilities, experiences, and needs. Learning style, language proficiency, background knowledge, readiness to learn, and other factors can vary widely within a single class group.

Need a lesson plan that motivates your students to** work cooperatively** while **self/peer teaching **through his/her own interests? Can't find time to spend hours creating a multiple intelligence's lesson? This lesson can be **used multiple times throughout the year **and is written to be versatile to almost any subject or topic being studied.

Differentiated instruction is based upon the belief that students learn best when they make connections between the curriculum and their diverse interests and experiences.

This Resource Includes:

• Teacher instructions
• Interest checklist
• Student instructions for each activity
• Graphic organizers
• Grading rubric
• Note-taking handout

It is important that our student have fun as they are learning! Implement this group cooperating activity as a means of teaching your students the cultural, geographical, governmental and economics of South America. This scavenger hunt has a twist as it is not only a hunt, but also a game all in one. This lesson can be modified to only be used as a scavenger hunt if needed.

The goal of the game is to earn the most points without answering the same questions twice. Students will take turns rolling die to determine which question they will attempt to answer. They will be given 60 seconds and resources to help in determining the answer if they do not already know it. Students will have a blast! Before you know it, class will be over and they will have gained/reviewed a wealth of knowledge.

This Lesson May Be Used For the Following:

• Introductory Activity

• Assessment Preparation

• End-of-Unit Review

• Before-a-Holiday Activity

This lesson Includes:

• South America Double-Die Board Game Reproducible (36 questions)

• Zip File Includes the Original Word Document of the Game Board for Teacher Question Modification

• Included in the Zip File is a PDF of the Full Version of the Lesson.

• Answer Sheet Reproducible

• Game Instructions (May be reproduced for groups if needed)

• Teacher Instructions and Preparation

• Suggestions for Purchasing Affordable Sand Timers.

Requirements and Tools:

• 1-minute hourglass for each team. If not available, make sure each team has someone with a stop watch or other means of timing.

• 1 Set of Dice Per Group

Permissions are given to the purchaser to made modifications to the game board using the Word document provided in the zip fie. No other modifications may be made to this document.

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