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Grade 6 Social Studies: Responses to Global Issues (NGOs)
This project addresses several of the expectations in the Grade 6 Ontario Social Studies Curriculum. Specifically, students learn about Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and how Canadian NGOs respond to a variety of crises/disasters around the world. Students choose a recent or current crisis, and an NGO responding to it, to examine in more depth. They create a presentation in a format of their choice. The file includes Teacher Notes (outlining curriculum connections, lesson sequence), ha
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6th
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European Travel Itinerary Project Cultural Geography History Budgeting Editable
The European Travel itinerary Project was created for my 9th grade Cultural Geography class, but it would probably work for a variety of different social studies or life skills classes. This project is fully editable, so you can modify it to fit the needs of your classroom and reflect the specific course you are teaching. The European Travel itinerary Project is designed so students can learn about the geography, culture, history, and political systems of a chosen country in a fun and engaging
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6th - 10th
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Ancient Civilizations Map Projects
This is a collection of map projects I designed over several years of teaching ancient civilizations. I usually begin each new area of study with a look at the geography where the civilization in question developed. Before we move into discussing the people and the culture they developed, my students are required to create their own maps of the location. Throughout each unit of study, we keep a significant focus on how the land and climate of each area contributed to the culture of the civili
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5th - 8th
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Google Maps Activity for Serial Podcast
This 12 page activity provides an in-depth look into the various timelines discussed in the Serial podcast. it also requires students to use critical thinking skills and use technology to make inferences.
Students will begin by plotting 22 various key locations on 4 different maps of Baltimore using the provided addresses and maps.
After they have plotted the locations, students will go through each timeline answering questions regarding drive times from one location t
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8th - 12th
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Inquiry Based Learning Project: RENEWABLE ENERGY
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Renewable energy has become a more popular topic over the past two decades, largely because of rising global temperatures and an increase of climate catastrophes. While many renewable energies have been around for quite a while (solar, geothermal, tidal, etc.), the amount of resources being dedicated to advancing renewable technologies have skyrocketed as we culturally (and politically) understand what our reliance on fossil fuels
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7th - 12th
Also included in: THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
Inquiry Based Learning Project: FAST FASHION
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Fast Fashion has become one of the biggest environmental and human rights issues of the last 15 years - so much so that the fashion industry has been identified as contributing 10% of global CO2 emissions annually! So if we all know it's a problem, why haven't we fixed it?!In this package, students are given a general overview of how inquiry projects work, and are then set loose to dive into an authentic research process. At the e
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6th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
Also included in: THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
Where in the world would you go? Plan a trip project
This project can be utilized in any language or world cultures class. The goal of the project is that students will create and present their plan to travel to a different country (that does not speak English). It walks students through the processes of planning a trip including: finding a hotel, finding a flight, finding things to do, learning key words/phrases, discovering local delicacies, etc. The project culminates with students presenting their project to the class.
This is a fun learning
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6th - 12th
North America Geography Football Franchise Creation Project
The "Made Up North American Football League" gives students the opportunity to choose a city in the United States or Canada and create a football franchise based there. The project works best in association with a unit on North America, or two units on U.S. geography and Canada geography so they have general background knowledge on regions and cities to draw from. (I have also made a version for a Canada/U.S./Mexico version)*The project file linked is a docx, so you can change examples of my own
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7th - 10th
Freshwater Resource Bundle - Printables, Readings, Case Studies, Presentations
This bundle is helpful as it has plenty of ready-to-use resources to help you teach water on earth, and for students to develop their understanding of key concepts related to the topic.These key concepts include, but not limited to:Water distribution on EarthAccess to freshwater & sustainabilityWater sourcesWater issues & solutionsWater scarcityWater stressCase Studies/Info Sheets (Danube River, Murray Darling Basin, Israel, Tigris, Euphrates, South Africa, China, India, Aral Sea)Aquifer
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7th - 12th
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Sports Franchise - Economics Research Project - with Rubric
Students will enjoy and opportunity to create their own professional sports franchise...everything from creating uniforms, logo's, to mascots. This is a great opportunity to identify basic economic terms. It is also a great cross-curriculum tool as it covers many social science areas-geography, reading, writing, technology, and math. Points to highlight: Supply and Demand, Location, Goods and Services, economic impact, population density (geography), gentrification (geography) social mobility
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8th - 12th
Planning A Road Trip Project
This project requires students to plan a road trip within the United States. It covers many aspects of Geography (using roads, directions, finding attractions, etc.) and requires use of Mathematics for budgeting.
Students will plot out the cities they plan to go to, the hotels they will stay at, the attractions they will visit, and miles driven. They will also write journal entries and create a postcard from one of their cities.
They will use actual prices (computers will be needed for resear
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7th - 8th
Ecosystem Research Project
Ecosystem Research Project includes:*Parent introduction letter with expectations (2 pages)*Note taking sheet (2 pages)*Grading rubric (1 page)*Photos of student example projects (1 page)This project addresses Tennessee 3rd grade social studies (geography) and science standards. Students research and create a diorama box or poster to represent a specific ecosystem around the world: Ocean- Great Barrier Reef, Grassland- African Savannah, Tundra- Arctic Circle, Temperate Deciduous Forest- Appalach
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2nd - 4th
Travel Brochure Rubric
This is a rubric used at the end of a Geography unit. The rubric covers the five themes of Geography and all of the text features that should be included in a travel brochure when given to tourists. This is one of my students favorite projects! The use Publisher to create their brochures and they can choose any place in Arizona to go. You can also modify it to fit any country in the world.
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4th - 8th
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Biomes, Ecosystems and Movies!!
What do Biomes and Disney movies have in common? Many Disney movies take place in the Earth's diverse biomes. There are four different activities in this mini-unit. *In the first activity, students will use provided websites to fill in a chart of nine different biomes. *In the second activity, students will play a game matching biomes to animated Disney movies. *In the third activity, students will work in groups to research how human activity can affect biomes. *In the fourth activity, I h
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4th - 7th
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Fair-Trade Chocolate Mini-Research Projects
This lesson includes a culminating project for a mini-unit I like to teach in the weeks in advance of Halloween to raise awareness about the problem of widespread child slavery and trafficking in the global cocoa industry mostly centered in Cote d’Ivoire and Ghana.I teach this unit during my semester-long Latin America & the Caribbean unit in which I focus on many world historical products that define social and economic relations internationally such as sugar, bananas, and coffee. The choco
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6th - 12th
Global Food Security Webquest
Sources Updated: 10/27/2021This assignment asks students to visit three websites, as well as find their own sources for new information regarding issues of global food security. I use this in my Global Issues course, but it could be adapted for both Social Studies and Science.This assignment has 4 sections that students research. Pt. 1: Definitions and Causes: Students identify food security (high, marginal, low, very low), as well as research causes for food insecurity. (links provided to appro
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7th - 12th, Adult Education
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Immigration Digital Scrapbook Project
When discussing immigration patterns to the United States, I have students select any country of their choice that they would like to "immigrate" to for employment purposes.
They then create a "digital scrapbook" using PowerPoint in order to demonstrate an understanding of their new country as well as explore what life would be like living in a foreign country as an immigrant.
The project is detailed in four major sections with a specific checklist that can help students stay focused and accom
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5th - 12th
AP Human Geography Internet Activity Population Pyramid
I created this product to help AP Human Geography teachers who like to incorporate technology into their class.
This Internet activity takes the students to a website to analyze a variety of population pyramids and has a few questions at the end to help in the analysis.
Developed vs. Undeveloped Nations
Students examine demographic data from over 20 different nations. They examine information such as median age, infant mortality, population growth, and literacy and life expactancy to determine if the nations are Developed or Underdeveloped nations.
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5th - 12th
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AP Human Geography Case Study Final Project
This is a End of Year Final Project for the AP Human Geography Course. This is an independent research based exploration into some current issues of global and local importance: climate change, coral reef loss, deforestation, socialized healthcare, gender equality, etc. Students are asked to conduct research on a single self selected topic and produce two different research based products: a visual presentation and a written essay.The objective of the assignment is to recognize and understand
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9th - 12th, Higher Education
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AP Human Geography - Culture Project
Think about the folk and popular culture traits that exist in your family. Maybe they take form of traditions, food, dance, music, language, stories, or religion! - 5 Paragraph Essay Prompt- Research Skills- Chicago Annotation Practice- Rubric Included
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9th - 12th
Also included in: AP Human Geography Unit 3: Cultural Patterns and Processes Bundle
Inquiry Based Learning Project: MAKE YOUR SCHOOL AN ECO SCHOOL
An Inquiry Based Learning Project your students are going to love!Schools are places where amazing things happen, but they’re also places where a lot of stuff gets wasted: Lights and electronics are left on, thousands of pages of paper are printed but then left unused, the garbage cans overflow with items that should be recycled, and recycling bins almost always have garbage in them! The bad news is that the list of ways our school could be greener is endless. The good news is that our school
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6th - 12th, Adult Education
Also included in: THE INQUIRY BASED LEARNING RESEARCH BUNDLE
TED Talk Viewing Guide: Are We The Last Generation Or The First Sustainable One?
A Viewing Guide to get your class thinking about the importance of Sustainability!Sustainability has been a hot topic in schools for years now, but it almost always comes at the expense of our students feelings of safety and wellbeing. But is that the right approach?In this TED Talk, Hannah Ritchie addresses the anxiety among young people about climate change. She challenges the belief that past generations were sustainable and presents data showing that recent advancements in technology have de
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7th - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education
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Also included in: THE TED TALK BUNDLE
NYCDOE Passport to Social Studies Grade 5: Mexico Case Study Group Project
This project can easily supplement the NYCDOE Passport to Social Studies Mexico Case Study Unit.
It is a student led research based project, which allows students to choose roles in which they learn about a specific aspect of Mexico. Students get to be a geographer, historian, cultural expert, plant/animal expert, etc.
Each role contains various research based questions, that students have used to conduct their research. There is a checklist attached at the end of the project.
Students have
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5th
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