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Write! Social Studies
Historical Correspondence
What might Abraham Lincoln and Sojourner Truth have written to each other? Benito Mussolini and Franklin Delano Roosevelt? Dwight Eisenhower and Anne Frank? Or characters from different times such as1
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What might Abraham Lincoln and Sojourner Truth have written to each other? Benito Mussolini and Franklin Delano Roosevelt? Dwight Eisenhower and Anne Frank? Or characters from different times such as O. J. Simpson and Clarence Darrow? In this activity, students write the correspondence between the historical figures.
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Word Associations
What comes to mind when you hear the word “Democracy?” Words and phrases evoke feelings associated with the topic. In this activity, students write about what they know or how they feel about the top1
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What comes to mind when you hear the word “Democracy?” Words and phrases evoke feelings associated with the topic. In this activity, students write about what they know or how they feel about the topic and share with a partner. This activity can be used as an anticipatory set to assess what students already know or as a culminating review to assess what students have learned.
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Compare and Contrast
Social Studies is loaded with great topics to compare and contrast. Students can compare and contrast historical events, historical figures, parties, laws and much more. By comparing and contrasting,1
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Social Studies is loaded with great topics to compare and contrast. Students can compare and contrast historical events, historical figures, parties, laws and much more. By comparing and contrasting, students learn about the details of topics being studied and develop strong analytical skills. In this activity, students brainstorm how two things are similar and different and write compare and contrast essays on the topic.
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The Me Map
In this activity, students mark on a map of the world where they and their ancestors came from. Students write about their cultural background and share it with teammates. This activity promotes appr1
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In this activity, students mark on a map of the world where they and their ancestors came from. Students write about their cultural background and share it with teammates. This activity promotes appreciation of cultural diversity, geography knowledge and makes the content more personally relevant.
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Interview History's Celebrities
If Benjamin Franklin was alive today, what would you ask him? What would you ask Susan B. Anthony? In this activity, students brainstorm interview questions to ask historical figures then write a fic1
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If Benjamin Franklin was alive today, what would you ask him? What would you ask Susan B. Anthony? In this activity, students brainstorm interview questions to ask historical figures then write a fictitious interview with the character and share it with teammates.
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Some Interesting Consequences
Science is full of causal relationships. If bobcats die, deer multiply, deer eat the ground cover causing mice and rabbits to starve. With fewer mice and rabbits, raptors starve too. In this activity1
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Science is full of causal relationships. If bobcats die, deer multiply, deer eat the ground cover causing mice and rabbits to starve. With fewer mice and rabbits, raptors starve too. In this activity, students explore the consequences of different actions, draw a diagram and write about the consequences.
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Cause and Effect
What caused the Great Depression? How about World War II? What caused the westward movement? In this activity, students explore the various causes of historical events.
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Animal Adaptations
Urbanization spells doom for the species that cannot adapt and survive in the new environment. Hawks, foxes, deer and other animals have found ways to live in a city environment. Falcons, for example1
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Urbanization spells doom for the species that cannot adapt and survive in the new environment. Hawks, foxes, deer and other animals have found ways to live in a city environment. Falcons, for example, nest high above the city on the ledges and niches of skyscrapers. In this activity, students explore adaptation different animals have made or would need to make with urbanization.
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Analyze Cause and Effect
If you dump motor oil on the ground, then you pollute your drinking water. If every inch of an urban area is paved, then human behavior is affected. If birds are plentiful, then insect population is1
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If you dump motor oil on the ground, then you pollute your drinking water. If every inch of an urban area is paved, then human behavior is affected. If birds are plentiful, then insect population is reduced. In this activity, pairs investigate the scientific causes of a given effect and make a poster illustrating the cause-effect relationships. Pairs share their posters with another pair and students independently write about the cause-effect relationship of the topic of investigation.
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I Want to Know
Students, like scientists, are naturally curious. In this activity, students generate questions they have about a new topic. After studying the topic, students answer their own questions. This activi1
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Students, like scientists, are naturally curious. In this activity, students generate questions they have about a new topic. After studying the topic, students answer their own questions. This activity creates interest and helps in deciding where students need attention or where their knowledge is already fairly solid.