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Lesson Plans
& curriculum support
On this
page are:
Resources
General Lesson Plans
Lesson
Plans for Student's Friend Part 1: prehistory to 1500
Lesson
Plans for Student's Friend Part 2: 1500 to the present
Resources
Articles
and essays
Internet
resources
Maps:
- customized
outline maps
- more
outline maps
Store:
- books
- curriculum
materials
- films
- videos
Textbooks:
- Rethinking
textbooks
- The
Student's Friend concise narrative of world history
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General Lesson Plans
Essay
question format & grading rubric - pdf
This form presents
the essay question to the student, provides a basic format for
answering the question and includes a grading rubric. Insert
your question in the blank area near the top of the form.
Click here for a sample essay
question using this format.
Multi-media
presentation - pdf
Students research a topic and present
a five minute multi-media presentation to the class using at
least two different types of media. Presentations may be scheduled
at times when the class is studying the corresponding historical
content. This 4-page package includes instructions for a one-page
written report to precede the presentation, "Big Questions"
to be addressed, media contract, and grading rubric.
One-page
summary of world history
Research paper package - pdf
This 16-page package
includes complete student instructions for producing a quality
research paper including guides to references, notecards, outlines
and report writing; includes two grading rubric options. Instructions
specify a 3-4 page report (for 9th graders) but the package is
appropriate for any high school grade or paper length. (Revised 9/03)
Sample
unit plan
Seminar,
inner/outer circle format
In many respects this
activity resembles a Socratic seminar, but students manage the
seminar by taking turns discussing prepared questions. Students
learn from one another while the teacher observes. Half the class
discusses while in the inner circle; the other half takes notes
in the outer circle. This package includes guidelines with student
instructions and a scoring sheet for recording student participation.
Guidelines, pdf
- Scoring sheet, pdf
Guidelines,
MS Word - Scoring
sheet, MS Word
Source analysis form - pdf
Students may use this form to analyze
primary and secondary sources including documents, book excerpts,
films, cartoons, etc. (For examples of source analysis activities:
click here.)
Timeline:
Four Eras of History
Why
study history? A brief lesson
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Lesson plans for Part 1: prehistory to 1500
Change
and comparison chart - pdf
-MS
Word
This chart helps students analyze
civilizations; it correlate with the time periods covered in
Part 1. Students maintain one chart for each major civilization.
During the course, students track the development of eight major
aspects of civilization: geography, economy, technology, political,
artistic, religion/philosophy, interaction, and society. Charts
can provide the basis for answering essay questions about change
over time or comparison across cultures.
Film
lesson plans - pdf
Activities include cast of characters,
background info, and questions. Films are available through the
studentsfriend.com
store.
Mapping
the Roman Empire project - pdf
Students work in teams to learn
about an early civilization with extensive international trade
and to hone their map skills by making maps depicting sources
of trade goods, major trade routes and geographic locations.
Necessary background information may be obtained from reference
sources or textbooks. If students use an overhead projector to
project outline maps for tracing, the project goes faster, looks
more professional, and students learn a useful technique for
creating presentation graphics. Includes project requirements
and grading criteria. more info
Timeline activities
A major project designed to
cement knowledge of the chronological sequence of the civilizations
studied during Part 1; also, to generate lasting mental associations
as students create illustrations representing each civilization.
Includes instructions & grading rubric.
A very useful activity for showing
that cultures do not exist in isolation in time or space, that
different cultures exist concurrently and influence their neighbors.
Includes instructions and questions to be answered based on the
findings of the timeline and on prior learning.
Clarifies associations between
the three chronological schemes used to organize history in Part
1 of the Student's Friend: a) the eight time periods associated
with the eight units of study b) the tool cultures of stone,
bronze and iron and c) four eras of history: prehistoric times,
ancient times, middle ages and modern times.
Teacher's cheat sheet for all
three timeline activities.
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Lesson Plans for Part 2: 1500 to the
present
Clothing
imports project - pdf
This project promotes learning
on several levels. Working in groups, students conduct actual
research, compile results, identify findings and present information
graphically. In the process they identify world geographic locations
and learn that the U.S. economy is interconnected with much of
the world. This 6-page package includes teacher suggestions,
student instructions, team roster, homework assignment, tally
sheet, and judges' evaluation sheet.
Current
events activity - pdf
Several current issues are considered
in the last unit of the Student's Friend. To prepare for
this unit, students may complete several current events activities
distributed throughout the course. Includes instructions and
record of assignments on a single page.
Film lesson plans - pdf
Activities include cast of characters,
background info, and questions. Films are available through the
studentsfriend.com
store.
Illustrated
timeline project, Part 2 - pdf
This is a continuation of the
illustrated timeline project from Part 1. It is designed to cement
knowledge of the chronological sequence of the historical developments
studied during Part 2; also, to generate lasting mental associations
as students create illustrations representing each historical
period. Includes instructions and a grading rubric.
Isms activities - pdf
The past two centuries have
been fraught with "isms," the suffix indicating a belief
system or way of looking at the world. This two-part activity
reinforces student understanding of a dozen of these important
but abstract concepts.
Source
Analysis Activities
These two complimentary activities
involving Christopher Columbus and Queen Elizabeth I give students
practice in analyzing and assessing the value of different kinds
of sources.
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