Title and/or Topic:
Explorers (Early European)
Names and Schools of Authors:
Joan Knapp--Kimball Elementary; Pam Thompson, Russ Weimer, Nancy Schaub (Roosevelt Elementary)--Scottsbluff Public Schools
Student Characteristics:
Upper Elementary
Rationale:
Historical Impact
Multicultural Perspective
Geographical Movement
List of Themes This Lesson Will Use:
Time, Continuity, and Change
Global Connections
Culture
People, Places, and Environment
Science, Technology, and Society
Social Studies Standards:
Students will be able to broaden their understanding of the past and their historical roots.
Students will examine the economic motivations of the explorers.
Students will develop their spatial views and geographic perspectives.
Students will make connections between the current technological advances in transportation and that of the explorers.
Procedures:
- Each group of students is responsible for researching a specific group of explorers (jigsawing using cooperative learning).
- Examples may include areas such as maps, illustrations, written reports, student generated questions and answers, cooperative learning strategies.
- Information is gathered from text, reference materials, computer databases, etc.
Evaluation:
Presentation of small group project to entire class.
Teacher Tips and Tricks:
Excellent cooperative learning activity--children teach other children. Each team keeps all supplies in one folder which assists the groups interdependence.
Groups are selected by teacher prior to lessons to obtain a heterogenous grouping
Resources Needed:
social studies texts
reference materials
maps
illustrations
computer access drawing folders
drawing paper
colored pencils
markers
rulers
writing paper
3 x 5 cards
poster board
Technology Component: (optional)
computer generated encyclopedia
e-mail access to other countries and students
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