World Studies

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World Studies

• By
• Becky Garrett
• Melissa Walker
• Alma Veldman

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AMERICAN HERITAGE
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American HeritageWeb Pages
100 Years Ago Christmas http//www.spacestar.net/u
sers/disyme/xmas.html American Memory From The
Library Of Congress http//lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem A
n American Time Capsule http//memory.loc.gov/amme
m/rbpehtml
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American HeritageWeb Pages (Contd)
The Time Page http//www.seanet.com/pamur/time.ht
ml U. S. History Interactive http//www.geocities
.com/Area51/station/5052/History.ht
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American HeritageActivities

• Students will create time line from a specific
  time in history
• Students will create amendments for their
  classroom
• Students will take a field trip to the Museum Of
  Natural History

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American HeritageActivities (Contd)

• Students will discuss the different types of
  transportation and how it has changed and make a
  graph
• Students will make jewelry like some they have
  seen from history

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PEOPLE IN SOCIETIES
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People in SocietiesWeb Pages

• First Nations Histories
• http//www.tolatsga.org/Compacts.html
• Afronet
• http//wwwafronet.com
• Anacostia Museum Center For African American
  History and Culture
• http//www.si.edu/organiza/museums/anacost/start.h
  tm

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People in SocietiesWeb Pages (Contd)

• Jewish Community Online Resources
• http//jewish.com/search/Israel
• German Ways
• http//www.germanways.com

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People in SocietiesActivities

• Students will listen to Guest Speaker John Glenn
• Students will take a field trip to the Neil
  Armstrong Museum
• Students will research a famous Ohioan and give
  an oral report dressed up as that person

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People in Societies Activities (Contd)

• Students will take a field trip to Serpent
  Mound/Miamisburg Mound
• Students will take a field trip and see a
  performance of Blue Jacket

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WORLD INTERACTIONS
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World Interactions Web Pages
Mapquest http//www.mapquest.com/ Online Maps,
Tables, and Databases http//perrynet.stark.k12.oh
.us/webunits/Grade4/Ohio/default.html American
Indians and the Natural World http//www.clpgh.org
/cmnh/exhibits/north-south-east-west/
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World InteractionsWeb Pages (Contd)
InterAct http//www.interaction.org Flags of the
World http//www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/
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World InteractionsActivities

• Students will create geographical maps of a
  different country and identify lakes, rivers,
  etc.
• Students will list foreign companies doing
  business in Ohio
• Students will find Ohio companies conducting
  business in other countries and create a chart
  showing goods and services produced in other
  nations, but purchased in Ohio.

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World Interactions Activities (Contd)

• Students will study Russian architecture and
  create buildings in that style.
• Students will study Egyptian hieroglyphs and try
  to interpret an authentic hieroglyphic message.

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DECISION MAKING RESOURCES
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Decision Making ResourcesWeb Pages

• SelectSmart
• http//www.selectsmart.com
• A Web Based Interactive Stock Market
• Learning Project for K-12
• http//www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/RSE/RSEyellow/gnb.htm
  l
• Net Resources for Educators
• http//www.ncsa.uiuc.edu80/edu/ilm/resources/educ
  ators/ subject/SRESeconomy.html

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Decision Making and Resources Web Pages (Contd)

• Consumer Reports
• http//www.consumereports.com
• Women in Decision-Making
• http//www.db-decision.de

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Decision Making Resources Activities

• Students will use the Women in Decision-Making
  website to research a famous woman in European
  politics.
• Students will go shopping in various catalogs
  with a set amount of money to spend. They must
  decide what to buy taking into account all costs.
• Students will use a decision-making grid with
  established criteria to compare choices in a
  decision.

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Decision Making Resources Activities (Contd)

• Students will research and report the general
  factors that people make when buying an expensive
  item. (i.e. car, appliance, house, etc)
• Students will decide how to spend the class
  extra free time at the end of the week.

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DEMOCRATIC PROCESS
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Democratic ProcessesWeb Pages

• Democracy.net
• http//www.democracy.net
• Politics and Democracy
• http//www.americascanada.org/politics/democratic/
  democratic-e.asp
• Direct Democracy Center
• http//www.realdemocracy.com

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Democratic ProcessesWeb Pages (Contd)

• Inside the White House
• http//www.pbs.org/weta/whitehouse/
• Inauguration 2001
• http//www.pbs.org/newshour/inauguration

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Democratic ProcessesActivities

• Students will hold a mock election in class.
• Students will role play as the president for a
  day, making decisions about different events that
  a president might actually experience (meetings
  with Cabinet members, speeches to the public,)
• Students will pose their own solutions for
  overcoming the National Debt

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Democratic Processes Activities (Contd)

• Students will identify major services provided by
  the federal government
• Students will create "quilt squares" illustrating
  famous people in politics the individual squares
  will be combined to make one large quilt.

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CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS RESPONSIBILITIES
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Citizenship RightsWeb Pages

• Stand Up for Your Rights
• http//www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/kids/civilrights
• Inside the Voting Booth
• http//www.pbs.org/democracy/kids/
  vote/index.html
• American Civil Rights Review
• http//webusers.anet-stl.com/civil/

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Citizenship RightsWeb Pages (Contd)

• The Institute for Citizenship
• http//www.citizen.org.uk
• Active Citizenship
• http//www.activecitizenship.org

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Citizenship RightsActivities

• Students will develop a plan for helping to fight
  slavery.
• Students will explore the nature of rules and
  then work in small groups to create their own
  charter for a club.
• Students will pinpoint causes and propose
  solutions to increase vote participation

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Citizenship Rights Activities (Contd)

• Students will identify problems in 19th century
  New York City, compare them to problems in their
  own area, and brainstorm possible solutions
• Students will explore issues
  in their own community and
  write PSAs for local
  media distribution.

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CONCLUSION
All of the activities and websites included in
this presentation can (and should) be used in an
elementary school classroom within the Social
Studies curriculum. We feel as though each of
these activities will enhance the students
knowledge of world studies.