Social Studies Strands: Ohio History

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Social Studies Strands Ohio History
ED 317

• Michelle Crabtree
• Krista Brian
• Rebekah Yount
• Amanda Subler

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Table of Contents

• American Heritage
• People in Societies
• World Interactions
• Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
• Democratic Processes
• Decision Making and Resources
• Science, Technology, and Society

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American Heritage

• Activities
• Students will take a field trip to the Union
  Terminal in Cincinnati where they will visit the
  exhibit on the history of the city and collect
  information for a portfolio that they will
  compile on the history and development of Ohio.
• Students will go to see the outdoor drama Blue
  Jacket and follow up the trip with a comparison
  of the factual information that they find on Blue
  Jacket and what occurs in the outdoor drama.

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American Heritage Activities Continued

• Students will visit the Warren County Historical
  Society in Lebanon in order to gather more
  information for their portfolio on Ohio History.
• Students will read the book Flatboats of the
  Ohio and discuss the significance of the
  settlement of the Ohio Valley.
• Students will complete a Simulated Journal entry
  from the perspective of one of the characters
  from the book Flatboats of the Ohio.

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American Heritage web sites

• Www.shakerwssg.org/ceasars_creek_pioneer_villiage.
  html
• www.bluejacketdrama.com/
• www.cincymuseum.org/index.html
• www.signmuseum.com/
• www.acyhs.org

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People In Societies

• Activities
• Students will research the various fesitvals that
  take place in Ohio, and in a groups they will
  create a booth from a festival of their choice.
  As a class you could have a festival day and
  invite parents or other classes to come and
  experience the festivals of Ohio
• Students will fill in a blank map of Ohio with
  the different cultures and their locations. For
  example, the Amish in Holms County, the Shakers
  from Warren County, etc.

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Activities Continued

• Students will take a field trip to the national
  Afro-American Museum and Culture Center in Wilber
  Force, Ohio.
• Students will use a map of the world to show
  where the various ethnic groups of Ohio migrated
  from and when they migrated to Ohio.
• Students will create a Venn diagram comparing the
  heritage, practices, religion, effect on society,
  etc. of the two major cultural groups in Ohio.

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Web pages for People in Societies

• Www.holmscounty.com
• www.gpubsw.com/oac/index.html
• www.ohiokids.org
• www.festivals.org
• www.cwru.edu/affil/shakkhist/shaker.htm

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World Interactions

• Activities
• Students will take a flour,salt, and water
  mixture to create a three dimentional map of Ohio
  featuring the major cities, land formations, and
  water features.
• Students will research the resources and climate
  of Ohio and compare that to another nation in the
  world of their choice.
• Students will research the connection between
  local business in the Dayton area and other parts
  of the world.

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World Interactions Activities Continued

• Having already read Flatboats on the Ohio,
  students will discuss the influence of geography
  on the settlement patterns of Ohio.
• Students will compile a list of cities to visit
  in Ohio and create a puzzle for other students to
  decipher using a coordinate grid system. Once
  students have located the place they will list at
  least one place to visit there or one event of
  historical significance that occurred there.

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World Interactions web sites

• Www.gpsnow.com
• www.rustbelt.com
• www.rcc.org/
• www.geography.about.com
• www.mapquest.com

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

• Activities
• Students will read articles from local newspapers
  that were written in response to local topics or
  issues. They will then respond in their Writing
  Journals whether or not they feel the articles
  were based on the writers opinions, or from
  facts.
• Students will choose one issue that is being
  debated at the state level and will track its
  progress over a months time. They will record
  any progress or decisions made in a Writing
  Journal.

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Citizenship Activities Continued

• Students will form into three groups and will
  each be given an issue that is facing their local
  government. Each group must write a one page
  paper on their opinion of the issue and what the
  town officials should do about the topic. Each
  group must try to persuade the other groups to
  side with them. This activity is just for fun,
  so that students can see how everyone has their
  won opinion about different things, and how
  sometimes local officials try to get voters to
  side with them.

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-Students will write a paragraph to one page
about how a citizen should act, what their
responsibilities are to the community, and what
they should do to help improve the
community. -Students will write a list of
behaviors that reflect how they should behave as
citizens in a classroom. They will explain how
student interact in a classroom to help it
function better and run smoothly. We will
discuss these as a class and make comments.
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Citizenship web sites

• Www.ohioflight.org/
• www.noacsc.org/ohiohist/
• www.ohiohistory.org/africanam/
• www.lkwdpl.org/buckeye/buck08.htm
• www.oplin.lib.oh.us/index.cfm

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Democratic Processes

• Activities
• Students will research one branch of their local
  government and will write a one page report about
  the function and purpose of that branch.
  Students will share their findings with the
  class.
• Students will find and read three newspaper
  articles about their local representative and
  what they have done for their county. Students
  will make a poster that contains these articles
  and a picture of their representative. They will
  also include a paragraph that they have written
  about their representative.

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Democratic Activities Continued

• Students will take a field trip to the county
  courthouse to see how the justice system works in
  their community. They will complete a worksheet
  after they return from the trip. Students will
  also write a one page paper about three things
  they learned from the field trip that they did
  not know before going.
• Students will research one topic that is up for
  debate in the House of Representatives. Students
  will write an opinion paragraph about how they
  feel about the topic. Topics must be approved
  before beginning the project.

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-Students will view the Schoolhouse Rocks video
Im Just a Bill to see how local bills started
in communities like their own become laws make in
Washington D.C.. Students will write about one
safety issue that they feel should be addressed
as a bill.
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Democratic web sites

• Www.statehouse.state.oh.us
• www.ohiokids.org/
• www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/ppf/ohioans/indians
• www.house.state.oh.us/
• www.oplin.lib.oh.us/products/build

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Decision Making and Resources

• Activities
• The students will create a mock budget for the
  classroom. They will do interviews and research
  in creating the budget. They will be given a
  dollar amount that is appropriate and the person
  or group that had the most economical budget will
  get to put the budget into place using fake
  money,etc..
• Students will take a field trip to the local
  Farmers Market to see the use of consumers,
  goods, services, and competition.

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Decision Making Activities Continued

• Students will identify and locate the various
  resources, goods and services of Ohio on a map.
• In groups, students will develop the ideas for a
  new product or service. They then will be trying
  to get others to invest in their product or
  service by using marketing methods (making a
  presentation).
• Students will create a chart that compares and
  contrasts the resources, goods and services of
  their local community to the state of Ohio and to
  the United Sates.

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Decision Making web sites

• Http//whitehousekids.gov/kids/connection/working.
  html
• www.cpsc.gov/kids/kids.html
• www.opoin.lib.oh.us/products/build/index.html
• www.osc.gov.on.ca/en/HeyKids/hk_budgeting.htm
• http//tqjunior.thinkquest.org/3901/

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Science, Technology, and Society

• Activities
• The students will research the Underground
  Railroad and present a power point presentation.
• The students will research their family ancestry
  to find out if any of their family members were
  from Ohio. Students may use a variety of sources
  on the internet and various other options. If
  the student is not from Ohio then that student
  may research the state that they believe they are
  from.
• The students will be asked to write a journal
  based upon an article they find from the Ohio
  discovery web page.

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Science and Technology Activities Continued

• The class will take a field trip to COSI. There
  are many activities that students can experience
  hands on lessons which is a great learning
  opportunity.
• The class will take a field trip to see the
  production of Tecumseh the students will have
  study Native American history of Ohio prior to
  viewing the show. The program is only viewed
  June 7 through August 31.

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Science and Technology web sites

• Http//www.ohiokids.org/hot.htmlohio
• http//www.ohiokids.org/ohc/
• http//ohiohistory.org/resource/database/histpres.
  html
• http//ohiobio.org/
• http//www.tecumsehdrama.com/