9th Grade World History Games

This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed.

Students need to understand the differences between human migration, emigration, and immigration as well as the push and pull factors that influence migration. This lesson includes:

°Introduction to get students thinking

°Encourages brainstorming with graphic organizers

°An interactive PowerPoint addressing: migration, immigration, emigration, push and pull factors, and forced vs. voluntary migration.

°An option Tug-of-War demonstration for added explanation.

°An individual research activity

°Cooperative learning closure activity

°Enrichment game for student self-evaluation of understanding the concepts discussed.

Students will have fun learning!

This lesson may be modified to fit students' learning levels and class time constraints.

This can be used and modified for 5th grade through 12th grade depending upon your students' learning ability. It requires problem-solving.

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✧ Geography Skills & Basics

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Need a fun, interactive Halloween geography and social studies activity, for ages 6th grade through high school? Study how different cultures celebrate and practice Halloween. This lesson is for you and can be adapted to both middle and high school classrooms. Your students will have a great time playing the Halloween Jeopardy Powerpoint game and learning about beliefs, values, practices, and customs around the world. Every moment is a teaching moment. Make each count!

Includes:

• Detailed teacher instructions
• Optional: Suggested introductory videos that you can easily view and find online (Please note that over the years it is common for links to be changed from the original. If the link no longer works, you can find these by putting the title in a search engine, searching on Youtube, and or searching the website given such as the History Channel for these.) Links Updated October 2020
• Cooperative reading assignment/activity
• Halloween Around The World Jeopardy PowerPoint Game

With your purchase, you will receive a zip file with the Halloween Around the World Lesson Plan PDF file, a PowerPoint file, and a PDF copy of the PowerPoint game.

Countries Included:

• Canada
• United States
• Hong Kong
• Cambodia
• Scotland
• England
• Brazil
• Philippines
• Wales
• Romania
• Singapore
• Greece
• Switzerland
• Japan

Your kids will have a blast while learning!

Please run through the PowerPoint to become familiar with how it works on your computer, and where to click to get to the answer. Make sure it is compatible with your PowerPoint program this is a 2004 PP, but we haven't had any compatibility issues.

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This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed.

Students need to understand the differences between human migration, emigration, and immigration as well as the push and pull factors that influence migration.

This card game includes two play options, encouraging students to evaluate scenarios of migration regarding push and pull factors. Students will love this interactive game!

This is the game that is included in the full lesson of Geography: Push and Pull Factors of Human Migration that includes a full lesson, including a PowerPoint and game.

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(This can be used and modified for 5th grade through 12th grade depending upon your students' learning ability. It requires problem-solving.)

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Please Note: The instructor/teacher will need to know and understand the concept of REGIONS as this is a concept difficult for young brains to grasp. Even though we simplify it for students, we will need to be ready to verbally or visually explain the concept. Not all students are ready for this high-level concept. This lesson simplifies it as much as possible, but the concept, no matter how simplified, still requires high-level thinking skills and teacher guidance. It takes practice to identify the formal, functional, and perceptual regions. If the instructor/teacher doesn't understand regions, it will be difficult to instruct. This lesson is much better than our textbooks provide. Must be modified to fit your needs, this may mean omitting some of the activ_ities included in_ this lesson.

This is a group reading activity with a graphic organizer comprehension activity, an at-home interview assignment (Optional), and a Powerpoint for assessment.

Updated to Include a:

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-Page Shorter Version of the Reading Activity

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Help our students understand the complicated concept of "regions."

I often found when I was teaching the 5 Geographical Themes, students grasp location, place, human-environment interaction & movement (ideas, people, goods), but they struggle with regions: formal, functional, and perceptual.

What is the difference between a formal, functional, and perceptual region?

What is a nodal point? How can there be regions that cannot be measured and are specifically based on feelings and perceptions? Can all regions be found on a map? Do they always have a clearly defined boundary?

This PowerPoint provides 7 scenarios in which students are required to decipher whether it is a formal, functional, or perceptual region. You can use it as an introduction or review. You may implement this in different ways.

INCLUDES:

o Detailed Teacher Instructions

o Intro Video Suggestion

o Intro Reading Activity

o Graphic Organizer Activity + Answer Sheet (Puzzle)

o Powerpoint Game

o Extension Activity

OBJECTIVES:

o The Learner will understand the concept “region.”

o The Learner will determine the difference between a formal, functional, and
perceptual region.

o The Learner will be able to identify a formal, functional, and perceptual region.

MATERIALS:

o Technology to have students watch the suggested intro video.

o Student Group Reading Assignment (Included)

o Technology to display material for the class to view & discuss

o Paper & timer to create a list needed for the reading activity (Action 1: Listing Game)

o Atlases for each group needed for the reading activity

o “Can You Identify the Type of Region?” PowerPoint Review Game (Included) & technology to show it

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Fun and exciting for all Ages - Middle School through High School

What a great way to review the geographical location of countries you study throughout the year! Students absolutely love countiries and continents Around the World game so much that they are disappointed that class is over. This world geography game has been played with my students throughout the year, usually at the later part of the year or end of the year, to reinforce students' recall of countries' geographical locations. As the intructor, I couldn't wait to play it with my students because I knew how much fun learning was going to be!

It is important for students to have a basic geographical understanding of the world around them. This game requires students to challenge each other by identifying the continents of each country presented.

Example: On which continent does Malaysia lie? On which continent does Madagascar lie? The student that is able to recall the location, moves on to travel "Around the World". This game moves quickly so that students are constantly involved and eager to participate, cheering one another on.

My students were required to learn where each country was located through study and map quizzes. It is important that students be able to identify the geographical location of each country so when they read/watch about current events, they have a geographical understanding of where the event is occurring in the world. Yes, they can always look it up, but are they going to?

Once you prepare the cards you can use them year after year.

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This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed.

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Students will find this Eastern and Western Europe Scavenger Hunt activity fun and motivating, and it will encourage students to examine the physical, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of Eastern & Western Europe, along with the geographical themes. This is the perfect activity to introduce and begin your European unit.

For this activity, provide each student with a student activity sheet. Students will work in cooperative groups of two to four, depending on your students and their ability and experience in working in cooperative groups.

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• Student Activity Sheet
• Teacher Answer Sheet

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A comparison of the three great present-day monotheistic and polythiestic world religions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Taosim, Hinduism, Confucianism.

Need A Fun and Effective Lesson on World Religions to Use For:

• Introductory activity
• Assessment preparation
• End-of-unit review
• Before-a-holiday activity
• A Fun Way to Take Class Notes

This lesson encourages students to work in cooperative teams to complete the World Religion Scavenger Hunt Game as they compete to achieve 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place. Student will love the lesson and will have fun learning. It is not simply a scavenger hunt, but a scavenger hunt game!

Students have 7 sections to complete: Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Judaism, and Islam. Students will complete one section at a time, and once they have correctly answered the section they are working on, they will be allowed to move on to the next section. They are given two opportunities to answer the questions correctly, earning points for each correct answer.

This lesson requires instructor active participation throughout the entire process as he/she will be continually assessing the students answers to give them points and the "go-ahead" to move to the next section. Student will be moving about the room and actively engaged in the learning process.

Objective(s):

• Student will explore and compare major world religion.
• Students will understand the differences among various cultures based on religious beliefs.

Common Core Standards:

• WH.S.9. Understand how major religious and large-scale empires arose in the Mediterranean Basin, China, and India from 500 BCE to 300 CE
• WH.S.44. Understands the search for community, stability, and peace in an interdependent world
• WH.S.44.5 Understands the role of religion in shaping modern governments

Materials:

• World Religions Scavenger Student Activity
• Writing utensils
• Teacher Answer Sheet
• Textbooks, Books, Encyclopedias and other library resources
• Internet access

Teacher Preparation:

• Plan the arrangement of students into groups of 2 or 4.
• Realize students will actively move around the room during this activity.
• Provide a table in the front of the room with books students can use to assist in answering questions.
• Provide Internet access stations for student to use.
• Set a desk in the middle or front of the classroom with the teacher answer sheet. This is where the instructor will sit during the game scoring each section for points.

This Lesson Includes 15 pages of:

• Teacher instruction
• Vocabulary Sheet for Scavenger Hunt Preparation
• Student Activity Sheets
• Blank Answer Sheet (Optional)
• Teacher Answer Key
• Additional World Document of the Student Activity Sheets for Instructor Modification.

Important Note: a Word document of the game has been included in the chance that you would like to change some of the questions to meet your needs. Note that based on the version of Word that you have, the original formatting may change. You will need to reformat in this case. This is why TeachShare encourages one to use only PDF formatting so as not to cause issues for the purchaser. However, I realize that it would be helpful if you, the purchaser, have the ability to change questions to correspond with what you wish your students to learn. You can find the Word document within the Zip file.

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This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed.

Are you tired of the repetitive worksheets and workbooks that promise to teach your students how to read absolute location (latitude and longitude)? Try out the Battleship: Latitude & Longitude game. This introductory lesson involves a game that will not only encourage students to learn how to read coordinates, but they will have a blast doing it as they sink ships for points. I have used this activity in my 7th-grade geography, class but this activity is great for all learning levels. Please note, this is a class activity that the entire class will play together.

Students will work in cooperative teams (class is split into team 1 and team 2) and will work cooperatively within the teams to identify the location of ships throughout the world, using the deduction method.

Students will walk away from this lesson having a better understanding of how to accurately read latitude and longitude.

Teachers, feel free to modify this lesson to meet your students' needs.

Note: This will come in a zip file. Please print all three files. I am not clear on why it created 3 files instead of one, but all components needed are included within one of the three files.

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Need a fun way to review your world religions unit on Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, and Confucianism?

Play World Religions Bingo with your students! Who doesn't like bingo?

OBJECTIVE:

• The learner will understand the theology, beliefs, values, and practices of world religions.
• The learner will be able to identify the cultural hearth of various world religions**.**

MATERIALS:

• Copies of all 30 World Religions Bingo Review Cards, 1 per student or team • Bingo chips or markers, one for each student or team
• Rewards for winners
• Bingo Calling Cards

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• 30 Bingo Cards (randomized - not all the same)
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What is culture and how do we learn our culture?

Is it the make up of both visible and invisible characteristics? What are these visible and invisible traits that we learn through enculturation from those influences around us? This lesson covers topics from cultural diffusion & assimilation to globalization & space-time compression to cultural landscape & multiculturalism and taboos to subculture. You student will have a complete understanding of all things "culture". They will complete a graphic organizer and will play a interactive musical chairs comprehension game to engage them in the learning process. This is a great introduction activity to get your students started down to the road to grasping the concept of culture.

OBJECTIVE:

· The learner will learn how one culture can influence or change another culture.

· The learner will learn what cultural similarities they may have with each other.

· The learner will have a basic understanding of the word “culture.”

· The learner will understand how subcultures influence the world around them and how they find their

place in the world.

· The learner will understand how culture changes over time and through diffusion, assimilation and globalization.

MATERIALS:

· Cultural Understanding Group Reading Activity (Included)

· T-Chart Comparison Activity (Included)

· Musical Chairs Teacher Guide (Included)

· Musical Chair Terminology Cards (Included) Cut & Laminate.

· 3 Folders Titles “Got it,” “More Practice, Please,” or “I Need More Help.”

· Exit Cards

THIS LESSON INCLUDES:

· Detailed Teacher Instructions

· Introduction activity

· Procedure

· Closure

· All materials necessary for the activity.

All you have to do is prep the lesson!

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POPULATION EXPLOSION!

Need a fun & engaging way to teach the causes & effects of population incline and decline, total birth rate and death rate, total population, Demographic Transition Model (DTM) Stages of Population Total Chart. This lesson can be modified to only 60 minutes if you are limited on time by omitting some of the activities, and it will still be effective. If you want to send home some of the activities such as the Cootie Catcher you can do that as well. This lesson gives you various options for activities. All can be included or you can choose which ones to implement. I always try to make learning fun and engaging while raising the bar to get students thinking through problem-solving.

OBJECTIVE:

o The learner will understand the differences between birth rate and death rate

o The learner will be able to explain the cause & effect of overpopulation, high/low birth rate, and high/low death rate.

o The learner will be able to identify in what stage on the Demographic Transition Model (DMT) a county lies and why.

o The learner will be able to demonstrate an understanding of what problems and opportunities may occur with an incline and a decline in population.

MATERIALS:

• Student Reading Comprehension Activity (3 Pages), a timer, a die (Suggested to laminate this for durability and reuse.
• Cootie Catcher Comprehension and Review (1 Per Student)
• Student Reading Comprehension Activity: Demographic Transition Model (1 page), Colored Pencils,
• Group Research Activity (1 per group), internet access
• Student Review Game, Cut Out & Laminate Pieces and Place in a Zip Lock Bag (1 Set Per Group)
• 3 Canning Jars and Rice, or something small to represent people.
• Laminate the Population Symbol Card, One Per Group.
• Document cameras, dedicated computer projection systems ar interactive whiteboards for each student to display their “Take a Look at Population” Group Research Activity. They will display for the class to see.

PREPARATION:

You may include all or omit a few activities based on the time available for this lesson. You may also split the reading assignment & activities into two class periods, if necessary.

• Laminate the Reading Comprehension Activity (3 pages). 1 Set Per Group.
• Laminate the Game Cards and place them in Ziplock bags, 1 Set Per Group
• Print Cootie Catchers, One Per Student
• Print Demographic Transition Model, One Per Group
• Take a Look at Population, One Per Group
• Using the Jars: Label Each Jar (1) the United States or Your Country (2) World (3) China. Fill the “World” jar to the very top representing 100% of the world’s population and place the lid on it. Fill the “United States” jar

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This is a comprehensive lesson on the reasons for migration and how push and pull factors play a part in the process. Students will watch a PowerPoint on Migration and participate in a group reading activity. As a group students will explore a time in history when people migrated based on economic, social, political, environmental, and demographic reasons based on Ravenstein’s 7 Laws of Migration.

OBJECTIVES:

• The learner will understand how migration impacts society.
• The learner will understand how and why people migrate internally and internationally.
• The learner will examine migration throughout history, examining the push and pull factors of migration.
• The learner will become familiar with the five influences of push and pull factors.
• The learner will become familiar with who Ravenstein was and his 7 Laws of Migration.

MATERIALS:

• Introduction Activity: Watch the Human Migration PowerPoint
• Teacher guide to PowerPoint
• A Safe Place to Land Group Reading Activity (Included)
• A Safe Place to Land Comprehension Research Activity Migration Cards. Find a time in history when people migrated based on economic, social, political, environmental and demographic reasons
• Online access for research for each group
• A Safe Place to Land Character Analysis and Peer Teaching (Included)
• A Safe Place to Land Migration Cards (Front and back - Included)
• Ravenstein’s 7 Laws of Migration Chart (Included) + a way to display it for the class
• Timer for peer teaching activity.

PREPARATION:

• A Safe Place to Land Group Reading Activity (suggest one per group member to be used throughout the day with other classes.)
• Cut, glue (front to back), laminate and place in a paper bag cards for the drawing.
• Paper bag for the drawing Comprehension Research Activity
• Print A Safe Place to Land Character Analysis and Peer Teaching, one per group.
• Print Safe Place to Land Migration Cards, enough for one card per student.
• Print off Ravenstein’s 7 Laws of Migration Chart.

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• Detailed Teacher Instruction
• An Introduction
• The procedure which includes the Reading Activity, Game, and Character Analysis
• Closure activity

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What a fun way to learn how to read a time zone map! If you are doing this at the beginning of the year, it's probably football season, too. Your students will have fun playing football while learning how to read a time zone map. Your students won't feel like they are learning through all the fun! My students love this game!

This is football with a twist and modified for time limitations. Please always feel free to modify our lessons to meet the needs of your students and time restrictions. Enjoy!

OBJECTIVES:

(1) The learner will become familiar with a 24-hour (universal) clock.

(2) The learner will learn and use the meanings of a.m. and p.m. appropriately.

(3) The learner will review the Eastern and Western Hemispheres and will understand when traveling west, one subtracts time, and when traveling east, one adds time.

(3) The learner will become familiar with reading a time zone map.

(4) The learner will demonstrate an understanding of time zone changes

by calculating the time at different degrees of longitude.

MATERIALS:

• Game Pieces: Footballs, Game board, 16 Game Cards
• Some Form of Projector to Project the game onto the board,
  wall, or large-screen computer.
• Time Zone Game Instructions
• Exit Tickets
  Patience. This can be a difficult concept.

INCLUDES:

• Detailed Teacher Instructions
• Game Pieces: Gameboard, 16 Game Cards, Various-size Footballs
• Game Instructions
• Exit Cards

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A culminating activity for students to work in groups to revisit what they learned throughout the year. Students will be able to see what they have accomplished and how much they have learned while having fun with their classmates through this game. This is designed for an end-of-year activity; however, the concept can be used every grading period (6-weeks, 4 quarters, semesters, etc) for review. Students will work in groups to recall as much geographical information as they can from the year and will be given the opportunity to win points by fact-checking and challenging others' facts. Students will have fun with this game while reviewing information.

Materials:

• Notebook Paper

• Writing Utensils & Highlighters

• Computer for Fact-Checking

• Concept Guide Sheet

• 5 Point Tokens (20 Per Group)

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This lesson gives a great overview of the South America's physical, economic, cultural and political characteristics. Students will create a class top ten list of What I Want to Know About South America and will explore the four aspects of South America. To add some fun, the students can use an Cootie Catcher review game with instructor developed questions or they have the option to create their own Cootie Catcher game —instructor's desecration.

This 11-page lesson Includes:

•Detailed teacher instructions

•A Cootie Catcher reproducible with instructor-developed questions

•A Cootie Catcher reproducible (bland for student to develop their own questions)

•Reproducible on how to make and play the game.

•What I Want To Know South American Comparison Chart.

Requires:

Computers with Internet access

Scissors & writing utensil

Textbook and library resources

75-minute class period, but could be shortened & modified for a 60 minute class period.

This lesson will give student autonomy in their learning as they develop the questions they would like answered regarding South America.

Answer sheet cannot be provided since questions will be developed by students and undetermined prior to lesson.

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What a fun way to study people throughout history. My students LOVE playing this game. They couldn't wait to play it. It encourages students to use their critical thinking skills while enjoying the learning process. This is very versatile and can be used over and over.

Tired of the same old basil workbook handouts? Whether you are studying historical people or current events, this will increase student learning and improve comprehension.

This is a great way to get your students involved in their own learning, giving them autonomy, and it is an activity that can be used across the curriculum. Students will have a great time analyzing characters, acting them out, and gaining points for identifying fact or fiction. This is not only great for social studies and geography, but for any lesson in which people or characters are being studied.

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It is important that our student have fun as they are learning! Implement this group cooperating activity as a means of teaching your students the cultural, geographical, governmental and economics of South America. This scavenger hunt has a twist as it is not only a hunt, but also a game all in one. This lesson can be modified to only be used as a scavenger hunt if needed.

The goal of the game is to earn the most points without answering the same questions twice. Students will take turns rolling die to determine which question they will attempt to answer. They will be given 60 seconds and resources to help in determining the answer if they do not already know it. Students will have a blast! Before you know it, class will be over and they will have gained/reviewed a wealth of knowledge.

This Lesson May Be Used For the Following:

• Introductory Activity

• Assessment Preparation

• End-of-Unit Review

• Before-a-Holiday Activity

This lesson Includes:

• South America Double-Die Board Game Reproducible (36 questions)

• Zip File Includes the Original Word Document of the Game Board for Teacher Question Modification

• Included in the Zip File is a PDF of the Full Version of the Lesson.

• Answer Sheet Reproducible

• Game Instructions (May be reproduced for groups if needed)

• Teacher Instructions and Preparation

• Suggestions for Purchasing Affordable Sand Timers.

Requirements and Tools:

• 1-minute hourglass for each team. If not available, make sure each team has someone with a stop watch or other means of timing.

• 1 Set of Dice Per Group

Permissions are given to the purchaser to made modifications to the game board using the Word document provided in the zip fie. No other modifications may be made to this document.

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LESSON: CELEBRATING THE CHANGING ROLE OF ASIAN WOMEN

GRADE LEVEL: Mature 7-9th

TIME FRAME: THREE 60-MINUTE CLASS PERIODS

TYPE OF ACTIVITY: GROUP COOPERATION

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FROM BEING CUT OFF.

OBJECTIVE:

o The learner will study and examine the ancient roles of women in Asia.

o The learner will study and examine modern day roles of women in Asia.

o The learner will translate the poem Fu Xuan Women.

o The learner will write a letter to a woman in Asia exploring and expressing his/her feelings regarding the roles and status of women within the country.

o The learner will predict the future roles of women in Asia.

MATERIALS:

o Fu Xuan Woman Poem by Arthur Waley.

o Notecards for two-minute assignment

o Questions for thought on Fu Xuan Women

o Copies of the poem Fu Suan Women

o Articles:

o Role of Women in China

o Role of Women in India

o Role of Women in Vietnam

o Role of Women in North & South Korea

o Role of Women in Japan

o Wrap-up reproducible

o Bell

o Sticky Notes

o Instructions to the Matchmaker game

o Wrap-up Activity reproducible

o China, India, Vietnam, North & South Korea, and Japan

PREPARATION:

o Laminate four copies each of the reading materials on China, India, North/South Korea, Japan and Vietnam. This may seem like a great deal of work, but it will save you preparation time in the coming years. The room will have been set up in ten centers, placing an article for each center. Since there are only five countries, you will have two centers per country.

o Place a stack of note cards at each table.

o One lunch bag per table.

o Bell to ring to signal to move to the next center

o Place sticky notes at each table.

o Make copies of the Wrap-Up Activity sheets for each country

INTRODUCTION:

Find out what each group knows about women in Asia before you begin this lesson. Divide them into teams of four and present the topic. Give each team a stack of sticky notes. Ask them to brainstorm and list as many ideas or questions as they can come up within five minutes.

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WARM-UP (GROUP READING ACTIVITY)

The room has been set up into 10 centers: 2 centers for each country being studied. The goal is for each student to visit all five countries, but not to visit all ten centers since some are duplicates. The centers will be timed giving students 10 minutes to complete the reading and

2-minute assignment.

Explain to students that they will be visiting six different countries: Japan, North Korea, South Korea, China, Vietnam and India to learn the roles of women (and men) in each country and how they have improved. (Note: North and South Korea have been combined into one learning center.)

They will be given 8 minutes to read their activity and 2 minutes to complete the center activity. Once eight minutes have passed, the instructor will notify the class by ringing a bell or using another sound. The remaining two minutes will be used to complete the 2-minute activity (see below).

THE 2-MINUITE ASSIGNMENTS:

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Once the warm-up reading center’s activity is complete, the instructor will pick up the bags and will dump them all into one bag and shake them up.

MATCH MAKER GAME:

Explain to students, matchmaking is a process of making a match of an unmarried man and woman by a matchmaker, which is a common way of choosing a spouse in ancient China and other Asian cultures. The traditional Chinese wedding is much involved with "matchmaker", or in other words, marriage introducer. In Zhou Dynasty several thousand years ago, the post of "official matchmaker" was set up for management of marriage, supervising and urging young people old enough to marry or widows and widowers to marry. Later, the meaning of "matchmaker" extended to all persons or events that act as a go-between of marriage between two families.

Today matchmaking is still seen as the proper way to marry by the older generation. You will find that parents will trade a person’s resume and will compare it to their child’s to determine if it is a good match. However, there has been given more freedom, from one generation to another, of individual choice to choose a partner.

Tell students they are going to play a game called “Matchmaker”.

(Game included with purchase)

ENRICHMENT ACTIVITY

Examine the Fu Xuan Woman Poem by Arthur Waley in how it relates to the role of women in Asia.

Have students work in groups of two to read and examine the poem Fu Xuan Woman. Provide each student with a Question for Thought Activity Sheet (Included). Give students 15 minutes to read and examine the poem, also attempting to answer the Questions for Thought.

Review the answers with the students:

1. What are some key words used to describe women of ancient China?

2. In lines 3-4, to what are boys compared?

3. What do lines 7 & 8 express about how girls are looked upon by families?

4. What does the Fu Xuan’s poem depict about the life and status of women in ancient China?

5. In what ways do the roles of women today differ from the images expressed in this poem?

CLOSURE / EVALUATION: (30 Minutes)

Provide each student with wrap-up activity sheet of a female from one of the countries studied. They are to write a letter to the female expressing his/her feelings and thoughts regarding the roles and status of women in that country, as well as celebrating how the roles and status of women within the country has improved. In addition, have each student express how he/she feels women’s roles will change in the future. Allow for follow-up discussion.

Teacher’s Guiding Questions:

1. What was life like for Asian women in the past?

2. What is life like for them today?

3. Do you think much has changed in the roles and statuses of women in Asia?

4. Based on what you know about women in Asia, what do you predict will be the future of these women?

5. What do you think needs to be done to improve the situations of women in Asia?

6. Many of these beliefs we discussed have been passed on from generation to generation as it has been

a cultural issue. Do you think those in the culture are willing to change and allow more rights for women?

7. Who would like to read their letter to the class? (Instructor: you may offer extra points for presentation)

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LET'S BOOMERANG!

This fun review game allows students to "boomerang" questions to other teams.

Includes PDF with Word document

OBJECTIVE:

o The learner will gain a better understanding of the history of the boomerang.

o The learner will review the geographical characteristics of Australia.

o The learner will review the history and culture of Australia.

PREPARATION & MATERIALS:

o Arrange the classroom so that the learner(s) will have an easy time working in groups of three.

o Print, cut out, and laminate the boomerang game pieces. There are blank boomerang cards for additional or replacement questions + answers.

o Designate a location in the room or on the board where you can write the names of each team with enough space for boomerangs to be placed underneath the name as the game progresses.

o Painter’s tape or other adhesives that can easily be removed from the board or wall.

INTRODUCTION: (5 -10 minutes)

If possible, borrow or purchase a boomerang for this lesson to have for a visual. If you have time at the end of the lesson, you may choose to take the students outside and demonstrate throwing it.

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Guiding questions: (Other questions included with purchase)

“How many of you have ever seen or used a boomerang?”

Allow students to answer. Show the students a boomerang and explain a little of how it works and what it is or has been used for in the present and past.

INTRODUCTION VIDEOS: (OPTIONAL)

(Links provided with purchase)

Please note that links often change. If you find this happens. please type in the title of the video in a search engine or on YouTube; it should be easy to locate via the new link. Unfortunately, there is no way around this issue. In this case, you can do a search on how to find state laws.

PROCEDURE: (30 minutes)

Students will be assigned teams of three (3). Allow students three (3) minutes to give their team a name such as the “Mighty Wings.” Write the names of each team on the board.

Tell the students they will be playing a game “boomerang” to review the study of Australia in which they will be “boomeranging” questions to other groups. (Additional instructions provided with purchase.)

At the end of the game, the team with the most points wins.

CLOSURE / EVALUATION: (10 minutes)

Class discussion: Display one question at a time whether it is on an overhead or smartboard.

If you have time at the end of the lesson, you may choose to take the students outside and demonstrate throwing it.

History of La Piñata Digital Reading and Decoder

Students read a passage and answer comprehension questions. Based on the answers they are able to decode a secret message!

Also includes a printable reading of the History of the Piñata with a Compare and Contrast worksheet.