
- 178 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Making learning fun and interactive builds excitement for your social studies students. This book includes game-formatted activities for the study of land and water forms, map components, latitude and longitude, climate, vegetation, plate tectonics, natural disasters, global water issues, economics, and political systems. These hands-on activities are aligned to state and national standards and supports college and career readiness skills. The hands-on lessons foster engagement, teamwork, creativity, and critical thinking. In addition to history-based lessons, this resource includes grading rubrics and ideas for assessment. The games in Hands-on History Activities will help you take an active approach to teaching while inspiring your students to make their own explorations of history.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Credit
- Page 3 - Table of Contents
- Page 4 - Introduction
- Page 4 - Benifits of Hands-on Learning
- Page 6 - Geography Information
- Page 7 - Arts Integration
- Page 9 - Overview of Activities
- Page 11 - Correlation to Standards
- Page 12 - Fantasy Island
- Page 17 - Which Way to the Pencil Sharpener?
- Page 24 - Perspective Detectives
- Page 38 - Grid and Bear It!
- Page 48 - Read, Read, Read Your Map
- Page 56 - Weather or Not
- Page 71 - Growing pains
- Page 81 - Rock Your World
- Page 86 - There’s Trouble Brewin’
- Page 103 - Water, Water, Everywhere
- Page 118 - Culture Quest
- Page 128 - Money Makes the World Go ‘Round
- Page 139 - Who’s in Charge?
- Page 151 - Home Sweet Home
- Page 156 - Balancing Act
- Page 167 - Countries, They’re GRRRReat!
- Page 174 - Appendix A: How to Group Students
- Page 175 - Appendix B: Group Roles
- Page 176 - Appendix C: Incentive Suggestions
- Thank You Page