I have been thinking hard about how to start my first social studies unit. In my county our first unit is about history and geography. Our goal is basically to get students to understand why and how we study ancient civilizations. Last year I started by defining social studies words we would be using all year and then making a foldable about people who study history. This year I want to start by explaining why it is so important for us to study history. Below is the lesson plan I have came up with so far. If you have any suggestions for making it better I would love any advice. At the bottom is a link up to my new linky party called Plan like a Pirate. If you have a lesson plan you would like to share feel free to add it!
Show what they know: Create a class anchor chart that lists why studying history can be beneficial. Ask open ended questions to help them. Example answers:
Why study history?
Goal: What are
some benefits to studying history?
Warmup activity-
Describe a past event that you have learned from and how you changed
after learning from that event occurring.
For example, I now keep an extra pair of shoes in my car because I once
broke the straps on my flip flops and had to walk around bare foot.
Lesson: Students
groups will become “reporters” that will be figuring out how a person in
history shaped the modern day world.
Each group will get a bag with clues and their job is to come to an
agreement as a group about how the person or event in their bag shaped history.
Example
bag: A picture of the destruction of
Pompeii, definition of a seismologist and an article about volcano eruption warning signs
After students have had about 10 minutes to discuss
with their group, have students share their findings with the rest of the
class.
Show what they know: Create a class anchor chart that lists why studying history can be beneficial. Ask open ended questions to help them. Example answers:
- It helps to shape our identity.
- Helps us see viewpoints of other people.
- Encourages you to ask important questions
- Promotes good decision making skills
- Can learn more about other subjects while studying history
Closing: Have students turn and talk to share their
warm-up activity further explaining how learning from the past is important.
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