All resources in Social Studies

Who Am I and How Can I Contribute

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Students will learn to speak to a group and listen while others speak. Students will learn about similarities and differences within the classroom and with our families. (Extension will be to make symbolic flag for families which leads into the US Symbols lesson). Students will learn the meaning of strengths and struggles and begin to understand what their own strengths and struggles are. Students will learn how they can help others in the class throughout the year, as well as others in their families. Students will produce a class quilt of pictures of working collaborative to help each other.

Material Type: Lesson, Module

Author: Alisa Cook

100 People: A World Portrait

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This website gives you the opportunity see the world through different people all over the world on a variety of topics. Watch videos, see lesson plans about global issues and looking at it from a lense of focus on 100 people.

Material Type: Activity/Lab, Diagram/Illustration, Interactive, Lesson, Reading, Teaching/Learning Strategy

Wyoming Student Atlas: Important archaeological sites

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 This activity is in the form of a story map and a video about important archaeological sites in Wyoming, which includes several interactive web maps that allow students to zoom in and out to compare locations of archaeological sites in Wyoming and click on for photos and more information. Students will be able to compare the different archaeological time periods and types of sites such as rock art, sacred sites and hunting sites. Students can explore sacred and historical sites important to the Lakota tribes greater detail at this story map about northeastern Wyoming and the Black Hills. This resource includes interactive maps and videos narrated by Lakota historian, Donovan Sprague. Students will explore locations of importance to the Lakota and hear legends associated with these places as well as historical events described from the perspective of indigenous people.

Material Type: Activity/Lab

Author: Margo Berendsen