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1600s Lesson Plans
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Students consider how the institution of family suffered under slavery. In this slavery activity, students watch segments of "Slavery and the Making of America". Students examine the structure of the Driggus family and discuss how slavery issues made it difficult or impossible to reunite slave families that were torn apart.
Students explore different types of music instruments, music legends, and how instruments are made. In this music lesson students read articles about music and discuss. Student research a country and its music and give an oral presentation about what they learned.
After discussing the history of Wampum beads, learners make their own examples. This is a terrific way to explore this historical topic. Learners discuss the Alogonquians and their method of trade, learn about the principles of art design, and make a Wampum bead necklace.
Young scholars examine the importance of culture and economy changes that occurred due to the great explorations. In this explorations lesson, students create a list of major explorers. Young scholars focus on one main exploration and give an oral report.
Pupils examine the impact of global trade on regional civilizations of the world after 1500. They research and analyze images of pottery excavated at Jamestown, and create a poster that presents information about world trade networks in the 1600's.
Students examine the geography, politics and history of their local town of New Haven, Connecticut. Using the internet, they explore the neighbors of New Haven and write directions from their house to school. In groups, they research recent information about the city from the cities website and share what they have gathered. To end the lesson plan, they build a model of the city and its physical characteristics.
Fifth graders research and explore what life would be like for human colonists on Mars. They explore various websites, read and discuss newspaper articles, develop a chart of the hardships and conditions that would be faced by colonists on Mars, and write a letter from the point of view of a human colonist living on Mars.
Students investigate some the ways art has responded to conflict throughout history. Through teacher lecture and demonstration, students witness the historical background of a piece of artwork and how it reflects the conflict it represents. Students create their own piece of artwork to illustrate what September 11, 2001 meant in terms of US history.
Students consider the development of dance across cultures. In this dance genre instructional activity, students study the history of Russia and the Mongol Tatars. Students research how classical ballet made its way to Russia and create collaborative projects to share their findings.
Students examine the evolution of landscape painting in France from the 17th to the 19th century. They study and compare three landscape paintings, emphasizing space, depth, and the concepts of foreground, middle ground, and background.
