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Austria Teacher Resources
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Students create a nature journal of an imaginary trip around Austria. They identify animals and plants that live in Austria. Students describe the landscape of Austria. They order major events in Austrian history. Students describe the major event in Austrian history.
Young scholars access a variety of Austria themed websites. They locate information about history, geography, climate, people and culture. They view a live webcam of different parts of Austria and read about famous personalities from Austria.
Students research European countries. They assess websites related to individual cities/regions in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland. They create a visual detailing what they did during a simulated two or three day visit there.
For this blank outline map worksheet, students explore the European nation of Austria. This map may be used for a variety of geographic activities.
In this geography of Austria learning exercise, students color and label a map with major cities and important physical features. Neighboring countries are also shown but are not labeled.
In this Austria map skills worksheet, students apply map skills to answer 14 fill in the blank questions about the country. They determine border countries, identify regions, find the capitol, and name rivers. They draw a map of Austria which includes the capitol and at least two other cities.
In this geography research activity, students use the library or Internet to determine what the capital city of Austria is. They write the answer on the blue line, write a short essay about the topic, and draw a picture to accompany the answer.
Explore the Enlightenment period through literature, music, and autocratic rule. Each slide contains basic information on major Baroque, Classical, and political figures contemporary to the late 1700's and early 1800's. Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Frederick II, Joseph II, and Catherine II are all mentioned.
How did the world react to Austria's declaration of war? This activity, guided by the McDougall Littell text, World History, has historians examining the beginnings of WWI through cause and effect analysis. Groups reference the text as they fill out a worksheet with various effects resulting from the listed causes. Finally, they apply their findings by analyzing a military strategy and battle map, examining the role of geography in the war. The worksheet is linked.
Learn the five basic waltz steps: box step, under arm turn, walt left box or waltz right box, hesitation step, and progressive waltz step. Teach a little about the history of the waltz and the countries from which it came: Germany and Austria. There are several links to videos that show the steps to the waltz. This lesson may take more than one day to teach the different variations of the five basic waltz steps.