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Corruption, Wealth and Beauty: The History of the Venetian Gondola Instructional VideoCorruption, Wealth and Beauty: The History of the Venetian Gondola Instructional Video
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TED-Ed
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6th - 12th
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Social Studies & History
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4:51
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2014
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Corruption, Wealth and Beauty: The History of the Venetian Gondola

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How did the Venetian gondola get its distinctive look? Using this fantastic animated video, your class will be amazed to see how a seemingly simple construction can illustrate so much about a particular culture and historical time period.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

venice, boats, transportation

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Ask learners to identify as many features of the gondolas as possible and how they illustrate a particular cultural feature of the period. For example, you might ask, "How does the black coloring of the gondolas relate to religious beliefs of the Venetian people?"
  • As an extension project, ask learners to identify another modern object or structure and explain how it illustrates our cultural tendencies or necessities

Pros

  • Engaging animations illustrate historical topics
  • Opportunity to flip resource and design your own assessment questions

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RH.6-8.9 RH.9-10.9 RH.11-12.9

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