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Discovery Education: Comparing Countries Lesson PlanDiscovery Education: Comparing Countries Lesson Plan
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Discovery Education
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3rd - 5th
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Social Studies & History
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Discovery Education: Comparing Countries

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Excellent lesson in which students make predictions and collect information about the United States, China, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. After collecting data, students compare the information and create graphs to display the data.

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culture

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comparing countries, comparing cultures, cultural components, cultural identity, cultural interaction, different cultures in similar environments, national cultures, regional similarity difference, discovery education, regional similarities and differences

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

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