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Finding Your Way Around the World

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Students plan a trip around the world and create a PowerPoint presentation of the journey. In this map, atlas, and technology lesson, students plan a trip around the world in which they avoid using an airplane. Students will consider risks and dangers of particular areas and create a PowerPoint of their journey, including sound effects, animations, and pictures.

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modes of transportation, Vocabulary, Maps

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Maps, modes of transportation, trip around the world, social studies
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Grade
10th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Instructional Strategy
Project-Based Learning
Year
2003

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