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Instruments From Around the World Lesson PlanInstruments From Around the World Lesson Plan
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Duration
2 hrs
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Year
2004
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Instruments From Around the World

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How much does the environment affect how and what man creates? Children explore the effect of the environment on primitive man as they research raw materials from a specific location. They use their findings to write a short essay about man and the environment and then they make a replica of a tribal instrument from the past. 

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

making predictions, raw materials

Additional Tags

raw materials, making predictions, primative instruments, social studies

Pros

  • The lesson covers the five themes of geography very well
  • Maps, web links, and a letter home are included

Cons

  • None

Common Core

W.3.2.a W.3.7 W.4.2.a W.4.7 W.5.2.a W.5.7

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