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Comparative Culture

Comparative Culture. A Year-Long Social Studies Unit. Concept: People find ways to adapt to their environment. Geography/Climate: Cultural development is driven by physical circumstances. Food/Shelter: Basic needs are met with available resources.

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Comparative Culture

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  1. Comparative Culture A Year-Long Social Studies Unit

  2. Concept: People find ways to adapt to their environment

  3. Geography/Climate: Cultural development is driven by physical circumstances.

  4. Food/Shelter: Basic needs are met with available resources.

  5. Religion/Ritual: Belief systems arise out of circumstances.

  6. Recreation: Play is practice for life

  7. Concept: People in a culture find rules to protect themselves

  8. Government Systems: Methods of rule evolve as circumstances change.

  9. Famous People: Leaders arise from need.

  10. Division of Labor: Specializing can improve way of life.

  11. Social Unit: Family units increase the chance of survival.

  12. Concept: Cultures interact and change each other

  13. Transportation: Availability of transportation affects development of culture.

  14. Language (written and numbers): People invent ways to express themselves and communicate more effectively.

  15. Technology: Cultures borrow ideas from each other.

  16. Arts: People find expression of personal identity and social order in outward appearance.

  17. Planning Guide For Project –Based Area of Study Sensemaking Tasks:

  18. Webquests: Students research topics online through selected Webquests. Links are provided on the classroom website.

  19. Award Presentation Speeches Students select an explorer and team up for award presentations, acting as presenter or recipient. The recipients are famous people of history. Students give speeches that outline their fame or infamy, and the award is titled accordingly.

  20. Artifact Creation Students build replicas of artifacts of the culture. They analyze the link between available resources, inventions of the period, and the effect on lifestyle.

  21. Jigsaw Team Teaching Students take on the role of teacher, researching an area of study and presenting it to the rest of the class. Focus is on designing an opening activity that engages their peers.

  22. Big Idea Journal Students keep a journal of the essential questions that arise from group discussion. As more questions and possible answers arise, they are entered in the journal.

  23. Citizen of the Culture Journal Students take on the life of an anonymous person in history, and record a period of their life, keeping the daily life historically accurate and recording their reaction to an important event in history.

  24. Child of History Portrait/Pen Pal Letter Students draw a portrait of themselves as a child of the culture of study, and write a pen pal letter to a child of the current age, explaining their way of life.

  25. Architectural Design Student teams select a building to research. The focus is on borrowed elements of design. They teach to the class using a PowerPoint presentation.

  26. Final Project “Ideal Island” Students borrow elements from all the cultures they have studied to compose their ideal culture. They create a three dimensional model, map, and poster.

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