Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

Art Around The World: Gps Scavenger Hunt, Debralee Lithimane

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Students will successfully fill out Around the World Scavenger Hunt. Students will discuss the artworks presented in the worksheet, and the larger idea about the universal nature of art and its connections all around the world.

Biomes, Heather Schoenwetter

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Students should be able to identify food webs, as well as all the other biotic and abiotic features in their assigned biome and organize their informational facts and visual aids into a classroom Pinterest board that all can access and learn from one another.

Bosnia: Then And Now, Barry Eberhard

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To instruct students in the historical and geographical importance of the events of Bosnia.

Child Labor In India, Luke Juran

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Students will be able to convert rupees to US dollars and vice versa. Students will be able to get a feel for poverty and strife that exists in India. Students will be able to see how basic necessities are considered luxuries for some people.

Climate Regions, Jeff Firsching Lawton-Bronson

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Students will use and interpret climate graphs.

Common Threads And Surprises? Messages In The National Anthems Of The World, Kenny Shannon

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Look at the similarities and differences between the National Anthems of the United States and the United Kingdom. Analyze the meanings of the lyrics of anthems from around the world. Select which national anthems either represent or not represent their ideals and beliefs.

Comparing And Contrasting Water In The United States And Nigeria, Kim Daughetee, Anne Hoeper

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Students will describe the various sources and uses of water. Students will compare the similarities and differences of water acquisition in Nigeria and the US. Students will discuss problems associated with water quality.

Comparing Three World Heritages: The Taj Mahal, The Great Wall, And The Statue Of Liberty, Natasha Cooper, Kathy Sundstedt

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Students will be aware of similarities and differences between these three places.

Conflict And Cooperation In Nigeria: A Dilemma, Dr. Kay Weller

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Students will gather data about Nigeria from the learning stations and write a reaction paper based on the information from the graphic organizer and respond to the inquiry question. Students will create a poster explaining what they learned.

Conflict Minerals In The Congo, Patrick Davis

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The student will be able to identify and discuss the role of conflict minerials to the history of the D.O.C.

Continent Comparisons With Research Tools, Todd Wernimont

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Students will be able to correctly organize the continents in order by their size (area), population, highest and lowest elevation, and percent of Earth’s mass.

Cultural Environment: Native American Peoples In North America, Erin Boydston

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Students will use pictures to compare and contrast the cultural environment of Native Americans in their regions.

Cultural Variations Through Gestures, Erin Coffey

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Students will be able to describe cultural universals and why they exist. Students will be able to identify factors that account for variations among and within cultures.

Cultural Aspects Of Spanish Speaking Countries, Robin Bliesmer

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Students will have a greater understanding globally of the different cultural aspects to many Spanish speaking countries.

Desertification, Fulani Herders, And Ecosystems In Nigeria, Dr. Kay Weller

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Students will compare and contrast maps of Africa showing climates, vegetation, and precipitation and analyze them as they relate to Nigeria in a 1 page essay. Students will search the Internet (or library) for information regarding desertification locating the region of Africa where desertification is an environmental issue on a blank map. Students will define desertification in one paragraph, and explain what two human processes cause it (overgrazing and overplowing/mismanagement). Students will research the Internet or library about Fulani herders in Nigeria and how they help prevent desertification through migration from Northern Nigeria to Southern Nigeria and back. Students will …

Discovering Chile And Its Culture, Ileana Gonzalez

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Students will be able to familiarize themselves with the geography of Chile. Students will be able to familiarize themselves with sites of interest in Chile. Students will be able to become aware of geographical differences and similarities between Chile and the US/Iowa. Students will be able to compare life and culture in Chile to life in the US/Iowa through festivals, schools, landscape, music and other cultural topics.

Economics Of Agriculture, Mark Felderman

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Students will be able to identify and explain the factors that cause shifts in agriculture’s supply and demand.

Effects Of The Monsoon As Seen Through Google Earth, Tami Mcinroy

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Students will observe the changes in the landscape in Asia (specifically India) during the summer and winter monsoon. Students will understand that the monsoon start and end dates fluctuate a bit each year. Students will learn patterns of which monsoon seasons are in effect and when. Students will identify the challenges that come with each season.

European Comparisons, Barry Eberhard

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Students will compare and contrast different rates within European countries’ culture to the United States.

Farmers And Economic Decision-Making, Anthony Boggs

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Students will be able to make rational economic decisions based on given conditions. Students will be able to demonstrate understanding of the impact economic decisions have on agricultural products in the state of Iowa.

Field Walk To The Lake Mills Country School, Julie Aamodt

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Students will take a field walk to our town’s country school. The students will be able to explore what a country school looked like and hear a presentation.

Five Themes With Travelbydrone.Com, Danny Kirst

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The students will be able to choose a place in the world on TravelByDrone.com and present to the class 4 of the 5 themes of geography concerning that particular place.

Frisbee Golf And Gps, Lane Gunderson

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To have the students integrate geography skills and concepts into a P.E. activity.

Fun With Longitude And Latitude, Angela Groene

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Students will be able to use longitude and latitude to locate points on a map.

Genocide In Rwanda, Tyler Balow

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In small groups, students will complete a jigsaw on Hutu propaganda and explain how it can be applied to the “8 stages of genocide”. These findings will be presented to the rest of the class.

Geography And Government, Michelle Griffen

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Students will use geography to understand how people and the environment can work together. We have different local, state, and national governments that have authority over our lives. Specific academic vocabulary helps us communicate in science, social studies, and math.

Geography Around The Great Wall, Bob Gilbertson

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Students will be able to:

• Describe the Great Wall in their own words

• Work collaboratively with a small group

• Increase their informational writing skills by writing a 7 paragraph essay instead of usual 5

Geography Of Conflict: Syria, Andrea Aykens

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Students will understand the origins of the current conflict in Syria and the human rights abuses that can occur under an autocratic form of government.

Glass Factory Lab, Scott Severson

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Students will develop a plan to separate mixtures that are waste products from a glass factory. Students will separate these recycled products on a small scale in the lab and apply the results to a large scale factory plan that is economically and environmentally responsible.

Gps Navigation Activity, Carmen Besler, Jayne Meyer, Jodi Russell, Marlene Weber

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Students will be able to find a location using new coordinates.