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Research Project







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click above for description of our research project on Ancient Civilizations

Blog about our research project //G////rade L evel: // 1st Grade //Unit//**:** Social Studies – Research Project on ancient civilizations //Lesson Objectives//**:** - Students will learn the important of team work. - Students will be able to research different cultures using different media. - Students will learn to gather relevant facts in books, internet and videos. - Students will learn the important contributions that other cultures have given to our culture. //Time Required to complete this lesson//**:** 1 Month during Social studies period. //Title of lesson: “//Learning from our Past” //Resources/materials needed:// - Websites provided for research - Books on ancient civilizations - Youtube Videos - Art supplies for the students to make their own artifacts

//Description of lesson:// The students will conduct a research project on an ancient civilization. First the students get in groups and pick the civilization that most interests them. They can choose between the Mayans, Aztecs, Native Americans, Vikings, Egyptians, Greeks, Romans, or Ancient Chinese. By using the links, books, videos, and teacher assistance the students will be responsible for gathering information about these distinct cultures. Each group will be responsible for answering the following questions about their particular civilization: - Where they lived - Time period in which they lived - Famous or important people from their civilization - Major accomplishments from each culture

//Assignment//**:** Students will perform the assignment mainly during class time in their small group. After the research project students will demonstrate the information that they learned through three ways: - A play, skit, art project (diorama), or project of students choice describing the information that was found - A short collaborative fictional story written by all the students describing a typical day for a child of their age in that civilization at that time. - Each student will create their own personal artifact that is special and unique.

//Technology used//**:** Internet Youtube videos Tumblr Blog

//The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way:// By allowing to the students conduct their research through approved websites, this will make gathering the important information much easier for the students. Students will be able to look though their information quickly and be able to find what information they will be able to use in the project and what will not be helpful. By the students personally finding the information themselves, it will make it more powerful and students will be able to find information that they are interested in.

 Some timelines about ancient civilizations media type="custom" key="5980121"mayan timeline

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media type="custom" key="5980171"China timeline