ORC Resource Types

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: Although this lesson probably better fits a class teaching character education, the lesson to some extent falls under 8th grade social studies benchmarks and indicators. This lesson may be an excellent way for teachers to generate thinking about stereotyping and prejudice; racism and prejudice; institutionalized racism and institutionalized discrimination....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: The enslavement and forcible transportation of men, women, and children from Africa spanned more than three centuries. The slave trade and its subsequent impact greatly changed the world....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This website has wonderful primary resources and a great activity for students to complete to learn more about the women's suffrage movement, this activity is written using clear and organized directions that students should easily follow. However, the site also states that students will need to learn how to navigate throughout the archives....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This lesson applies to many of the Ohio Social Studies Content Standards. This lesson explores the concepts of culture and diversity by encouraging students to think outside of the box....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This lesson provides a comparison between farming in the Near East and farming in Africa. There are a variety of activities for teachers to choose from....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This lesson unit is wonderful for students to learn about the Egyptian culture. There are numerous websites covering all parts of the standards and then some....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: In this lesson students will be required to create a newspaper article that "summarizes and draws conclusions from a historical event." This lesson focuses on four main historical events: The Persians' Defeat at Plataea, The Punic Wars, The building of the Great Wall of China, and The Vikings. Students are split into cooperative groups (4) to...

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: Using this website students will learn how trade played an important role in the economy of West Africa between the 14th and 18th century. Students will assume the role of a television show scout whose job it is to find a location for future episodes of the show by exploring West Africa....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This lesson provides an overview of the Spanish settlement of what is now the southwest portion of the United States. There is a pre activity included which would draw upon student's knowledge of European architecture during the time period and several appropriate post activities which teachers could choose to incorporate....

Discipline: Social Studies

Professional Commentary: This site is a link from Digital History. Provided is a set of primary documents, including statistics, that students can analyze for the purpose of making conclusion....