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Opening Activity: Real Lives: Interactive Simulation:
Real Lives is a interactive simulation allowing you to experience life in one of 190 countries in the world. You are in control, but how will you do given the opportunities, political environment, health issue, and educational level in a country with opportunities far different from the United States?
Research Sources
YouTube "In Ghana Africa"
YouTube can be an awesome source for some very good video.
Report Organizational Tools:
Diigo will help you to gather your information. Please open an account so you can begin using this fantastic service.
Webspiration: is a concept mapping tool that will help you to organize your thoughts in a unique and fun way. Your teacher will "invite you" into their account site so that you can use this awesome tool.
Lesson Plan Resources
Please note: CAUTIONARY WARNING: Lesson plans are not "born perfect", they usually require modifications and adjustments. Additionally, it is a good practice to take your lesson on a "trial run", that is do the lesson as you expect your students to do it to make sure that it works properly. Having a completed sample of a activity is another good practice to follow. Make sure that the time needed to complete the lesson is adequate.
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Your Country Report
Opening Activity: Real Lives: Interactive Simulation:
Real Lives is a interactive simulation allowing you to experience life in one of 190 countries in the world. You are in control, but how will you do given the opportunities, political environment, health issue, and educational level in a country with opportunities far different from the United States?
- Download the trial version of real lives.
- Online Lesson Plans
Research Sources
| Resource Link | Directions | Coments |
| PBS | Simply use the search window to find info on your country | After you find the search results of your country, you need to explore this resourced to find the diamond mines of information. |
| Country Studies | Use the pull down menu to find your country of study | Descriptions of historical , economic, political and more. After you find the page of your country use the outline links on the left side to narrow you search even further. (Library of Congress sources) |
| Global Gateway | Enter your country into the search window. Once your get to the results page, use the advanced search option on the left side to refine your search. | This site uses the Library of Congress as it information source. WARNING, this site should provide you with a lot of information, it's not for the faint of heart, |
| YouTube | YouTube is an awesome resource for video (see the sample video below) | Before sharing your selection with other students, make sure you preview the entire video for appropriateness. |
| CIA World Factbook | Simply use the search window to find info on your country | You can search declassified "Top Secret" documents by selecting the search option "Electronic Reading Room". Alas, a lot of the information has been blacked out, darn! |
| BBC | Use the search window to find more info on your country. | The columns on the right side of the page contain radio, T.V. and video resources . |
| MAPS | Select Africa, then your country | To Print: At the bottom of the screen select printable enlarged GIF |
| Peace Corps | Click on your country | Has stories and photos |
| Portals to the World | Pick your country | Library of Congress |
YouTube "In Ghana Africa"
YouTube can be an awesome source for some very good video.
Report Organizational Tools:
Diigo will help you to gather your information. Please open an account so you can begin using this fantastic service.
Webspiration: is a concept mapping tool that will help you to organize your thoughts in a unique and fun way. Your teacher will "invite you" into their account site so that you can use this awesome tool. Lesson Plan Resources
Please note: CAUTIONARY WARNING: Lesson plans are not "born perfect", they usually require modifications and adjustments. Additionally, it is a good practice to take your lesson on a "trial run", that is do the lesson as you expect your students to do it to make sure that it works properly. Having a completed sample of a activity is another good practice to follow. Make sure that the time needed to complete the lesson is adequate.
| Lesson Plan Source | Example Lesson Plan | Comments |
| New York Times | Insert in the name of your country in the inquiry box, select a subject and a grade level. | |
| This is a good overall lesson | ||
| PBS | Avoid lessons that require a VCR video be purchased | |
| Example Search: lesson and plans and Ghana | ||
| Peace Corps | Enter your country name in the drop down, select lesson plans and click search. | |
| As this is a 4 period lesson, you need to choose a part that would fit your allowable time. | ||
| Generic Lesson Plan Resources | Search through to see if you find something of interest | |
| eMints | Challenging learning tasks | Africa Social issues Example resource: Students can download this 12-page PDF file which describes ten social problems in Africa. |
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