Social Studies Article Format

Title and introductory text goes here

• Note: if this is a long article, create a shorter entry called "basic outline" (such as this Ancient Egypt Simple Outline)
• For an image to show at the top right, place it here using this format: [[File:name|right|frame|Great Pyramids (wikipedia)]] (then erase the nowiki code!)

Article Objective

• details here about the teaching purpose of this entry
• objectives should state how the article will help teachers and/or students

Place other introductory notes here, especially:

• some ideas about general teaching approach to this subject (put lesson plans ideas below)
• or other clarifications for teacher use of this subject

Wikipedia entry: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/article name] Wikipida "simple English" entry: name

Notes & Objectives

List the objectives for students /teaching of this subject here:

apply historical concepts

• geography
• movement & isolation
• cultural diffusion & spread of ideas, technologies, and
• causality & human choice
• identity, especially in religion and culture
• stability v. change
• surplus & scarcity
• order v. chaos
• continuity v. change
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cultural appreciation

• unique culture
• cultural influences
• gender roles
• cultural and technological advance
• art & architecture
• vignettes of people, places, cultures, periods

other student enhancement

• engaging topic that students enjoy
• creative application in study

Geography

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Isolation

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Movement

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Regions

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Natural Resources

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Climate

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Etymology/ Word Origins

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Social, Political and Economic Structures

Government

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Economy

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Social Structures

• social classes
• identity
• religion
• family
• gender
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Literature & Arts

• links

Culture and Cultural & Technological Achievements

• deatils
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Historiography

• using sub-headings or bullets, discussion of the historical sources and historiography of this subject

External Resources

Websites

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See Also

• bulleted link to other related internal or web articles
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Lesson Plans & Teaching Ideas

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Other Student Projects and Investigations

• ideas for student work / engagement with the topic

Readings for students

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