At a Glance:
| Grades: | 6 |
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| Subject: | Social Studies |
| Topic: | Effect of Trade on Technological Advances |
| Lesson Length: | 50 - 55 mins |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will learn how trade between regions contributed to advances in technology.
What should students know before this activity?
Have maps available that show various transregional trade routes.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
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Discuss how a specific technology developed over the past five years, ten years, and fifty years.
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Why was that technology developed?
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What need called for the development of this new technology at the time? For example, Uber Eats, SmartPhone, Social Media, Radio.
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Read and discuss the sample comic.
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How did trade help new technology develop?
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What will students do?
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Display a map showing these major trade routes: Trans-Saharan, Silk Road, Indian Ocean Routes and Mediterranean Sea Routes.
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Have students select one of these transregional routes to research.
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Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a three-panel comic illustrating the technology developed at that time as a result of traveling that route.
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The comic should include:
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information about the route selected
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the technology developed
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how it helped or impacted other societies
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How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Discuss finished comics as a class.
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You may choose to group students using a Jigsaw grouping, with at least one person in every group representing each trade route.
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Have students discuss their new technologies for each route. Then, decide as a group which technology has had the most impact on their own lives.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
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Use Think-Pair-Share strategy during whole group discussion.
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