World History Projects
March 24, 2009 10:59 AM Subscribe
What are some good resources for project-based learning for High School World History?
I'm teaching a high school world history class and I'm trying to implement a project-based learning model. On the whole it has been very successful. But I'm having to create everything the class does from scratch. I love the opportunity to be able to do that, but sometimes inspiration takes a very long time to strike. Does anybody know of really good resources, on the web or a text, that has project ideas? The more complete the layout of projects, the better. But what I'm really looking for is project ideas directly tied to topics. For instance, project ideas for Ancient Egypt, or Sub-Saharan Africa, or whatever.
I'm teaching a high school world history class and I'm trying to implement a project-based learning model. On the whole it has been very successful. But I'm having to create everything the class does from scratch. I love the opportunity to be able to do that, but sometimes inspiration takes a very long time to strike. Does anybody know of really good resources, on the web or a text, that has project ideas? The more complete the layout of projects, the better. But what I'm really looking for is project ideas directly tied to topics. For instance, project ideas for Ancient Egypt, or Sub-Saharan Africa, or whatever.
Edutopia has a large collection of resources on project-based learning.
My little sister's high-school world history class emphasizes project-based learning, and they just completed the World Affairs Challenge, which focused this year on global migration. You might find some ideas there.
posted by miriam at 1:42 AM on March 25, 2009
My little sister's high-school world history class emphasizes project-based learning, and they just completed the World Affairs Challenge, which focused this year on global migration. You might find some ideas there.
posted by miriam at 1:42 AM on March 25, 2009
http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=56961
www.eric.ed.gov
posted by jgirl at 12:55 PM on March 25, 2009
www.eric.ed.gov
posted by jgirl at 12:55 PM on March 25, 2009
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Build a pyramid for your Ancient Egypt section
Salt-dough recipe (so they can make maps of various regions in Sub-Saharan Africa)
Our kids did something similar to this guy's Electronic Passport, where they had quizzes or completed theme papers for each region. Once they mastered lessons on an area, they earned a stamp on their visa. The goal, of course, was to have a completely stamped visa.
In the past, we have also had to create an authentic castle model (meaning you need to have the right architecture AND materials for the time). You could also have the kids research and create their own heraldic coat of arms to go along with a unit on feudalism. This site has free software to help them do that . Looks like there is also some info you can link to about building a castle there, too.
posted by misha at 3:24 PM on March 24, 2009