This social studies substitute kit provides a set of engaging and meaningful geography-focused activities that are low-prep, yet go beyond just leaving busy-work for your students. Find interactive activities designed to span 5 days of learning for your social studies class. These activities incorporate reading informational text, writing, map skills, critical thinking, and more!
 
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This kit includes detailed prep instructions, directions for your sub, answer keys, and standards alignment.
 
Day 1 & 2: Seven Wonders of the World Virtual Field Trip (simply assign in Google Classroom or conduct whole group)
 
Day 3: Seven Wonders of the World Flip Book (students assemble flip book and record facts they learned from the VFT)
 
Day 4: Map Skills Lesson & Practice (key concepts and practice opportunities included in one booklet)
 
Day 5: Movie Guide for The Story of Plastic (a National Geographic mini series found on YouTube)
 
DESCRIPTIONS:
 
Virtual Field Trip: Seven Wonders of the World
Your students will take a virtual field trip to the 7 Wonders of the World! Using a combination of Google Earth™ 360-degree views, informational text, and visuals, your students will learn about each of the Seven Wonders of the World from various perspectives. This Google Slides activity is set up and ready to go! Simply assign in Google Classroom or with your LMS. You could also have your sub do this activity whole group.
 
Students will learn about and virtually explore the following:
Petra
Great Wall of China
Taj Mahal
Colosseum
Machu Picchu
Chichen Itza
Christ the Redeemer
Pyramids of Giza (Honorary Status)
 
Seven Wonders Flip Book Graphic Organizer Activity:
After completing the virtual field trip, students will assemble a flip book and record facts they learned about the Seven Wonders of the World. This flip book template is a great way for students to show what they learned, while also providing an engaging activity that can be saved in a student interactive notebook (see photo example in the preview).
 
Map Skills Lesson & Practice:
This lesson and included activities can be conducted teacher-led or as independent work. Just print the booklet and triple staple. The booklet is structured with the informational text and practice opportunities integrated throughout. Everything is set up to move through the concepts in an organized way so that your students are applying what they learn as they move through the booklet. You can also print just the pages you need. There are also additional video links and online map links included within the teacher file to help you enhance the lesson.
 
Key concepts include:
Directions, maps, and spatial reasoning
The continents
Map grids
Lines of latitude and longitude
Hempispheres
Coordinate directions
 
The Story of Plastic Movie Guide:
This is a three-part movie series from National Geographic. This video guide includes movie questions, background information before you watch, and take action pages. Answer keys are included.
 
Your students will learn about:
the impact of plastic toothbrushes
the social norm of cigarette butt littering
the reason why shoes cannot be recycled & solutions