Teacher's guide for similiar or different?

by Lisa Hayman

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Introduction

Use this Knowledge Hunt to help 7 - 9 Social Studies students learn about Japan and Australia. The goal is to get students openly exploring a topic.

Overview

Main Topic:	Researching the World!
Subtopics:	, , ,
Grade Level:	7 - 9
Subject(s):	Social Studies
Learning Goal:	openly exploring a topic

Vision and Reality

If the learning goal were achieved in the most ideal of perfect worlds it would look something like:

Students are often asked to complete research on countries. These links are designed to assist such work.

However, what I anticipate probably looks more like:

Based on the Vision set for this activity, the actual reality is more likely to be

The What - If Inventory

To give the activity its best chance at helping students learn, I assembled this list of possible resources:

Standards

Curriculum Standards Framework II
Studies of Society and Environment KLA

Conclusion

created by Lisa Hayman email: hayman.lisa.l@edumail.vic.gov.au http://www.web-and-flow.com/members/lhayman/research/hunt.htm