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Introduction: 

This lesson was created with the purpose of helping students learn about he 7 Ancient Wonders of the World. The students will learn, by time traveling, about the purpose, the methods for building  and how each wonder was destroyed.  The students will present their learning and understanding of the information by creating posters, oral presentation and physical replicas of the Ancient Wonder that they are assigned. The students will walk away thinking of ways they can help future time travelers learn about The 7  Modern Wonders of the World. 

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Objectives:

Students will learn the purpose, methods of building and reasons for collapsing of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World. 

Students will be able to explain the process and methods used for constructing one of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World.

Students will orally present the purpose, of the creators, for constructing one of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World. 

Student will recreate a replica of one of the 7 Wonders of the World and explain their process of building in a presentation to the class.

Students will think of way that they can help preserve the memory of the current modern wonders of the world for future time travelers.

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Learners:

This lesson was created for a 5th grade class and it would fall under the Social Studies subject. This lesson could also be used under science for the engineering of the replicas. The lesson is fairly independent and students will demonstrate their understanding in a variety of ways. By asking the students to demonstrate their understanding in a variety of ways, as the teacher I will be able to assess the depth of their understanding.  

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Standards: 

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  • MP.5 Use appropriate tools strategically. (3-5-ETS1-1),(3-5-ETS1-2),(3-5-ETS1-3)

  • W.5.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. (3-5-ETS1-1),(3-5-ETS1-3)

  • RI.5.9 Integrate information from several texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably. (3-5-ETS1-2)

  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.5
    Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, sound) and visual displays in presentations when appropriate to enhance the development of main ideas or themes.

  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.1
    Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 5 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.

Process:

  • This lesson will be completed in 3-4 days 

  • After the students have been randomly grouped and assigned their Wonder allow time for the groups to read the instructions and watch the video segment assigned to them. During this time the students should be recording information and answering the questions on their pages. 

  • Students will collaboratively place their information on a poster. 

  • Students will receive a box with the materials needed to create their replica of their Wonder. (Each box will have different materials- for example The Hanging Gardens of Babylon will include greenery to help create the gardens.)

  • Lastly the groups will present their poster(including the answer to the questions on the page) and their replicas (explaining their method of building.) 

 

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Materials: 

The materials needed for a successful completion of the web quest include: 

  • 7 Chrome books (one for each group)

  •  7 containers (boxes) to hold the additional resources the student may need to complete their research

  •  7 containers (boxes) with materials such as toilet paper rolls, paper towel rolls, some greenery, paint, paintbrushes, different types of fabrics, paper(stock paper, tissue paper, bottle caps, etc) to complete their replicas 

  • Poster paper 

  • Markers 

  • Paper 

  • Pencil (or something to take notes with) 

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Conclusion: 

As the students walk away from this lesson they should think as we head into the future, about todays 7 Modern Wonders of the World and how one day those could also disappear and they will be considered Ancient Wonders, just like the ones they explored, in this lesson. What can they do to preserve the memory of those wonders? How could they help our future time travelers in their search to find answers of our current 7 Modern Wonders of the World?

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Citations and Resources: 

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aY9Se-J2ww&t=1053s

http://www.crystalinks.com/lighthousealexandria.html

https://www.ancient.eu/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza/

http://www.history.com/news/hanging-gardens-existed-but-not-in-babylon

http://simplebooklet.com/publish.php?wpKey=TTh5dpDNTcZKwEoinUHA43#page=3

https://www.kusadasi.biz/ephesus/temple-of-artemis.html

http://wanderlord.com/statue-zeus-olympia/

https://www.realmofhistory.com/2017/01/16/mausoleum-at-halicarnassus-restored/

https://dogfoose.com/2010/02/7-wonders/

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