The Ohio Strands

By

Andrew South

America Strand

http://www.ibiblio.org/

• Act 1. Read about the slaves in North America – write short essay on what took place

• Act 2. Read about how African Americans fought against Racial Discrimination – write about how things have changed

http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/oahsm/index.html

• Act 1 read about Ohio history – list 5 things that happened in Ohio that changed

the U.S.

• Act 2 Write to OAHSM and ask them to send you information on Ohio

• Act 3 find out which presidents were from Ohio

More Web sites

• http://www1.umn.edu/ihrc/

• http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/

• http://www.ukans.edu/history/VL/

People in Societies

http://www.friesian.com/tombs.htm

• Act 1 read about the Egyptians and their tombs– list five kings

• Act 2 find out why early Egyptians entombed their dead.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/PCL/Map_collection/

middle_east.html• Act 1 Locate where Lebanon is on a map

and find out how far it is from Egypt

• Act 2 Find out the capital of Egypt and the Population size of that country.

• Act 3 List the 6 major cites in Egypt– and where they are in the country

http://www.assyrianinfo.com/

• Act 1 Find out where Assyrians are from and why they are important in History

• Act 2 Write a paper on why the Assyrians were important for the mixing of cultures.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/

zoroastr.htm• Act 1 do a group group project on

Zarathushtra and what he founded

• Act 2 Find facts about Zoroastrianism and give speech on the religion

• Act 3 Write a paper on how it is different from Christianity and the Jewish religion.

http://english.planetarabia.com/main.cfm

World Interactions

http://k12.jain.ad.jp/100/list.html

• Act 1 write a short a short paragraph on how Japan uses the internet in the classroom

• Act 2 Find out whether Japan uses the internet more in the classroom

• Act 3 Sign your class up with a class from Japan

http://www.is.auetech.aichi-edu.ac.jp/~tkamada/education/

schools_j.html• Act 1 How many Japanese schools are

signed up for the Internet

• Act 2 Write in your on words. Does it seem that Japan uses the internet in their classrooms.

http://www.myndak.is/

• Act 1 Find out what Lang. this site is in and where the school is located

• Act 2 After figuring out where the school is located write to them and ask about their school.

http://www.unak.is/

• Act 1 Figure out what language this is and where in the world the school is

• Act 2 After figuring out where the school is located write to them and ask about their school

• Act 3 Is this School located in a cold place

More Web Pages

• http://www.lonelyplanet.com/letters/

• http://pubweb.parc.xerox.com/map

• http://www.waikato.ac.nz/geog//

• http://www.geog.auckland.ac.nz/public/

• http://www.sv.ntnu.no/geo/geo-e.htm

• http://home.uleth.ca/geo/

Decision Making & Resources

http://ecedweb.unomaha.edu/lessons/lesson2.htm

• Act 1Why did prisoners have problems with getting food.

• Act 2 How many men were located there and why did the number keep increasing?

• Act 3 How were prisoners able to added to their food supplies?

http://www.stockmaster.com/

• Act 1 Find stock and find out how much it is worth.

• Act 2 Research a stock and find out if it has been gaining in worth or if it has been dropping.

• Act 3 Define what a stock market is and how it is suppose to work.

http://www.clev.frb.org/GenInfo.htm

• Act 1 How many banks make up the FRS

• Act 2 What is the FRS and find out when it was set up.

http://www.indiana.edu/~econed/anrpts/anrpt00/

heldref.pdf• Act 1 What was the difference in Price

History from 1987-88 and 2000-01?

• Act 2 By how much did circulation increase each year between 1990 and 2000?

Democratic Processes

http://oyez.nwu.edu/

• Act 1 How Many Justices are there and what are there names

• Act 2 What 3 Judges are thinking about stepping down

• Act 3 Who is the oldest Judge and which was is the youngest

http://supct.law.cornell.edu/supct/supct.February.2001.html

• Act 1 How many Cases were decided this month and what were the names?

• Act 2 what was ILLINOIS v. McARTHUR and what did it effact in law

More Web Pages

• http://congress.org/

• http://www.dol.gov/

Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities

http://www.randomhouse.com/seussville/

• Act 1 Why was Doctor Seuss Important for kids and how are they using his birthday?

• Act 2 Find out what Dr Seuss did for the WWII war movement

http://www.vote-smart.org/

• Act 1 Is it important to Vote, give reasons for and or against?

• Act 2 Is it the responsibility of each citizen to vote?

• Act 3 What does Vote Smart do? And why is it important?

http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/

constitution.overview.html• Act 1 How many Amendments have been

add since the first 10?

• Act 2 what were the first 10 called and make a list of them?

• Act 3 What are some of the rights and responsibilities laid-out in the Constitution?

http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/legislative/congress.html

• Act 1what does the Legislative body of the Government do? And why did the Founding Fathers set the Government this way?

• Act 2 How many Houses are in the Legislative part of the Government and how many people are elected to each part.

Here is one more Web Page

• http://www.house.gov/house/Maps.html

Conclusion

Ohio Strands

• These Strands try to cover all parts of Social Studies

• These are just a few of the Web pages that can help you do this as a Teacher

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