Historical Research in A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
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Theme: |
Primary Source Documents
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Grades: |
3 - 5
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Subject: |
Reading and Language Arts
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Duration: |
45 minute class session
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Standards
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Virginia State Learning Standards
The student will improve skills in historical research and geographical analysis by
- Identifying, analyzing and interpreting primary and secondary sources to make generalizations about events and life in world history since 1500 A.D.
- Using maps, globes, artifacts and pictures to analyze the physical and cultural landscapes of the world and to interpret the past since 1500 A.D.
- Identifying geographic features important to the study of world history since 1500 A.D.
- Identifying and comparing contemporary political boundaries with the location of civilizations, empires and kingdoms from 1500 A.D. to the present
- Analyzing trends in human migration and cultural interaction from 1500 A.D. to the present
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Locate Sierra Leone and Guinea on a map of Africa
- Define a primary source document and list positive and negative attributes of using this type of source
- Locate a secondary source on the civil war in Sierra Leone
- Compare and contrast the different aspects of the civil war based on primary and secondary sources
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