Target Class/Lesson Overview: I think these strategies could be used in most secondary social sciences classrooms but I will focus on World Geography and SOL standard WG.17
The student will apply social science skills to analyze the impact of globalization by
a) identifying factors, including comparative advantage, that influence the distribution of economic activities and trade;
b) describing ways that economic and social interactions change over time; and
c) mapping, describing, and evaluating economic unions.
The student will apply social science skills to analyze the impact of globalization by
a) identifying factors, including comparative advantage, that influence the distribution of economic activities and trade;
b) describing ways that economic and social interactions change over time; and
c) mapping, describing, and evaluating economic unions.
Closing Activity #1 (what the student knows and understands)
For this closing activity I could implement the "snowball" activity, which I found across a couple of different websites. Each student starts by writing a question on a piece of paper, they then ball up the paper into a snowball. When each student is ready, everyone throws their snowball around the classroom. Students will take turns picking up a snowball and reading the question aloud, students will then try to answer the question on the SmartBoard. Using the SmartBoard students will be able to write their answers or draw any graphs or pictures. I will create a Google doc that includes all questions and answers. At the end of the activity I will share the Google doc with each student. For this activity I am sticking with familiar technology tools.
Closing Activity #2 (allows students to reflect on what they learned and extend to other ideas)
One way I could close a lesson is to end on a mind mapping activity. I would have students use Draw.io to make a mind map of the most important things they learned during the lesson and they could branch off on any details, or branch off on other ideas that this lesson relates to. It would probably look more like a weird spider web than an organized mind map. My goal for this closing activity would be to encourage students to relate new information to information they already know, so they can focus on the big picture. I think students are more likely to remember new information when they can connect it to something familiar.