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Empire Intelligence Briefings Lesson PlanEmpire Intelligence Briefings Lesson Plan
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr 30 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2015
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Empire Intelligence Briefings

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  • Diplomacy Challenge Presentation Rubric (.pdf)
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To trade or not to trade. Young diplomats put their country's best foot forward in a series of briefings for other countries about their nations. The goal is to persuade others to engage in diplomacy and trade. Using a previous lesson for research, this day's work includes presenting their PowerPoints and listening to each other's work. 

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

empires, the british empire, the mughal empire, the ottoman empire, trade routes, trade, the ming dynasty, the qing dynasty, china, the dutch, the netherlands, russia, the persian empire, spain, portugal, west africa, role playing

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Use presentations to engage learners in student-centered projects on empires
  • Adapt the rubric for other oral presentations

Classroom Considerations

  • Second in a series of sequential seven lessons on diplomacy

Pros

  • Included materials such as rubrics and a notes sheet make using in class easy
  • Part of a cohesive unit on the Age of Empires or easy to adapt to other instruction

Cons

  • None

Common Core

WHST.9-10.6

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