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Fun end of the year activities????

Melissa Nowotarski

The end of the year looks a little different for me in APWH than in my regular WH course since we've taken the AP exam.  While the OER Climate Project is excellent for those of you who have loads of time left, for me, I don't have quite that much time so I do a variety of activities instead because we've worked so hard throughout the year already.

  • I modified a project from the APWH FB group called UnHinged History allowing students to express some their interests along with showing historical content.  Here's the basic assignment sheet: Unhinged History Infographic.docx
  • We also watch some different documentaries/films.  If you can find a version, Lagaan is a very popular Bollywood classic.  I also show this great documentary called The Other Dream Team about the 1992 Lithuanian basketball team and the end of the Cold War: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n8DOeXZqpo
  • We also play historically based games like Stratego, Azul, Snakes and Ladders, etc.  Here's a basic evaluation sheet for that: BoardGameEvaluationSheet.docx
  • Another great example of cultural globalization would be the EuroVision Song Contest.  Here's a video compilation of all of the songs for this year's submissions:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygniu2fDTkc You could easily have students do a list of trends (similarities and differences) that they see between the submissions.

What other "fun" activities do you have to end the year?

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  •  shared a "Debating Globalization" activity with me (see comments on this post) last year and I had so much success with it again that I (with the help of Brisk AI) created a follow up simulation regarding the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Student Handouts/Slide/my students proposals & resolutions).

    We did both simulations during the 2 weeks leading up to final exams. I was impressed by how thorough my students were in their research and by how involved even the quietest students were in the actual discussion. I think it helps some kids to speak on behalf of their country rather than on their own behalf sometimes. It's a lower social risk to roleplay!

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  •  shared a "Debating Globalization" activity with me (see comments on this post) last year and I had so much success with it again that I (with the help of Brisk AI) created a follow up simulation regarding the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Student Handouts/Slide/my students proposals & resolutions).

    We did both simulations during the 2 weeks leading up to final exams. I was impressed by how thorough my students were in their research and by how involved even the quietest students were in the actual discussion. I think it helps some kids to speak on behalf of their country rather than on their own behalf sometimes. It's a lower social risk to roleplay!

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