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Empires Cheat Sheet (or Frayer model...)

ERIN CUNNINGHAM

I'm a fan of the foldables and I've got one going in my World History classes to review the basics of empires before we get to studying specific empires.

Earlier this week, students completed this "investigation" based on the "What is an empire?" article and they read the Authority and Control in Ancient Empires article yesterday. To review, we did some "magic" paper folding that resulted in a Frayer model cheat sheet.

Step 1: Hold paper landscape style

Step 2: Fold paper across ("hamburger style"0

Step 3: Fold across again ("hamburger style")

Step 4: Find the corner that is most "closed" (think of where the center of the unfolded paper would be) and fold over about an inch or two

    

Step 5: Unfold and trace the creases with a pen/market EXCEPT for inside the center box

    

Step 6: Label the sections however you'd like! Here's how we did ours...

    

BONUS POINTS if you're totally extra with your students about the folding process and the "big" reveal when you unfold Laughing

Parents Reply
  • in reply to Curtis Greeley

     , your template is great! I love teaching vocabulary--I had gotten away from it when we started developing our World History course but I've been reintroducing it now that I'm more familiar and confident with the curriculum. 

    I like the illustration box on yours--how do you prompt kids for that when the term is more conceptual? 

Children
  • in reply to ERIN CUNNINGHAM

    We brainstorm, for instance, one of my all -time favorite, one kid illustrated Queen Nzinga with the image of a man, dressed in drag, beard stubble and a tutu.

    The fun comes when the kid explains that Queen Nzinga ruled at a time when women could not rule, so she masqueraded as a man, a king. As a result, her concubines masqueraded as women to keep up the pretense.  Times like these make you think that yes, they can learn!! :-)