SOCIAL STUDIES PLANS
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3 + Day 4
Day 5
Introduce WWII by
watching video: http://
americanhistory.si.edu/
militaryhistory/
exhibition/flash.html
Timeline:
Students will be divided
into groups to research
major events that
happened during WWII.
Each group will be
given a specific time
period to research
(1939, 1941, 1942,
1943, 1944, 1945) On
an index card, students
will be responsible to
write down key events
that took place during
their assigned time
period.
SALT DOUGH
MAP OF THE
CARIBBEAN
ISLAND
Geocaching activity
Websites for
research:
www.factmonster.com/
ipka/A0005248.html
Each group will place
their cards on the
classroom timeline.
(using yarn and
clothespins) As a
class, discuss the
major events that were
noted.
Each student will then
use the classroom
timeline to create their
own individual timeline.
Timeline websites:
http:// www.teachnology.com/web_tools/
materials/timelines/
Students will fill in the
dates and major events
for each time period.
Print
Students will create
a salt dough map to
show the route that
Phillip traveled.
They will label
specific islands
such as Curacoa,
Jamaica, Haiti,
Dominican
Republic, Cuba,
and Puerto Rico)
Each island will be
painted a different
color and correctly
labeled.
Students will work
with a partner with
the geocaching
equipment. There
will be preset
“cashes” set for
each group to find.
At each “cash”,
there will be a
subject specific
question that the
students must
discuss and record
the answer to in
their “Geocaching
Journal”. Once all
questions have
been located and
answered, the
class will come
back to discuss
their findings.
SOCIAL STUDIES PLANS