Mrs. Donn's Lesson Plans & Activities

World History for K-12 teachers & students

World Studies (Geography, History, Culture)

1. Feudal Japan: S.P.A.M. (Samurai, Peasant, Artisan, Merchant) - (1 day) Lesson Plan, Game. See also: Feudal Japan & Haiku Verse
   
   

2. Russia: Start of the Russian Revolution - (3-4 days) Lesson Plan.
   See also: Russian Revolution
   
   
   

3. World Cultures: What is Culture? (90 minutes) Lesson Plan with List of Various Groups handout
   
   

4. Australia's Great Barrier Reef (2-3 days)  Lesson Plan and Personalities Handout.
   See also: Australia
   
   

5. India/Pakistan Dispute over Kashmir  (4 days) Mini-Unit with Background and Handouts
   
   

6. Israeli-Palestinian Conflict  (2 days) Simulation for the Classroom with background, role descriptions
   
   

7. Propaganda Techniques  Can YOU find the secret messages hidden in propaganda? It's not as easy as you might think. What is propaganda anyway?
   
   As some of you know, before he became a teacher, Mr. Donn spent a career in Military Intelligence as a member of the SSA at NSA (the National Security Agency, or the No-Name Agency, as they like to say in the movies.) This 45-55 minute lesson includes propaganda materials we don't often see as they are typically dropped in massive quantities over enemy territory. Very neat stuff! Feel free to use these materials in your classrooms.
   
   

8. Geography in the News  (8 weeks, a few minutes a day) Ongoing daily activity, 5 Themes of Geography
   
   

9. More Geography Lesson Ideas  The Geography Game (Educated Guess) works well anytime but is especially useful to open a new unit. Plus other lesson ideas. 
   
   

10. Colonial Mexico  Learning module. The Pre-Independence Mexican Indian Uprisings; Did they help or hinder Mexico's drive to independence from Spain? (Rise of Democratic Ideas; 19th Century, 9th-grade World History)
    
    

11. Holidays Around the World - Mrs. Donn's Special Section. Ancient Roots, Modern Holidays; mini-learning modules for over 30 different holidays, with holiday games, lesson plans, activities, for the classroom.
    
    

12. WW2 - The US Home Front (unit index)  
    Conducting Oral Histories
    Where were you on December 7, 1941
    Symbols of the Home Front
    Ration Books, Victory Gardens, Junk Rallys
    The Ration Stamp Game
    Walking Home (story)  
    
    World War II
    WW2 - Leaders in the News
    WW2 - Headlines in the News
    WW2 - More Lesson Ideas - Neutrality, National Interest, Hiroshima