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Empire Intelligence Briefings

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This Empire Intelligence Briefings lesson plan also includes:

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 instructional activity 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
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Additional Tags
social studies
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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