Let’s design a flag for your students’ civilizations. But let’s do it right! We’ll dig into the language of vexillology, analyze real flags, form some opinions, and only then create our own flag.
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Create A Civilization: Pick The Location
As we begin the project, students first consider where on earth their civilization will begin.
Create A Civilization: From Hunters and Gatherers to Farmers
Now, let’s see how your students’ civilization transitions from hunters to gatherers.
Create A Civilization: The River
Most humans want to live near fresh water, which means that most civilizations settled near a river! Let’s add a river to your students’ civilizations.
Create A Civilization: Designing The Capital City
Will your students’ capital city develop organically like Paris over hundreds of years? Will it have a nicely designed grid like Washington DC? Will it be in the middle of a darn lake like
Tenochtitlan?
The Marshmallow Challenge
A fantastic fuzzy problem to start the year. Students use pasta and tape to try to get a marshmallow up as high as possible.
Evaluate with Academic Tournaments
The bracketed tournament isn’t just for college basketball. Set up a tournament to determine best president, state, element, or literary character and challenge your students to make interesting judgements.
Which One is Not Like The Others?
When we ask kids “which one is not like the others”, our cleverest students love to find ways to pick the non-obvious answer. So why not use this as a framework for pushing students deeper into our content.
Mathy Art
A few artists who create awesome mathematical art!
Thinking Hats and Lunar Survival Skills
How Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats helped me solve a problem with my favorite group discussion task.