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Something a little different for this Minute’s Transfer to Teaching. As Jim Whiting points out at the end of his Minute, UC Berkeley has come up with a set of student activities about the life of Ibn Battuta. Find these activities listed and broken down by subject below, with links to the UC activities. To find the specific activity on the page, after you get to the Activity site, do a CTRL+F and type the heading in the search box. |
English/Language Arts
Writing: Post Cards
Practice informational writing skills through writing postcards. See UC Berkeley site for more details.
Writing: Travel Brochure
Practice persuasive writing by preparing a travel brochure of one of the places visited. See UC Berkeley site for more details.
Writing: Diary
Be a travelling companion and journal some events on your trip. This is a great time to discuss the possibility of unreliable narrators both in historical secondary sources and in fiction. See UC Berkeley site for more details.
Social Studies
Understanding the setting
Use this listing of all the places Ibn Battuta visited in order to answer the questions posed under the subheading Understanding the Setting
FCS/Nutrition
Do some research and prepare something In Battuta might have eaten on his journeys. Be aware, as the UC site points out, that many foods eaten in modern Africa and Asia are actually foods imported from the Americas. These would not have been a choice during the 14th century!
Research Skills
Find more images
Use this time to reinforce ethical use of images, teaching students how to cite visuals. Have a discussion about public domain and what that means.
Fake Social Media
Check out some of these fake social media platforms and “create a social media stream”.
Writing: Post Cards
Practice informational writing skills through writing postcards. See UC Berkeley site for more details.
Writing: Travel Brochure
Practice persuasive writing by preparing a travel brochure of one of the places visited. See UC Berkeley site for more details.
Writing: Diary
Be a travelling companion and journal some events on your trip. This is a great time to discuss the possibility of unreliable narrators both in historical secondary sources and in fiction. See UC Berkeley site for more details.
Social Studies
Understanding the setting
Use this listing of all the places Ibn Battuta visited in order to answer the questions posed under the subheading Understanding the Setting
FCS/Nutrition
Do some research and prepare something In Battuta might have eaten on his journeys. Be aware, as the UC site points out, that many foods eaten in modern Africa and Asia are actually foods imported from the Americas. These would not have been a choice during the 14th century!
Research Skills
Find more images
Use this time to reinforce ethical use of images, teaching students how to cite visuals. Have a discussion about public domain and what that means.
Fake Social Media
Check out some of these fake social media platforms and “create a social media stream”.
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