Draw & Explore Social Studies: Exploring the World Bundle (Ages 8-13)

Description

Combine art and social studies with these units on coins, types of homes, musical instruments, and Christmas foods from around the world. Students learn from a short description of each term illustrated and then practice copying the examples on grids. Review questions and answer keys are also included. See a preview of each title at the links below.

Draw and Explore Social Studies: Coins Around the World: The Draw and Explore Social Studies series is a great way to combine art and social studies. A short description of ten different coins from around the world, past and present, is given. Each is followed by an image of the coin on a grid. Next, students can do one or all of the assignments that follow. They can draw half of the image in a grid that shows the left half of the picture, half of the image in a grid that shows the right half of the picture, or the entire image on an empty grid. This makes the unit completely flexible for both left-handed and right-handed students. Ten review questions and an answer key are also included. Coins from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Kenya, Mexico, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America are included as well as the euro. 31 pages total.

Draw and Explore Social Studies: Homes Around the World: The Draw and Explore Social Studies series is a great way to combine art and social studies. A short description of ten different types of homes from around the world is given. Each is followed by an image of the home on a grid. Next, students can do one or all of the assignments that follow. They can draw half of the image in a grid that shows the left half of the picture, half of the image in a grid that shows the right half of the picture, or the entire image on an empty grid. This makes the unit completely flexible for both left-handed and right-handed students. Ten review questions and an answer key are also included. Types of homes included are the chickee (Seminole), Dutch floating home, tukul (Ethiopia), goahti (Sami), izba (Russia), Lake Titicaca reed house (Uru), pueblo, Tudor (English), Viking longhouse, and yurt (Mongol). 31 pages total.

Draw and Explore Social Studies: Musical Instruments Around the World: The Draw and Explore Social Studies series is a great way to combine art and social studies. A short description of ten different musical instruments from around the world is given. Each is followed by an image of the instrument on a grid. Next, students can do one or all of the assignments that follow. They can draw half of the image in a grid that shows the left half of the picture, half of the image in a grid that shows the right half of the picture, or the entire image on an empty grid. This makes the unit completely flexible for both left-handed and right-handed students. Ten review questions and an answer key are also included. Musical instruments included are the balalaika, crwth, gandingan, Hulusi, khene, kokle, pandeiro, saron, thavil, and volynka. 31 pages total.

Draw and Explore Social Studies: Christmas Foods Around the World: The Draw and Explore Social Studies series is a great way to combine art and social studies. A short description of ten different foods associated with Christmas celebrations is given. Each is followed by an image of the food or meal on a grid. Next, students can do one or all of the assignments that follow. They can draw half of the image in a grid that shows the left half of the picture, half of the image in a grid that shows the right half of the picture, or the entire image on an empty grid. This makes the unit completely flexible for both left-handed and right-handed students. Ten review questions and an answer key are also included. Foods included are bûche de Noël, chapattis and nyama choma, Christmas cake, kahk, puto bumbóng, kutya, rabanada, roast turkey and vegetables, stollen, and Three Kings Cake. 31 pages total.