Lesson
Lesson
| Title | Welcome to My World: Letter from Syria |
| Lesson Description | In many countries of the world today, a person's role and status is determined by culture and gender. Because American students live in an open society that stresses civil rights and equal opportunities for all its citizens, they may not realize that for people in some countries the situation is very different. |
| Author | Barbara Martin |
| Grade Level | 6-8 |
| Duration | 1-2 class periods |
| National Geography Standards | National Language Arts Standards |
| 6 | 9 |
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Photographs of Syria by lesson author for extension
6 Traits Writing Rubric (simple, full)Satellite Image of Middle East
Region, Courtesy of NASA
