World History · Week 36 · The Cold War and the Contemporary World
Gratitude for the Story So Far
Students reflect on how people across centuries sought freedom and dignity and write a note of thanks to someone who carries history forward for them.
- Students will
- Students reflect on how people across centuries sought freedom and dignity, assess options for action today, and write a note of thanks to someone who carries history forward.
- SEL skill
- Express specific gratitude clearly and kindly
- What it looks like
- Students practice effective communication by expressing specific gratitude.
- Content focus
- Gratitude for the story so far
- Format
- Partner exchange
Relationship skills
Relationship skills mean talking and listening well, working together, and handling conflict so relationships stay healthy. More relationship skills activities
What you get
A teacher guide with what to say, step by step, plus student pages and a supports page for students with diverse learning needs, including those with IEPs. Print or Project it, or assign it in Google Forms and Google Docs for Google Classroom. Your first 10 activities are free.
Standards
- CST.1: Students compare the present with the past, evaluating the consequences of past events and decisions and determining the lessons that were learned.
- CA HSS Analysis Skill: HI2 Recognize the complexity of historical causes and effects, including the limits on determining cause and effect. (Historical Interpretation)
- C3 Framework (national): D4.7.9-12 Assess options for individual and collective action to address local, regional, and global problems through self-reflection and strategic thinking.
- Literacy in history: WHST.9-10.2 Write informative and explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events.
More relationship skills activities for World History
- Liberty Crosses the Atlantic Relationship skillsStudents learn how Toussaint Louverture in Haiti and Simón Bolívar in South America adapted revolutionary ideas and practice listening to how others make shared ideas their own.
- Workers Speak Together Relationship skillsStudents learn how early unions organized for shorter hours and safer workplaces and practice voicing a shared need respectfully as a group.
- Gandhi and Nonviolent Resistance Relationship skillsStudents study how Gandhi and millions of Indians used nonviolent resistance to win independence and practice standing firm without harming others.
- Making Peace at Versailles Relationship skillsStudents compare the Fourteen Points with the Treaty of Versailles and consider what makes a peace last or fail after serious harm.
RoseThread Connect activities are drafted with the help of AI and shaped by educators. Students never have to share anything personal. Our five SEL skills are informed by CASEL's SEL Framework; RoseThread Learning is not affiliated with or endorsed by CASEL.