Overview
Six easy steps for a teacher-friendly, zero-prep, 40-minute lesson plan on Syria. This resource is full of engaging visuals, ready-to-use PowerPoints and Prezis with narration, and provides activity and extension materials to accompany the lesson
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Subjects
History, geography, government, current events
Estimated time
40 minutes
Grade level
9-12
Lesson outline
Introduction (1 minute)
- Sign up for a free Prezi account and give your students background with the Syria the Basics Prezi(5 minutes.) Follow up with another Prezi about Youth Projects across America: Just press play! (3 minutes)
- Review the Powerpoint slides.
- Inform your Students about what they can do (2 minutes)
- Hand out the Common Core Essay Assignment for Homework. (1 minute)
This resource was created by Teach Deeply (the educational arm of Syria Deeply) in coordination with IAmSyria.org and Share My Lesson
This lesson was originally published on September 1, 2013, and updated on July 30, 2026.
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Tags
- Civics
- Holocaust
- International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- World War II
- classroom resource
- fascism
- history
- lesson plan
- social studies
