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By the end of this lesson, students will be able to explain what UNESCO is and identify its main purposes in protecting world heritage and promoting education.

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Students will:
- Define what UNESCO stands for
- Identify at least 3 UNESCO World Heritage sites
- Understand the importance of protecting cultural and natural heritage
- Recognize UNESCO's role in promoting education worldwide

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Essential Question: Why is it important to protect special places and cultures around the world?

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Teacher presents a kid-friendly explanation of UNESCO using interactive slideshow. Students will learn the meaning of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

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Using Padlet's collaboration features, students will work in pairs to explore different UNESCO World Heritage sites through virtual tours. Each pair will choose one site to present to the class.

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Take a Virtual Field Trip | Carmen Sandiego

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Inspired by Carmen Sandiego Episode 2, kids explore the UNESCO World Heritage Sites with this virtual field trip activity.

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Students participate in an interactive game where they must identify threats to heritage sites and suggest ways to protect them.

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Students create drawings or short stories about why they think a local landmark should be protected. They will share their work on a collaborative Padlet wall.

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Advanced students can research and create a digital presentation about a UNESCO World Heritage site in Romania.

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Throughout the lesson, monitor student understanding through:
- Class discussions
- Partner work observations
- Questions and answers during activities

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Simple quiz with matching and multiple-choice questions about UNESCO's main purposes and World Heritage sites

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Darren McLean is an Australian full-time digital nomad who has spent 36 years on a slow meander around the globe, visiting all seven continents and 236 UN+ countries and territories.

He founded taste2travel to pique one's curiosity and inspire wanderlust.

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UNESCO World Heritage Sites Quiz - taste2travel

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A World Heritage Sites Quiz. How well do you know your UNESCO World Heritage sites? Test your knowledge with this quiz from taste2travel.

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Assess student presentations of World Heritage sites using a simple rubric focusing on understanding and communication

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Class circle time: Each student shares one new thing they learned about UNESCO and why they think its work is important.

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Students complete a brief exit slip answering:
1. What does UNESCO do?
2. Why are World Heritage sites important?
3. How can we help protect special places?

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Students interview family members about important places in their community that they think should be preserved for future generations.

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Create a poster about a UNESCO World Heritage site of their choice, including why it's important and how it's being protected.

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Explore the UNESCO World Heritage interactive map with parents

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World Heritage Online Map Platform

The World Heritage Online Map Platform, supported by the Flanders UNESCO Trustfund (FUT), is a pilot online geographic information system displaying georeferenced maps of World Heritage properties and buffer zones.

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Interactive Map - UNESCO World Heritage Centre