United States and Afghanistan Relations Unit for Special Ed PRINT AND DIGITAL

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Total Pages 203 pages plus 44 google slides

Answer Key Included

Teaching Duration 3 Weeks

$12.00

This unit on US and Afghanistan relations contains 200 pages and 44 google slides of material specifically designed for students with special learning needs, especially autism who are in middle and high school. This is my fourth in a planned series on current events topics that teachers are now being asked to address in middle and high school special education settings.

This unit addresses 1) how our two countries work together to fight terrorism, 2) the Afghanistan war, and 3) the current state of affairs between our two countries.

*****THIS UNIT HAS BEEN UPDATED 10.2021 TO REFLECT THE US WITHDRAWAL OF TROOPS IN AUGUST 2021.

The information is presented in a simplified but rigorous way for students with diverse learning needs to make meaningful and authentic connections to the material. There are many opportunities for students to engage in repeated information on how these two countries have tried to work together against the Taliban, al-Qaeda, and now ISIS. This repetition encourages a better understanding of why this is a hot topic today. In addition, many of the activities and assessments include more than one version, suggestions for differentiation, and options for presentation.

✩✩✩This unit now has digital versions of the printable activities. There are now 44 google slides and a movie version of the book. See the video preview for a walk-through of the slides.

See the preview for a more detailed look at the contents.

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US & Afghanistan Relations Unit Includes:

  • 15 day lesson plan
  • 55 page book (includes movie version)
  • Vocabulary board
  • 12 Vocabulary cards
  • Vocabulary cut and paste activity (includes digital version)
  • Timeline activities (including 19 large cards and cut and paste activity) (includes digital version)
  • Circle maps (includes digital version)
  • Cause and Effect activities (includes digital version)
  • World map to color (includes digital version)
  • Sorting activities (includes digital version)
  • If I was a soldier writing prompt (includes digital version)
  • Vocabulary puzzles (includes digital version)
  • 3 Cut and paste close worksheets (includes digital version)
  • Assessments (3 versions) (includes digital version)

Most activities (except book and timeline cards) are in color and BW.

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Much of what I have learned about curriculum development is incorporated in these units. For example, do not be afraid of repetition. It is critical that students with significant disabilities get to experience material over several days to be able to fully assimilate what is being taught. Also, adding visual supports to your printables and class activities helps students be able to pay more attention to the content you are presenting rather than the mechanics of what is expected. Finally, ask questions. Good questions!! Regardless of the material, if we can ask students good questions it will push them to think more deeply than before.

As always please take a moment to leave feedback or post any questions you may have. 

I am currently developing more units, and any feedback I get helps me make improvements in the future. Plus, it just means a lot to me.

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