From Around the Corner to Around the World: Coca-Cola

GeoLiteracy
ELL
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will examine the spread of one product (Coca-Cola) as aided by advances in transportation and communications. Students will mark on their maps their estimates of the spread of a product and then mark their maps again after receiving and discussing information. They will also create a timeline of Coke's history. Students will culminate the lesson by writing a summary paragraph.
Author: 
Kathy Tyler Stelten
Grade Range: 
7
Duration: 
1-2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
application/pdf iconThe Story of Coca-Cola
application/pdf iconCoca-Cola Timeline
application/pdf iconStudent Example
application/pdf iconWorld Map
Supplemental Files: 
application/pdf iconSimplified 6 Traits Writing Rubric
Materials to Assist Teachers and English Language Learners: 
application/pdf iconVocabulary Cards
Related Links: 
Audio-Visual Presentation of this Lesson
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
11: The patterns and networks of economic interdependence
17: How to apply geography to interpret the past
18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future