Lesson Abstract
College students will create a 1 week curriculum on the topic of World War I using 3 different information formats for junior high age students.
Description
- This lesson plan is targeted specifically for teachers in training or “beginning teachers.” College students will create a 1 week curriculum on the topic of World War I using 3 different information formats for junior high age students.
- Students will work cooperatively using technology based primary sources, children’s literature, and online educational videos on the topic of World War I.
Rationale (why are you doing this?)
- Beginning teachers need practice accessing, assessing, and packaging educational resources into units to meet state core curriculum standards.
Lesson Objectives - the student will
- College students will work to create a week long junior high level unit on World War I
- Beginning teachers must locate 10 resources for the classroom utilizing the following formats (at least 3 of EACH format must be used.):
- Technology based PRIMARY sources
- Children’s literature (books, magazines, newspapers)
- Online educational videos - or – infographics
District, state, or national performance and knowledge standards/goals/skills met
Iowa Core. Iowa Department of Education,2018, https://iowacore.gov/. 30 July 2018.
- Technology Literacy – using technological resources to investigate questions or problems
- Social Studies – inquiry – (anchor standard)
- Literacy – meets reading standard for literacy -meets reading standards for informational texts
Secondary materials (book, article, video documentary, etc.) needed
- Students will be responsible for finding, analyzing, and creating their own list of resources they are using in the educational unit. Some resource examples may include:
- Children’s Books About WWI. Library Thing, 2018, https://www.librarything.com/list/390/all/Childrens-Books-about-World-War-I-1914-1918. 30 July 2018.
- Understanding Fake News. Constitutional Rights Foundation, 30 March 2017, http://www.crf-usa.org/images/pdf/UnderstandingFakeNews.pdf. 30 July 2018.
- The Great War in Pictures. The Guardian, 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/gallery/2014/jul/03/the-great-war-in-pictures. 30 July 2018.
- Understanding WWI. A Kid Explains History, 13 August 2016, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGCaA2DiL-I. 30 July 2018.
- Mr. Welge’s Class:The Great War Infographic Project. Google Sites, 2018, https://sites.google.com/a/asdk12.net/mr-welge-s-class/the-great-war---infographic-project. 30 July 2018.
Primary sources needed (document, photograph, artifact, diary or letter, audio or visual recording, etc.) needed
- World War I. Library of Congress, 2018, https://www.loc.gov/topics/world-war-i/. 30 July 2018.
- World War I. Docs Teach: National Archives, 2018, https://www.docsteach.org/topics/wwi. 30 July 2018.
- Online Collections Database. National World War I Museum and Memorial, 2018, https://www.theworldwar.org/explore/online-collections-database. 30 July 2018.
Fully describe the activity or assignment in detail. What will both the teacher and the students do?
- Day #1 - Teacher will lecture on “Understanding the Iowa Core Curriculum” and Introduce the SMART method of resource validation. Students will become familiar with the Iowa Department of Education website and practice the SMART method of resource validation using various books they brought to class.
- Day #2 – Teacher will lecture on the topic of “Teaching Resources – Primary, Secondary and Multimedia Use in the Classroom”. Students will access various websites, showing the instructor they understand the various types of information resources, how the websites could fit into their WWI unit, and validity of the sites.
- Day #3 – Teacher will lecture “Assessments and Understanding Educational Accountability”. Students will create their own grading methods and produce a grade scale to the teacher.
- Day #4 – Students will use this day to work on and complete the WWI unit.
- Day #5 – Students will present their units to the class.
Assessment: fully explain the assessment method in detail or create and attach a scoring guide
Grading scales are a great way to streamline and justify how and why a student received a grade. College level students seem to need them more than other levels of education. This grade scale is worth 200 points for the total of their prepared unit. Each teacher should assess the listed criteria and assign point values as they see fit. For example: The first criteria is AGE APPROPRIATENESS. Did the student make sure they considered the grade level and reading level of each of the areas? A total of 5 points in each area would then total 25 points. If the student considered all areas but one completely…the grade would then be 20 and so on.
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Content Quality (0-20 points)
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Readability (0-10points) |
Organization (0-5 points) |
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Infographics |
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Educational Videos |
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State Requirements |
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Total Points |
25 |
100 |
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25 |