SUBJECT: World History
GRADE: High School
TECHNOLOGY: Internet, Word Processor
BY: Brian Swets, Christoph Fehrenbach
Franklin
D. Roosevelt
Target Grade/Subject
We
are creating a Social Studies Lesson plan for 21 eleventh graders (16-17 year
olds) in an regularly-tracked American History class from an affluent suburban
school. Judging by the input from
parents at the beginning of the year, teachers can assume that students have
the resources at home to have a solid understanding of pertinent
technology. The class is a World
History Survey course. We will be
focusing on the chapter about World War II. These students are not necessarily interested in History;
this is a course they must all take as a school requirement, so it is our job
to relate the information to them in an interesting manner. World War II is different from the
other topics covered in class because the students have been more directly
affected by it, through movies, television shows, and even family members who
participated in the war. The
internet would be well suited for this situation. The kids and the teacher are both starting to become bored
with hour-and-a-half lectures, and as a result, they have not been fully
grasping the course material.
Because of the fact that students haven’t seemed to understand the
material so far, we want to design a lesson that is more left up to the
students, to concentrate on parts that they are interested in. It is our hope that more direct
interaction with the material would stimulate internalization of the
lessons.
Objective(s)
SOL (9.10)
-The
students will have go the History Channel’s web site (historychannel.com)
and conduct basic research into the life of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Students will also write an essay
displaying FDR’s involvement in the American war effort. The essay will include a bibliography
with proper internet citations.
-Students
will need to show they have done basic research on the essay through citing the
web site and also use a search engine to find a site on how to cite an internet
source.
-Classes will be held in the
computer lab to allow students access to computers and the internet.
-A computer lab teacher will
be present to assist students with any technological questions they may have.
-Students will have two days
of class time in the computer lab to work on their essays. If students finish their research the
first day, then they can begin outlining and writing their essay. Otherwise, they will complete the
written essay at home.
1. Students will be required to hand in an opinion
pyramid along with their essays.
The opinion pyramid will contain these parts:
· Ten facts found within the History Channel web site
· Five relationships built upon the ten facts from the
lower level of the pyramid
· One opinion (thesis) built upon the five
relationships
1.
Pertinent information
(50%)
-is
information accurate and relative to the topic?
2.
Clarity (25%)
-is
information concise and easily understood?
3.
Organization (15%)
-does
presentation flow in logical, linear manner?
4.
Use of technology (10%)
-does
the opinion pyramid show that they web sites were used correctly?