JoAnne+Bohl

email address: Joanne.Bohl@k12.sd.us











Subject area: World History Grade level: 10th Grade Time frame: Daily Opening Activity for Block Schedule Lesson title: “Current Events from Around the World” || What are common and differing themes in these current event stories? How do events from the past impact the present? How could events from the present potentially impact the future? || 9-12.W.2. 1. Students are able to d efine the key distinguishing features of significant cultural, economic, and political philosophies in relation to the other. || 9-12.CT.1.1 Incorporate knowledge and enhanced usage skills to create a product. 9-12.CT.2.1 Utilize a virtual learning environment as a strategy to build 21st century learning skills. 9-12.CT.2.3 Utilize online information resources routinely and efficiently to meet needs for collaboration, research, publication, communication, and productivity. 9-12.NC.1.1 Compare and contrast how societal changes mirror innovations and emerging technologies. ||
 * ** Technology Integration Unit/Lesson Plan Template ** (modified from MTS Lesson Plan Template) ||
 * Name: JoAnne Bohl
 * ** Brief lesson/unit Summary/Description ** ||
 * This lesson will be a 10-minute opening activity done daily at the start of an 85 minute block period. Students will work in groups to identify global current events within a specific topic. These topics will be family, government, economics, religion, education, entertainment, technology, natural disasters, environment, and health. Each day two groups will be expected to share their current events with the class. Over a 2 week period, each group will share their current events once. ||
 * ** Essential Questions to guide this unit/lesson and focus teaching and learning: ** ||
 * What are the key global issues in current events?
 * ** State Content Standard/Benchmark addressed [] ** ||
 * 9-12.W.1. 1. Students are able to explain the cause-effect relationships and legacy that distinguish significant historical periods from the Renaissance to the present.
 * ** State Educational Technology Standard/Benchmark addressed [] ** ||
 * 9-12.NC.3.2 Integrate technology into school, home and community.
 * ** 21st Century Skill(s)/Theme(s) addressed (see excel spreadsheet) ** ||
 * This lesson will primarily address the theme of global awareness. However, within the specific group topics, the themes of civic literacy, financial, business, and economic literacy, and health literacy will also be addressed.

This lesson will also have students use the following 21st Century skills:
 * Life and Career Skills - self-direction, social and cross cultural, productivity, accountability, and responsibility
 * Learning and Innovation Skills - critical thinking and problem solving, creativity and innovation, communication and collaboration
 * Information Literacy, Media Literacy, and Information, Communication, and Technology Literacy Skills

When researching and presenting the current issues within their given topic groups students will use skills in the areas of self-direction, social and cross cultural, accountability, responsibility, communication, information literacy, and media literacy.

When producing the end of semester video project students will use skills in the areas of critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity, innovation, collaboration, and information, communication and technology literacy skills. || The location and significance of current global issues Circumstances that may have lead up to the recent current event Potential future historical implications of the current issue || Students will post new issues on the class wikispace for future use on the semester video project. Students will use appropriate hardware and software to create an end of the semester group current event video. Teacher will use appropriate hardware and software (including box light projector) to show completed projects to class. || Graphic Organizers: Students will organize the current events on a graphic organizer to have to review for a periodic quiz. Wikispace: Students will keep track of their current events for the semester on the wikispace. Student-Based Projects: Students will develop a video at the end of the semester featuring the current events from their topic for the semester. (see above attachments) Follow Up Content Questions on Student Project Self-Reflection Handout: (see above attachment) Use of current events quizzes for both a formative and summative assessment. Use of semester project as a summative assessment. (see above attachments) || News Map (current event stories based on location): [] BBC News: [] ||
 * ** Students will understand (lesson/unit objectives): ** ||
 * How to use Internet sources to be an informed global citizen
 * ** Technology & Web 2.0 resources needed (hardware and software, websites) ** ||
 * Students will need access to Internet sources to be informed of recent current events.
 * ** Procedure (learning activities)/ lessons of unit ** ||
 * #1. Students will break into topic groups to share current events in the news for their given topic areas. Students may need accees to computers. Traditional print resources (newspaper, magazines) may also be used.
 * 1) 2. Two groups will present/share their current events each class. Teacher will lead a class discussion of the events mentioned. Discussion will include probing questions for students to identify cause and effect relationships relating events from history to current issues. This may be done in a variety of ways including individual index card essays, think-pair-share time, group brainstorming, blogging (if resources are available)
 * 2) 3. Students will keep track of current events on a graphic organizer for periodic current event quizzes.
 * 3) 4. Students will also post current events on class wikispace for future use in the semester group current event video. ||
 * ** Strategies that can teach any student ** ||
 * class discussion, graphic organizers, wikispace, student-based project, follow up questions on a project self-reflection handout ||  ||||   ||
 * ** Describe application of above strategy or strategies below ** ||
 * Class Discussion: Each day 2 groups will share their current events. Over the course of two weeks - each group will have presented one time.
 * 1) 1. Identify one event that we discussed from the textbook during this semester that may have had a direct or indirect impact on one of the current events featured in your video.
 * 2) 2. Which current event featured in your video will have the greatest immediate impact on the United States?
 * 3) 3. Explain the impact you think this event will have on the United States.
 * 4) 4. Which current event featured in your video will have the greatest impact on world history?
 * 5) 5. Explain the impact you think this event will have in the future. ||
 * ** Assessment Method/s and description ** ||
 * Use of graphic organizers as a formative assessment.
 * ** Resource List ** ||
 * News Map (current event stories based on time period): []
 * ** Notes: //(this area may list accommodations, differentiation, as well as other key information that may not fit into the categories above)// ** ||
 * Students will begin the semester with a multiple intelligence inventory. This will help students identify strategies they can use to demonstrate mastery of a subject. This information may also help the teacher identify placement in group assignments. (see above attachments) ||
 * ** Peer Reviewer: Michelle Andrews ** ||
 * Comments: ||