LESSON 5 (Friday)

Overview to the Teacher: Today the students will be showing their Voicethread presentations to the class. You will need to set up the laptop and projector prior to the class and students will email their Voicethread links to you prior to class time. Objectives: Students will watch and appreciate each others Voicethread presentations, and take notes on the various presentations. Students will problemsolve and come up with ways that the Cold War could have been avoided. Content Standards: Sub-Strand 10.9: Students analyze the international developments in the postWorld War II world. Sub-Strand 10.9.2: Analyze the causes of the Cold War, with the free world on one side and Soviet client states on the other, including competition for influence in such places as Egypt, the Congo, Vietnam, and Chile. Common Core Standards: 10.RIT.7 Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums determining which details are emphasized in each account 10.SL.5 Make strategic use of digital media in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence to add interest Technology Standards: Communication and Collaboration Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students: --Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media. --Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. --Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems. Research and Information Fluency --Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students: plan strategies to guide inquiry. --Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media. Resources: Voicethread

Macbook, ipad, projector Ipad App: History Channel (HC) Cold War Anticipatory Set (extended time): This anticipatory set is a game that the students will play on the iPad. The History Channel App has a game that asks questions about the Cold War. Split students up into groups and give them an iPad. If they need help, show them how to get to the HC (History Channel) app. Directions: Play HC: Cold War with a partner. Keep track of your own score and then switch partners. Instruction: The class will watch the Voicethread presentations that the students have created. The topic of this project was to choose one of the proxy wars and describe in in detail and analyze the ways that that particular war could have been avoided. Click on each Voicethread link and let it play. The lights should be dimmed for a clear picture on the front screen. Use the project rubric to evaluate each project. Students will take notes during the presentations and specifically take note of ways that the war could be avoided. Remind the students that their notebooks will be collected at the end of the unit and students will be given credit for the notes that they took. Homework: Students will create a GoogleDoc document and answer the following questions. This document will be shared with the teacher. Did you enjoy this project? What was the most important lesson that you learned from doing this project Do you feel that you did as much work as your partners? Was the workload split evenly between all of you? Also, read pages 710-715 in Spodek, The Worlds History Project Rubric: The teacher should use this rubric to evaluate the students projects. As you view the Voicethread, circle the score corresponding to the appropriate score for each category. This rubric was given to the students at the beginning of the week. They should have created their Voicethread projects with this rubric in mind. When you circle their score for each category, you can make some comments if you choose.

The Cold War Voicethread Activity

Categories
Unsatisfactory 4 Presentation includes 3 slides or fewer. Some slides are missing pictures, charts, or graphs Satisfactory 6 Presentation includes 4 slides. Each slide includes at least one picture, chart, or graph Good 8 Presentation includes 5 slides. Each slide includes at least one picture, chart, or graph Excellent 10 Presentation includes 6 or more slides. Each slide includes at least one picture, chart, or graph

Google Presentation

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Voicethread presentation includes 3 or fewer voice or audio comments Voicethread presentation includes 4 voice or audio comments Voicethread presentation includes 5 voice or audio comments Voicethread presentation includes 6 or more voice or audio comments

Audio/Video

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Slide Layout

The slide layout is not in chronological order and is without structure. It is cluttered and confusing.

The slide layout shows some structure, but is not in chronological order. The headings are confusing and arranged haphazardly.

The slide layout is chronological and somewhat clear. The layout is pleasing. Headings are arranged appropriately

Slide layout is chronological and clear. The layout is aesthetically pleasing and contributes to an understanding overall lesson standards. Excellent use of headings and space

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Voicethread presentation completed and embedded to the AP World History wiki page more than 2 days late Voicethread presentation completed and embedded to the AP World History wiki page 2 days late Voicethread presentation completed and embedded to the AP World History wiki page one day late Voicethread presentation completed and embedded to the AP World History wiki page on time

Meets Deadlines

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The group required teacher assistance in dividing up tasks and resolving differences. Few people contributed their fair share of the work The group occasionally helped one another but required teacher assistance in dividing tasks and resolving differences On google.docs, one person documents how The group required little teacher assistance in dividing tasks or resolving differences. On google.docs, the group documents how the members shared the workload The group did not require teacher assistance in dividing tasks or resolving differences. On google.docs, the group documents how the members shared the workload. The project is clearly a

Group Contribution

he or she did most of the work or that problems were not managed in a way that advanced the group goal

group effort

Comments: Content
The content lacks a logical progression. Supporting information is missing and there is no clear point of view. Less than 50% of the content standards are covered The content somewhat lacks a logical progression. Supporting information is insufficient and the point of view is vague. 50% or more of the lesson standards are covered The content demonstrates a logical progression of ideas. Supporting information is sufficient and the point of view is clear. 75% or more of the lesson standards are addressed in the Voicethread presentation. Student viewed and commented on 2 of the other groups Voicethread presentations and made at least 3 comments on each one The content demonstrates a logical, thoughful progression of ideas. Supporting information is strong and the point of view is clear and concise. 100% of the lesson standards are addressed in the Voicethread presentation

Comments: Interaction with other groups

Student viewed and commented on 1 of the other groups Voicethread presentations Student viewed less than 3 presentations and made less than 3 comments on each one

Student viewed and commented on all 3 of the other groups Voicethread presentations and made at least 3 comments on each one

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