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The artifact I have attached in the PowerPoint presentation from the Antebellum Period of US
History. The PowerPoint was created for a 7th grade classroom and incorporates a variety of
instructional techniques for the unit. Also included are the notes handouts for the unit.
Within this artifact are gaps for various other technologies to be inserted. For example, after
the Dred Scott portion of the unit, there is another activity which uses digital audio clips to
express the opinions of the Dred Scott case so that students can interpret opinions of various
groups during the era. Also, there is a section of the PowerPoint that includes a Venn-Diagram
comparing various laws of the Antebellum Period. This entire unit is constructed using
technology resources.

  


My Antebellum Unit PowerPoint is structured primarily around technology. The content and
activities are presented in electronic form and students are constantly interacting with
technology while I teach. The use of technology also allows for teaching diverse populations
by easily adapting note handouts and reading levels in the PowerPoint. Also, activities from
this unit can be easily modified to create a more conducive learning environment for diverse
students.

  

    


This artifact shows my development as a teacher because of its technological evolution. Early
on, my units were still PowerPoint based, but contained little interaction. This PowerPoint in
particular offers questions to students, contains mini activities, and engages students in
various other ways. When presenting this unit, I felt like the PowerPoint taught itself and let
me facilitate student responses rather than focusing completely on the content being
presented. I feel there is still much room for improving my unit planning techniques, but this
is vast improvement from my earlier works.