Darlene Holt 2016

Act ********************************************* Activity 7 Summary Page

Marzano Strategy

Teacher Tool/
Web Address

1. Cooperative Grouping

ComicBook!
Or
Reel Director

2. Identifying Similarities
and Differences

Stack the Countries

How to Use

Students will work in groups to

create a visual representation
(Comic strip or video skit) of the
main ideas of their section and
present it to the class.
HOTQ: Can you determine and present the main points of your section (economics, politics,
religion/culture, social factors) and how they affected the era/country we are studying?
Students will use the app to learn
about different countries of an
assigned continent and compare
them to each other
HOTQ: What factors do you think make countries in the same continent different from one
another? Similar to Each other?
3. Non Linguistic Representation

Students will use the app to create a

poster explaining an important
historical era/figure, geographic
location, economic principle, etc.
using only images and explain to
the class
HOTQ: How do these images represent your figure/era/location/principle?
4. Homework & Practice

Visualize

Students will read a social studies

book from an approved list an post a
review on Goodreads. They will
then read and comment on 3 of their
peers reviews (at least 2 of whom
must have read a different book)
HOTQ: What are the main ideas/important facts from your book? From your peers reviews?
5. Cues & Questions

Goodreads

Students will answer the 3 review

questions on the teachers page and
create a question of their own. Once
all questions are submitted they will
answer 3 of their peers questions.
HOTQ: Explain the key points you learned from todays lesson?
6. Advanced Organizers

ScreenChomp

iThoughtsHD

Students will use the app to create a

graphic of their choice for each unit
study for their final exam
HOTQ: Using your graphic organizers, explain the connections between each unit of study?