IP+History+T4

=Instructional Plan/Learning Activities= Hook:[| Space Race] this video points out the two countries/men involved in the space race, and just how important it was. Learning Activity (Graphic Organizer, Cooperative Learning, Technology): Students will use the **think pair share** method to talk about certain things that happened with the space race. Students will use a **flow chart** to organize their thoughts and ideas that they want to talk about in their podcast. Artifact: **Podcast**: Students will create a podcast, where they will talk about the Space Race, and how President Kennedy has just initiated the Apollo Program, and what this means for the future of the discovery of the Solar System. || Students will understand that the space race affected many aspects of society and culture in the world. || about the Space Race and the Apollo Program, and how it began the interest in space. || analyze the importance of the Space Race, and how it initiated the Apollo Program. || Maine Learning Results - E. History E1 Historical Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns Grades 6-8 Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the history of Maine, the United States, and various regions of the world || Hook: [|Cuban Missle Crisis] this President Kennedy's address to the country about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Learning Activity (Graphic Organizer, Cooperative Learning, Technology): In class we will use the **three minute review** session, so while we are having classroom discussions we will stop and reflect on the material. Students will use the **story map 1** chart to organize their ideas for their comic life. Artifact: **Comic Life:** Students will create a comic life, where they will tell the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis. They will be allowed to interpret this story in any way that they want, as long as it is historically accurate. || Students will understand that the space race affected many aspects of society and culture in the world. || about the Cuban Missile Crisis || tell the story of the Cuban Missile Crisis. || Maine Learning Results - E. History E1 Historical Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns Grades 6-8 Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the history of Maine, the United States, and various regions of the world || Hook:[| JFK assassination], [|MLK assassination], students will watch these two clips on the assassinations of these two important figures. Learning Activity (Graphic Organizer, Cooperative Learning, Technology): Students will use the **jigsaw method** to teach each other about important and prominent people during the 60s and 70s. Students will use the **KWL chart** so they can chart the things that they do know, that they want to know, and what they learned at the end of the lesson. Artifact: **Blog**: Students will keep a blog (for the rest of this unit) where they will assume the role of one of the famous figures discussed, and they will imagine that this person had never been killed, and how the United States would have changed, had they not been killed. || Students will understand that many other events led up to, and happened during the space race, which affected the course of the world. || of the assassinations of famous and important figures during this time period || imagine the world if those famous figures had not been shot, using the history that they were told about them. || Maine Learning Results - E. History E1 Historical Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns Grades 6-8 Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the history of Maine, the United States, and various regions of the world || Hook:[| Vietnam] this is a quick video about Vietnam. Learning Activity (Graphic Organizer, Cooperative Learning, Technology): In class we will do the **fish bowl activity** where they will talk with each other about Vietnam, their reactions and feelings about it. Students will use the **idea wheel** in order to get their ideas together for their glogster. Artifact: **Glogster**: Students will create a glogster where they will model the images and facts about the Vietnam war. Focusing on how this war was very different from those before it, and explaining why. || Students will understand that many other events led up to, and happened during the space race, which affected the course of the world. || of The United States invasion of Cambodia, which resulted in the Vietnam war, they will also learn about The Vietnam War || model the Vietnam War, by showing how severe of a war this was with the new technologies that were present, both overseas and on the home front. || Maine Learning Results - E. History E1 Historical Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns Grades 6-8 Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the history of Maine, the United States, and various regions of the world || Hook:[| Civil Rights Movement], students will watch this clip about the civil rights movement. Learning Activity (Graphic Organizer, Cooperative Learning, Technology): In class we will again use the **3 minute review session**, so when we are having class discussion about the civil rights movement students will have time to talk and question things that we have been talking about. Students will use the planning chart to gather their ideas together to start planning their movie that they are going to make. Artifact: **iMovie**: Students will create an iMovie, where they will exhibit how the Civil Rights Movement was carried out. This will be done in groups, and some groups will have the violent side (reaction to the movement), and other groups will have the peaceful side. || Students will understand that many other events led up to, and happened during the space race, which affected the course of the world. || the importance of the Civil Rights Movement || exhibit what the Civil Rights Movement entailed. By showing both the peaceful and violent aspect to movement. || Maine Learning Results - E. History E1 Historical Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns Grades 6-8 Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the history of Maine, the United States, and various regions of the world || Hook: [|Watergate Scandal], this is a news broadcast on the Watergate Scandal. Learning Activity (Graphic Organizer, Cooperative Learning, Technology): Students will use the **jigsaw method** to learn about certain topics in the Watergate Scandal and then teach them to others in the classroom. Students will use the **story map 3** to get their thoughts and ideas together before putting together their newspaper article. Artifact: **Fodey:** Students will create a newspaper article where they will tell their own version of the Watergate Scandal. As long as they keep it historically accurate, they are able to become any reporter in history that they choose. || Students will understand that many other events led up to, and happened during the space race, which affected the course of the world. || about the Watergate Scandal and the importance of it, the change that it started to create for the country. || realize how the time period we have been focusing on as a class changed the course of the Unite States, and the World. They will also realize just how the Watergate Scandal fits into this as well. || Maine Learning Results - E. History E1 Historical Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns Grades 6-8 Students understand major eras, major enduring themes, and historic influences in the history of Maine, the United States, and various regions of the world ||
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