CS+Social+Studies+T1

=Critical Content and Skills=
 * Content Area: Social Science**
 * Eric M. Brooks**
 * ** Students will know... ** || ** Formative Assessment ** || ** Students will be able to... ** || ** Product Summative Assessment ** ||
 * 1. about the start of the Olympic games in Athens, Greece and the cultural influences of the time. || ** SA ** : Students will write about what they think they know about the Olympic games and Greek Culture. || 1. **Explain**: describe Greek culture that influenced the start of the Olympic games. || ** GS ** : Students will use Google Sites to display their research of how the Olympic games originated. ||
 * 2. the history of the games through time. || ** Memory Box ** : Students will fill a memory box of major events covered. || 2. **Interpret**: tell the story of how the games have developed through time. || ** G ** : Create a time line of events with major events being interactive with additional information. ||
 * 3. basic world geography of countries involved in the Olympic games. || ** Q ** : Students will locate the countries on a map and label them appropriately. || 3. **Apply**: use their knowledge to locate and recognize the locations of the countries involved in the games on a map. || ** G ** : As a class, students will create an interactive map with information from countries that participate in the Olympic games. ||
 * 4. about the political implications surrounding the participation of countries in the game. || ** D ** : Discussion of the issues that might influence a country’s participation in the games and the effects on the rest of the games. || 4. **Analyze**: analyze different perspectives of the involvement of countries in the games. || ** CL: ** Students will create a political cartoon of the ramifications of hosting the Olympic or participating in the Olympic games. ||
 * 5. the costs and economic impacts associated with funding and hosting the games. || ** O ** : Students will work in small teams to research this topic. || 5. **Empathy**: consider the costs and economic impacts associated with hosting and participating in the current Olympic games. || ** Google Sites: ** Students will add this information to their pages regarding the political implications on country participation. ||
 * 6. the role of media in the current Olympic and its effects on society. || ** SA ** : students describe how advertising has influenced things they have done in the their own lives. || 6. **Self Knowledge**: realize the effects the media has on the Olympic games. || ** PC ** : Students will create podcasts of advertisements and media releases relating to different experiences of covering the Olympics. ||

Formative
Q - Quizzes WS - Work Sample SA - Self Assessment P - Prompts O - Observation D - Dialogues

**Product - Summative**
CL- Comic Life IM - Imovie B - Blog PC - Podcast W - Wikispace G - Glogster