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Middle School Group 1 Technology Plan

Middle School Group 1 Technology Plan. Cold War Unit Arcadia Middle School Ashley Godshall, Regina Hastings and Timothy Belloff. Cold War Technology Plan. Instructional Level – Middle School – 7 th or 8 th Grade Curricular Focus – The Cold War Lesson Plans Included: Social Studies (3)

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Middle School Group 1 Technology Plan

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  1. Middle School Group 1Technology Plan Cold War Unit Arcadia Middle School Ashley Godshall, Regina Hastings and Timothy Belloff

  2. Cold War Technology Plan • Instructional Level – Middle School – 7th or 8th Grade • Curricular Focus – The Cold War • Lesson Plans Included: • Social Studies (3) • English (2) • English/Language Arts • Art

  3. Lesson Plans with Included Technology

  4. Lesson Plan 1 – Dropping the Bomb • Opening Lesson Plan – Dropping the Bomb by Ashley Godshall • The lesson will highlight the importance of Truman’s decision on dropping the atomic bomb. • Technology Incorporated: • Using computers in a group for Web Quest • http://www.geocities.com/ed568techplan1 • Typing responses to questions on a word document. • E-mailing the assignment back to the instructor

  5. Lesson Plan 1 - Continued • Lesson Plan and Samples

  6. Lesson Plan 2 – 1984 • English component for the unit on the Cold War by Ashley Godshall • In this lesson students will read 1984 and analyze and comprehend what propaganda meant during the Cold War through the book. • Technology Incorporated: • Overhead Computer Projector to show samples of propaganda • Computer/Computer Lab with Word, Paint, Publisher, Adobe or any other program the students may use to create their own collage of propaganda.

  7. Lesson Plan 2 - Continued • Lesson Plan and Samples Examples of Nazi Propaganda for Students

  8. Lesson Plan 3 – Iron Curtain • Art Lesson Plan – Interpreting Spoken Word by Timothy Belloff • In this lesson students will listen to and read along with Winston Churchill as he gave his speech on the “Iron Curtain” coming across Europe. The students will be asked to represent his speech in an art medium of their choosing. • Technology Incorporated: • Computer with speakers – Listen to speech • Mobile Computer Lab for students to look at following websites: • http://www.historyguide.org/europe/churchill.html • http://www.radio.cz/en/article/76528

  9. Lesson Plan 3 - Continued • Lesson Plan and Samples Possible Cartoon Sample from Student

  10. Lesson Plan 4 – Living in the Cold War • Social Studies lesson on interviewing and talking to people who lived through the Cold War by Timothy Belloff • In this lesson the students will review the Cold War by listening to guest speakers, watching a video and interviewing people that were alive during the Cold War. • Technology Incorporated: • Video Camera to tape Guest Speakers • Computer with projector to watch video from United Streaming website • Audio recorders or computers with microphones to tape interviews with adults from the Cold War

  11. Lesson Plan 4 - Continued • Lesson Plan and Samples Guest Speakers: Lt. Cmd. James Jamison and Mrs. Natalie Taylor with our Principal. What you may have seen growing up in the Cold War

  12. Lesson Plan 5 – Communism vs. Democracy • English lesson that compares Communism and Democracy by Regina Hastings • In this lesson the students will analyze documentation about the two topics listed above. • Technology Incorporated: • Mobile Computer Labs with access to the internet for research. • Use of interactive white board to model the Venn Diagrams.

  13. Lesson Plan 5 - Continued • Lesson Plan and Samples VS.

  14. Lesson Plan 6 – Cuban Missile Crisis • Social Studies lesson plan on the Cuban Missile Crisis by Regina Hastings • In this lesson the students will utilize previous knowledge from interviews and new information to analyze the events leading up to and following the Cuban Missile Crisis. • Technology Incorporated: • Internet access to research the Cuban Missile Crisis and other events following the Crisis. • Using Publisher to create timelines of the events. • TV and Video player to show ‘Thirteen Days.’

  15. Lesson Plan 6 – Continued • Lesson Plans and Samples Missile Sites in Cuba during the Crisis

  16. Example of the Timeline from Cuban Missile Crisis Lesson Plan

  17. Lesson Plan 7 – Song Analysis • English/Language Arts lesson plan in which students will listen to songs related to the Cold War. • Lesson done by Regina Hastings. • In this lesson students will listen to songs that address the Cold War and try to analyze them. Students will also need to create a website of their own song analysis. • This will be a culminating technology project for our Unit. • Technology Incorporated: • Audio Player with songs. • Computer Lab with the NVu program to create websites. • Internet access to sample song analysis. • http://www.geocities.com/phillyrelateacher/GameswithoutFrontiers.html

  18. Lesson Plan 7 - Continued • Lesson Plan and Samples Website with possible choices of songs from the Cold War that students could choose. http://www.inthe80s.com/coldwar.shtml Sample website of Song Analysis

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