NEASC+Carol+Mastromauro

Carol Mastromauro

** Unit Lesson: Atlantic Revolutions / Modern World History Common Assessment **
The expository writing piece is the culminating assessment for the UbD on the Atlantic Revolutions





Lesson Resources:
//**Opener: How do you Know when Something is Unfair**//? May conduct class discussion via: [|Wallwisher.com]

//**Sample from one of my classes**//: [|Example of Wallwisher Discussion]

//**Term Document on French Revolution**//:

//**Two-column notes on Cause of French Revolution**//

Possible Political Cartoons on the Three Estates :





Marking Up: May use technology tool like [|crocodoc.com]

Creating Annotated Time line on French Revolution through the Rise of Napoleon: May create a conventional annotated timeline or use one of the many 21st century technology tools such as:

[|Timetoast.com]

[|Timerime.com]

[|Prezi.com]

Introductory information on Haitian Revolution

Vetted sites to begin Inquiry into Haitian revolution:

[|PBS on Haitian Revolution]

[|Making Sense of the Haitian Revolution]

[|Videos on Haitian Revolution]

Graphic organizers to scaffold preparation for essay writing:





**Protocols and Strategies** :


[|Image Detective]



**Student Work** :


 * Exceeds expectation**: [[file:Final Draft for C R.doc]][[file:CR Rubric.docx]]


 * Meets Expectations**: [[file:Final Draft of RA.doc]][[file:AR Rubric.docx]]


 * Below Expectations**: [[file:CD Final Copy.docx]][[file:CD Rubric.docx]]

**Rubrics:**




Unit Project: National History Day Project: 2011 Theme Debate and Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures, and Consequences
Culminating assessment included collaboratively building a website, documentary, or an exhibition board on a topic that represented the NHD theme

**Unit Planning Tool for NHD Projects** :

**Unit 2 Cover sheet** :

**Resources about NHD:**

 * [|What is NHD]**
 * [|NHD 2011 Rule Book]**
 * [|2011 Theme Book]**
 * [|Sample 2011 NHD topics]**

[|Student Hnnbook on NHD] ( similar to 2011 book)

**Preliminary Activities on topic selection:**

 * **Reviewing samples of projects in world history that fit the theme [[file:Ideas for National History Day.doc]]**
 * **Brain storming activities to select a topic [[file:Brainstorming Ideas.doc]]**
 * **Polling classmates for possible collaboration on project**

Beginning research:


Good website to evaluate resource:

[|site to evaluate digital sources]

Data bases introduced to students by Librarian:


 * Extended opener on group research activites: [[file:Extended Opener.doc]]
 * Classes conducted by school librarian on how to use vetted data bases for projects
 * Actvity on primary vs secondary sources

Note-Taking:




Thesis Writing:
Activity to reflect on work for thesis:

PPT on Thesis writing found on National HIstory Day page of historymalden wiki

Annotated Bibliography:
website to aid in building annotated bibliography : [|easybib.com]


 * Templates to use for information needed from resources for annotated bibliography:**

Checklists for preparing for Class Presentations:
also used for Documentaries Forms for students to complete when viewing NHD work:

Samples of Student work:
Exceeds Expectations: [|Nanjing Massacre]

Meets Expectations: [|Hiroshima: Act or War or War Crime]

Below Expectations: [|Vietnam War]

**Rubrics: (for types of projects completed in my classes)**




=__**Lesson Three**: April 30, 2012__=

**Unit Project: Animoto on WWI**

 * Animoto is a web application that produces videos from photos, political cartoons, graphics, video clips and music. The application analyzes the provided visuals, video clips and music to generate a video similar to a movie trailer**






 * Opening Activities on WWI **:


 * //**Wallwisher**// Activity on "What is Conflict and How do you Resolve it sample: [|Class sample >]


 * Cartoon-like video on causes of WWI:

media type="custom" key="19123364"


 * Use of Image Detective Strategy on Picture of the Trigger of WWI: Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand



Video on all "Firsts" Provided by WWI : media type="custom" key="19139494" **Reflection:**

**Of all the "Firsts" what impressed you the most and why?**

**A New Kind of War** [|Life in the Trenches]
 * Photo gallery** gallery of Trench Warfare at this site:[|Here]
 * In **paragraph** form, describe your impressions of trench warfare (based on what you saw)


 * Here is a link that describes the life of a soldier in the Trenches: [|Life in the Trenches]
 * As you read it it fill in what you learned and your impressions of the trenches in the document provided:[[file:Notes on Trench Warfare.doc]]


 * Terms on section two:[[file:Section 2 Terms.doc]]

Students are to complete the following work on what they saw and heard on this weebly:
 * This is a link to a former student's NHD Weebly project on the Armenian Massacre: [|Armenian Massacre]

**War Comes to an End**:
 * Complete the who, what, where,when, and why of the folloing two events:

1. SInking of the Lusitania 2. Zimmerman Note

Here is a link to an eyewitness history account:

Two sources for Zimmerman note:





Here is a link that summarizes the US entrance into the war:[|U.S. in WWI]


 * Watch the video
 * travel through the exhibit


 * In Paragraph form summize the role the United States played in World War I

A Difficult Peace:

 * Read the summary of the Treaty of Versailles here:[[file:Treaty of Versailles.docx]]


 * 1. List and summarize the major points of the Treaty**


 * 2. Predict how this treaty led to the rise of Hitler and ultimately WWII using evidence from the document**
 * **Use the following graphic to summarize the costs of WWI [[file:Costs of WWI.docx]]**


 * Building an Animoto **:


 * Link for animoto site: [|Here]


 * Directions to how to build a photobucket account: [[file:Directions_For_Using_Photobucket_For_Animoto[1].pdf]]


 * Attached is a list of items for you to get examples of in your photobucket animoto album:[[file:List of topics for Animoto Project on WWI.docx]]




 * Rubric for Animoto project: [[file:Animoto Rubric for WWI project.docx]]


 * Student Work:**
 * Link to student WWI page containing animoto Here**