Rosanne+Merola

**Title: ** Tribute to Slavery **Grade ****: ** 8th **Subject: **Social Studies **Skills: ** Critical thinking; sequencing events; identifying main idea, facts, and details; making inferences; analyzing points of view; drawing conclusions; forming and supporting opinions; use of digital storybook **GOALS ****Content Standards: ****SS.8.A.4.10** Analyze the impact of technological advancements on the agricultural economy and slave labor. **SS.8.A.4.11 **Examine the aspects of slave culture including plantation life, resistance efforts, and the role of the slaves’ spiritual system. **SS.8.A.5.1 **Explain the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War (sectionalism, slavery, states’ rights, and balance of power in the Senate). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SS.8.A.5.2 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Analyze the role of slavery in the development of sectional conflict. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SS.8.A.1.4 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Differentiate fact from opinion, utilize appropriate historical research and fiction/nonfiction support materials. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SS.8.A.1.5 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Identify, within both primary and secondary sources, the author, audience, format, and purpose of significant historical documents. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SS.8.A.1.7 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">View historic events through the eyes of those who were there as shown in their art, writings, music, and artifacts. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">LA.8.6.2.2 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The student will assess, organize, synthesize, and evaluate the validity and reliability of information in text, using a variety of techniques by examining several sources of information, including both primary and secondary sources. **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">ISTE NETS-S ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Digital Storytelling Lesson __** **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Lesson Overview: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">This lesson will be the final project as students complete a unit on slavery. After all of the activities have been completed, students will be asked to reflect on what they have learned. They will create a storyboard retelling the story they have learned. Using the story board they will use various sources to collect digital pictures reflecting what they have learned. Using the pictures, students will create a Photo story reflecting what they have learned about the hardships slaves had to face. **<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Learning Outcomes: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Students will be able to: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Student Introduction to the Lesson: ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The following steps will be done in the Media Center lab over the course of 5-6 days. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Using the story board they will use various sources to collect digital pictures reflecting what they have learned. Using the pictures, students will create a Photo story reflecting what they have learned about the hardships slaves had to face. The will have to use at least 20 pictures and incorporate one other element. They can use music, their voice, or both. All in all, I want to be able to see that they understand why slavery was controversial and why this issue led to the civil war. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">The minimum picture requirement will be reduced for those who require shortened assignments. assistance will also be available to them as well as well as extra-time to complete the project (if needed) ** Week 6 Application: Online Collaboration Lesson Plan-Rosanne Merola **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Problem-Based Lesson GAME Plan****Lesson**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week 7 Application: ****<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Digital Storytelling Lesson ****<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">-Rosanne Merola ****<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Digital Storytelling Lesson GAME Plan ****<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Lesson **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Successfully use technology to create a digital story book that will convey the various aspects of slave life and how this issue contributed to the Civil War.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use various sources including but not limited to primary source documents, information based on class discussions, blogs, and activities.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use various graphic organizers to illustrate and share what they have learned throughout the unit. (plan for project)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">At the conclusion of my unit on slavery, I will take 1 class period to have my students review and share what they have learned about slavery. They will be asked to create a bubble map to organize their ideas and we will create a classroom bubble map during our discussion.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Next we will use a multi- flow map to organize how these conditions contributed to the civil war.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will be brought to MC lab and be shown a photo story that I made about slavery. There will be about 10 pictures and music to set the tone.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">After the photo story I will discuss the assignment and what they are going to be doing and review the grading rubric.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">(photo story will be pre-loaded on all the computers) Students will be told to open Photo story and the media specialist and I will spend time reviewing how photo story works and allow students to practice. We will review how to insert pictures, make captions, adjust the speed, and insert voice and music. They will be encouraged to use different types of pictures and to also create slides with quotes from our class blogs and discussions. The Media specialist and I will be available throughout this activity to help students with any issues that may arise.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will present their projects to the class.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">MONITOR ****<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Ongoing Assessment(s): **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;"> The teacher will be able to monitor student progress and will assist those who may be having difficulties.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Accommodations & Extensions: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;"> To accommodate those without computers or internet access at home, students will be given opportunities throughout the week to access the computers. In addition to time during my class, they are allowed to go to the media center before and after school as well as during lunch time.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Diverse Learners: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;"> This activity was created to ensure that all types of learners can be accommodated.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Back-up Plan: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;"> If technology is not available, students will be allowed to create power points (they will be assisted if they would like to insert animation, sound, music etc., as needed. Also, if needed, we will allow students to create printed boards if the back-up does not work as well.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">EVALUATION ****<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Lesson Reflections & Notes: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;"> Students will be graded based on the rubric provided. As the project progresses I will make notations and later on reflect on changes or adjustments that can be made to make the project go more smoothly.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin-left: 31.5pt;">**Title:** Reflections of Slavery **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Grade **** : **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 8th **Subject:** Social Studies ** Skills: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Critical thinking; sequencing events; identifying main idea, facts, and details; making inferences; analyzing points of view; drawing conclusions; recognizing propaganda; forming and supporting opinions**GOALS****Content Standards:** **SS.8.A.4.10** Analyze the impact of technological advancements on the agricultural economy and slave labor. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SS.8.A.4.11 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Examine the aspects of slave culture including plantation life, resistance efforts, and the role of the slaves’ spiritual system. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SS.8.A.5.1 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Explain the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War (sectionalism, slavery, states’ rights, and balance of power in the Senate). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SS.8.A.5.2 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Analyze the role of slavery in the development of sectional conflict. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SS.8.A.1.4 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Differentiate fact from opinion, utilize appropriate historical research and fiction/nonfiction support materials. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SS.8.A.1.5 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Identify, within both primary and secondary sources, the author, audience, format, and purpose of significant historical documents. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SS.8.A.1.7 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">View historic events through the eyes of those who were there as shown in their art, writings, music, and artifacts. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">LA.8.6.2.2 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The student will assess, organize, synthesize, and evaluate the validity and reliability of information in text, using a variety of techniques by examining several sources of information, including both primary and secondary sources.**ISTE NETS-S** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt;">1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt;">2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt;">3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt;">4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Online Collaboration Lesson __**

** Lesson Overview: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt;">This lesson will be on going as students complete a unit on slavery. Each week depending on the activities completed, students will be required to log on to the classroom blog and answer the reflection questions I have posted. They will also be required to respond to at least 2 other comments made by their classmates. They will be able to use this blog as a resource to refer to later on as they work on their end of unit project. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt;">**Learning Outcomes:** Students will be able to: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Student Introduction to the Lesson: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in;">Before I start this unit, I will bring my classes to the media center computer lab in order to introduce them to the classroom blog site. (Before this I would have already collaborated with the media specialist to set up the blog pages.) Students will be given the following question**: What do I know about slavery?** I will use about 5 minutes to have a small class discussion on what they know. I will then direct them to the blog site that is on their edline page. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">(Edline is a teacher/parent/student database that my district uses. We all access and use it on a daily basis. Teachers post grades, assignments, and can use it as a secure communication tool. Each student has their own account and they are all familiar with it. Edline actually has a feature that allows the teacher to set up classroom blogs and so this is the blog site I have chosen to use.) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">The Media Specialist and I will go over how the blog is used. (I know that the 7th graders use this, so I will just review them just in case for new student.) We will go over the rules of what is considered appropriate and inappropriate posts and what the consequences will be if they do not follow the rules. Students will see that I have posted the question: **What do I know about slavery?** Together we will review how to start a thread and post a response. Students will be directed to type in a response to the question and will be allowed to post it as it gets approved by the media specialist and me. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Students will then be told to take about 5 minutes to read other posts and to respond to 1 of them. We will again approve them before they are posted. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in;">Students will be told they have to log on to this site weekly and answer the any questions that are posted by the teacher. They will also be required to respond to 2 of their classmates responses each week for each question. (There usually will be no more than 2 or 3 questions each week.) Student grades will be based on participation and comments. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">**MONITOR** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">**Ongoing Assessment(s):** The teacher will be able to monitor the student posts and has the option to require approval before posting to the site. I will have this option on in the beginning and will work together with the media specialist approve all posts. If we feel that after a few weeks, students are making appropriate comments we will remove the block and continue to monitor the posts. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">**Diverse Learners:** This activity was created to ensure that all types of learners can be accommodated. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">**EVALUATION**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use the classroom blog to complete question assignments.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Express their opinions about what they are learning about slave life.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Learn how to effectively make comments to each other in a constructive manner.
 * Accommodations & Extensions: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;"> To accommodate those without computers or internet access at home, students will be given opportunities throughout the week to access the computers. In addition to time during my class, they are allowed to go to the media center before and after school as well as during lunch time.
 * Back-up Plan: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;"> If technology is not available, I will use a binder. Students will write a response and place their page in the binder. The binder will be accessible so they can respond to their classmates.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">**Lesson Reflections & Notes:** As this activity progresses, I will reflect on student comments and behavior. I will make notations on issues that arise and address them as needed.

Rosanne Merola ** Week 5 Application: Problem-Based Lesson GAME Plan-Rosanne Merola **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">**Problem-Based Lesson GAME Plan****Lesson Title:** Life on a Slave Plantation **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Grade **** : **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> 8th **Subject:** Social Studies ** Skills: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Critical thinking; sequencing events; identifying main idea, facts, and details; making inferences; analyzing points of view; drawing conclusions; recognizing propaganda; forming and supporting opinions ** Description of the Lesson: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt;">After learning about what conditions slaves were subjected to on many southern plantations, students will work together in small groups to re-create activities, lectures, and documents to share with the public as they tour a former plantation that has been turned into a museum. Students will be able to use various sources such as: primary and secondary source documents, former experiences from class, and information from the internet, in order to collaborate on what will be included in the tour. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt;">**Learning Outcomes:** Students will create a tour that will allow the public to understand what life was like on plantations and come up with conclusions on how these conditions contributed to the Civil War. **Problem posed to Students:** How will you structure your tour to inform visitors about the reality of life on a working plantation in Pre-civil war America?

** How the problem is relevant to my students: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;"> My students are at an age that they feel that life is so hard and unfair. They feel that they have no choices in life, they are not allowed to do anything, and that they are old enough to do whatever they want, whenever they want. I am hoping that through this activity they will understand and create a tour that will show why the power of reading is so important, what life was like for slaves, and why people would be enraged over these conditions. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt;">**GOALS****Content Standards:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt;">**SS.8.A.4.10** Analyze the impact of technological advancements on the agricultural economy and slave labor. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SS.8.A.4.11 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Examine the aspects of slave culture including plantation life, resistance efforts, and the role of the slaves’ spiritual system. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SS.8.A.5.1 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Explain the causes, course, and consequences of the Civil War (sectionalism, slavery, states’ rights, and balance of power in the Senate). **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SS.8.A.5.2 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Analyze the role of slavery in the development of sectional conflict. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SS.8.A.1.4 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Differentiate fact from opinion, utilize appropriate historical research and fiction/nonfiction support materials. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SS.8.A.1.5 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Identify, within both primary and secondary sources, the author, audience, format, and purpose of significant historical documents. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SS.8.A.1.7 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">View historic events through the eyes of those who were there as shown in their art, writings, music, and artifacts. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">LA.8.6.2.2 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The student will assess, organize, synthesize, and evaluate the validity and reliability of information in text, using a variety of techniques by examining several sources of information, including both primary and secondary sources.**ISTE NETS-S**1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt;">2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 31.5pt;">4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility **__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ACTIVITY __**

** Instructional Objective(s): **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Students will work in small groups by collaborating about what they have learned about slave life on plantations. Together they will create a tour that will inform visitors about the reality of life on a working plantation in Pre-civil war America. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">**During Class****Materials & Resources:** paper/markers**Time:** 40-50 minutes**Instructional Activities:** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">You have been hired as a tour guide at a plantation house that has become a museum. The "big house" has been restored to its former grandeur and is now a popular tourist attraction, but the farm buildings, kitchens, and slave quarters no longer exist. You notice that many tourists focus on the beauty of the plantation house, but do not quite understand the slave system that supported it. How will you structure your tour to inform them <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">﻿ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">about the reality of life on a working plantation in Pre-civil war America? ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-indent: 31.5pt;">** This will be presented after a series of activities. At this point they would have learned about slave life from the text book and other online sources, read and watched the movie Night John, experienced picking cotton, and taken a virtual tour of a slave quarters home. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-indent: 0.5in;">** I will ask my students what have they learned that they think others should know, we will write them down and then we will discuss the scenario for the project. I will explain to them they will be creating a tour that shares what they have learned. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">We will use paper to do a series of Thinking Maps. They will organize their idea as to what were slaves subjected to, how was reading such a powerful tool and yet suc <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">h a treat to them, how did the views of the north and south differ, why, and how did this contribute to sectionalism and ultimately the civil war. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">We will discuss outcomes as a whole group.
 * ACTION **
 * The following situation will be presented to the class: **

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">**__ACTIVITY__** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">**Materials & Resources:** thinking maps, media center or computer lab <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">**Time:** 50 minutes/day (4-5 days) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">**Instructional Activities:** ** Students will work in teams to explore some virtual tours to see what is offered. They will work in their separate groups to construct a tour. They will use various online sources and technology. They will not have to use the same technology for the entire tour. They will be encouraged to use 2 or 3 different types such as photo story, Voki, power point, gloggster. They will also need to create some sort of tour map that people will need to follow. ****MONITOR****Ongoing**

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">**Assessment(s):** The teacher will be monitoring students’ progress periodically during the project. As each group is visited the teacher will discuss the plan for the tour with each group and ask questions to ensure they are following the assignment. The media specialist will be available and will assist as well.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">**Accommodations & Extensions:** Students will make ads to promote their tours and we will have classes come to watch their presentations. Those students with special accommodations will be monitored by the teacher and has assistance with their peers.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">**Diverse Learners:** This activity was created to ensure that all types of learners can be accommodated. There are a multitude of activities that address their many different needs <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">**EVALUATION** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">**Lesson Reflections & Notes:** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%; text-indent: 0.5in;">Students will present their tours and will be graded based on a rubric. I will have students will reflect on the tour they have created. They will have to explain why each part was created, what message they wanted to convey, and why they felt it was important to include in the tour?
 * Back-up Plan: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;"> If technology is not available, then students will be able to create posters, build or draw models, etc.