My game plan has slightly changed over the course of the last few weeks. For example, I am planning on teaching my students how to use Windows Movie Maker in the up and coming week and having the students use this program to explain the differences between Greece's democracy and one other type of government. The other type of government will be picked by the students and approved by me the teacher. They will then find or make pictures/movies that describe these types of governments and compare it to democracy. They will finish the project by telling the pros and cons of each type of government and present their project to the class.
For the second quarter project, there has not been a whole lot of change in my project except for the fact that my principal has warned me to be very careful with this topic since we have a large Islamic population in our school and all of the problems that are arising currently. I have yet to change anything in this project.
For the third quarter (Black Death), I am planning on spending more time on how the plague broke out compared to the human response since this focuses more on our standard. This is the only change so far in the third quarter project.
For the fourth quarter project (Age of exploration), I am planning on doing an example project on Christopher Columbus as an example. The reason why is because he is a great example and he is the easiest person to research. This will ensure that all students are challenged and are working hard.
Since I have started to research these projects, I am very excited to start these projects with my students and I hope they will be as excited as I am. My principal seems to think that the students will get a lot out of these projects and is excited for me. Lastly, I am very happy that these projects were given as an assignment in the class because if they were not, I would have never done this.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
How far I have come
My game plan is to incorporate real world problems into my world history class. I am planning on having one real world problem per quarter.
First quarter - Greece's/Rome's government - compare other countries' governments along with Americas. What governments work and which ones do not. My concerns are that for Greece's government and Rome's government project has lack of direction. This can cause students to become lost and have many problems. I am planning on starting this project in the next three weeks.
Second quarter - Crusades - Fixing the problems in the Middle East. My administrators have mentioned to me that this might be a touchy subject since our school has a high number of Islamic people in our building, and because of problems with the Christian population in our building. I feel this project can show that this problem can be worked out with the right resources.
Third quarter - Black Death - CDC zombie apocalypse response http://www.bt.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp. My administrator had mixed feelings about this project. I might have to try something else. Zombies currently have a huge following, and I feel that the students will see how people in society react to certain outbreaks of plagues. I know as soon as our administrators see the outcome, they will like this project.
Fourth quarter - Age of exploration - How should people/countries interact with indigenous people of a region. There are a ton of accounts of the affects of people intermingling with indigenous people throughout history. I feel that the students will enjoy this project.
Overall, I am finding a good amount of resources for my projects and seems to be moving forward at a good pace. Our school has a lot of technology and the students, for the most part, seem to understand how to use it. I have not really modified my action plan yet, but I can see myself changing it in the near future. My main concern is the amount of time that these projects will take since because of our curriculum. I hope I can get these projects in and still hit all of the standards/indicators this year.
First quarter - Greece's/Rome's government - compare other countries' governments along with Americas. What governments work and which ones do not. My concerns are that for Greece's government and Rome's government project has lack of direction. This can cause students to become lost and have many problems. I am planning on starting this project in the next three weeks.
Second quarter - Crusades - Fixing the problems in the Middle East. My administrators have mentioned to me that this might be a touchy subject since our school has a high number of Islamic people in our building, and because of problems with the Christian population in our building. I feel this project can show that this problem can be worked out with the right resources.
Third quarter - Black Death - CDC zombie apocalypse response http://www.bt.cdc.gov/socialmedia/zombies_blog.asp. My administrator had mixed feelings about this project. I might have to try something else. Zombies currently have a huge following, and I feel that the students will see how people in society react to certain outbreaks of plagues. I know as soon as our administrators see the outcome, they will like this project.
Fourth quarter - Age of exploration - How should people/countries interact with indigenous people of a region. There are a ton of accounts of the affects of people intermingling with indigenous people throughout history. I feel that the students will enjoy this project.
Overall, I am finding a good amount of resources for my projects and seems to be moving forward at a good pace. Our school has a lot of technology and the students, for the most part, seem to understand how to use it. I have not really modified my action plan yet, but I can see myself changing it in the near future. My main concern is the amount of time that these projects will take since because of our curriculum. I hope I can get these projects in and still hit all of the standards/indicators this year.
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