Start the Debate: 2016 Election
What are the issues of the 2016 election? How do the candidates from each party stand? How will they justify their positions? In this lesson, students research the issues of the election, formulate debate questions to pose to each party, research top candidates' positions to speculate responses to classmates' questions, and formulate follow-up or rebuttal questions.
Student Sample:
Student Sample:
Ancient Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent
Jared Wall
Students use Moodle, Google Classrooms, Google Docs, Blendspace, Youtube, Subtext, and the internet in general, to learn about Ancient Mesopotamia and how the geography of that region and other river valleys were excellent for the growth of civilizations.
Moodle was the "website" for our class modules on the chapter. Through Moodle, I can give assignments by group and only have those with accommodations receive differentiated assignments with no one else in class knowing the difference.
Using Moodle, I created Modules for learning. In the Module, there were activities leveled along Webbs Depth of Knowledge. Level 1 activities were designed to build knowledge. Level 2 activities to use that knowledge. Level 3 activities to apply knowledge.
Level 1 Activities (using Chromebooks):
* Vocabulary Logs
* Reading and answering text based questions
* Watching videos through blendspace and answering questions and drawing freehand diagrams in Google Docs using scribble.
* Quiz on locating Mesopotamia on a map through Pear Deck.
* Moodle quiz with badges earned at the end of the level 1 activities based on the score achieved.
Level 2 Activities (Using Chromebooks):
* Read an outside article on Cuneiform and answer questions using subtext.
* Create a chart of the achievements/advancements in Sumer with outside research.
* Create a chart/timeline of Mesopotamian empires and their characteristics and achievements.
* Read a secondary informational text about Hammurabi's code and answer questions in subtext.
Level 3 Activities (Using Chromebooks):
* Students will write a constructed response to both informational texts using textual evidence to support their arguments.
* Students will participate in a socratic circle discussion using discussion questions given in advance. Students will also use the Moodle workshop function to assess the responses of other students during the discussion.
* Students will research to find at least one source that offers a different viewpoint on the birth of civilization than the one presented in the textbook.
Moodle was the "website" for our class modules on the chapter. Through Moodle, I can give assignments by group and only have those with accommodations receive differentiated assignments with no one else in class knowing the difference.
Using Moodle, I created Modules for learning. In the Module, there were activities leveled along Webbs Depth of Knowledge. Level 1 activities were designed to build knowledge. Level 2 activities to use that knowledge. Level 3 activities to apply knowledge.
Level 1 Activities (using Chromebooks):
* Vocabulary Logs
* Reading and answering text based questions
* Watching videos through blendspace and answering questions and drawing freehand diagrams in Google Docs using scribble.
* Quiz on locating Mesopotamia on a map through Pear Deck.
* Moodle quiz with badges earned at the end of the level 1 activities based on the score achieved.
Level 2 Activities (Using Chromebooks):
* Read an outside article on Cuneiform and answer questions using subtext.
* Create a chart of the achievements/advancements in Sumer with outside research.
* Create a chart/timeline of Mesopotamian empires and their characteristics and achievements.
* Read a secondary informational text about Hammurabi's code and answer questions in subtext.
Level 3 Activities (Using Chromebooks):
* Students will write a constructed response to both informational texts using textual evidence to support their arguments.
* Students will participate in a socratic circle discussion using discussion questions given in advance. Students will also use the Moodle workshop function to assess the responses of other students during the discussion.
* Students will research to find at least one source that offers a different viewpoint on the birth of civilization than the one presented in the textbook.