RJ+Social+Studies+IP

=Instructional Plan/Learning Activities=
 * Content:** Social Studies

__Hook:__ The hook for this activity will be the Schindler's List clip that Sean and I will be showing. __Learning Activity:__ Students will be researching the causes and effects of the Holocaust. First, they will be broken into teams, and each team will be assigned either causes or effects. Each team will be responsible for creating a research blog based on the information they find. Once this is done, the teams will begin their research, using guiding questions such as: What were Hitler's motives? How did the demographics of Europe change? __Artifact:__ Research Blog || 5. Social Studies: Students will understand that the Holocaust had consequences for the rest of the world. || 2. How every action has a reaction. || 2. Make sense of the causes and effects of the Holocaust. || E1. Historical Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns (6-8): b || __Hook:__ Students will read over this [|speech] by Churchill. __Learning Activity:__ In this activity, students will be working in small groups to simulate making the decision to enter World War Two and help to end the Holocaust. Each group will represent one nation, and they will spend the first part of class researching background information on their country from before WWII. Then, they will come to a decision as to whether or not they believe, as leaders of a free nation, whether or not they will use military force to stop Hitler and save the victims of the Holocaust. Students will then record a Podcast, much like the radio addresses given be FDR and Winston Churchill at the time, to share with the rest of the world their decision. __Artifact:__ Podcast || 5. Social Studies: Students will understand that the Holocaust had consequences for the rest of the world. || 3. How a variety of political, economic, social, moral, and military issues impact a nation's decision. || 3. Produce a simulated decision on becoming involved in ending the Holocaust. || A2. Making Decisions Using Social Studies Knowledge and Skills (6-8): b || __Hook:__ Students will explore Google Earth for the first few minutes and become familiar with the program, finding places such as their home and school. __Learning Activity:__ For this lesson, students will be using Google Earth to compare the geography of the present day to a map of Holocaust Germany and the rest of the world at the height of the war. Students will take a map of Europe from the days just before D-Day and outline the currents national boundaries. After, students will write about how they feel the war helped to rewrite the map of Europe. While on Google Earth, students can also explore the hyperlinks and pictures associated with famous landmarks from WWII. __Artifact__: Map || 5. Social Studies: Students will understand that the Holocaust had consequences for the rest of the world. || 5. How war changes geographical boundaries and how population dispersal || 5. Consider the effects of the Holocaust on world geography. || E1. Historical Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns (6-8): b || __Hook:__ The hook to this activity will be the student's choice of a country, because ti gives them an opportunity to choose something they're interested in. __Learning Activity:__ In this lesson, students will be creating a PowerPoint presentation on how various nations were changed by the Holocaust. Students will be able to choose a country of interest to them, and then will do research to find out how the Holocaust affected a nations population, demographics, geography, and culture. Students can use their texts, the internet, and previous projects they have worked on in the unit. In the end, students will be graded based on a rubric. __Artifact:__ PowerPoint || 5. Social Studies: Students will understand that the Holocaust had consequences for the rest of the world. || 4. How major events change world history. || 4. Analyze major historical eras, enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences, and people in the history of the world. || E1. Historical Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns (6-8): b || __Hook:__ Brainstorming Activity. The class will be brainstorming their ideas for the Wiki, and by incorporating everyone's ideas students will get a sense of ownership. __Learning Activity:__ This lesson will have students creating a class Wiki that examines how the Allies came together to end the Holocaust and how their unity and diversity helped to accomplish their goals. This will be a whole-class project, and students will be broken up into smaller groups to create the different pages that the class has brainstormed. Each page must include information pictures, and hyperlinks relating to their sub-topic. __Artifact:__ Wiki || 5. Social Studies: Students will understand that the Holocaust had consequences for the rest of the world. || 1. How the Allies' alliance helped to end the Holocaust || 1. Explain how unity and diversity have had important roles in the history of other nations. || E2. Individual, Cultural, International, and Global connections to History (6-8): a || __Hook:__ Students will read this [|interview] with a Holocaust survival. __Learning Activity:__ In this activity. students will be creating individual blog posts to reflect on the impact of the holocaust. The students will use everything they have learned up to this date to try and put themselves in the shoes of a Holocaust victim or survivor, so that they can empathize with them. Students will then comment on each other's blogs and share their feelings with each other. __Artifact:__ Blog || 5. Social Studies: Students will understand that the Holocaust had consequences for the rest of the world. || 6. How major events can impact everyone's life. || 6. Reflect on the impact of the holocaust. || E1. Historical Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns (6-8): b ||
 * Instructional Plan || Understanding || Know || Skills || MLR ||
 * 1. Researching the Holocaust
 * 2. Entering the War
 * 3. Lines in the Sand
 * 4. How the World Changed
 * 5. A United Front
 * 6. Reflecting