WORLD WAR I UNIT PLAN

Abstract

This unit plan deals with teaching a unit on World War I to a group of high school seniors from

small-town West Virginia. Many different forms of technology are utilized in this instruction including

Powerpoints, Blogger, Wikispaces, Youtube, Podcasts, Facebook, Robots, etc. Not only are they being

taught about the history of World War I, my students also must undergo the task of a group project in

which they create and present a robot and a poster with a World War I theme. This week-long

assignment requires research, communication skills, critical thinking, hands-on work, creativity, audio

and visual learning, and participation in class discussions and homework assignments. Ultimately, my

students will be able to recite key information about the history of World War I with a high degree of

accuracy and be able to successfully apply technologies utilized both in and out of the classroom.