Colonial America -A Whole New WorldBy Zachary New

Analyze The Learner My classroom consists of 10th grade American History. 10

boys 11 girls. Any school in Kanawha county in West Virginia.

I chose this type of class because WV is a poor state, and because of this many education systems in different counties simply do not have the resources to use all the forms of technology required.

These children will likely be well educated in the use of these modern day technologies.

Objectives My students will demonstrate an understanding of the history

preceding and following the Colonial American time period. My students will acquire this mastery by watching

documentaries about the time period, listening to podcasts of people reading primary sources, roleplaying as people living in the time period in blogs, and discussing things through Zello and a Facebook group.

80% of my students will have mastery of the subject by the end of this week.

Schedule Monday: Talk about goals. Learning targets. Talk about the

significance. Why am I teaching you guys this? Why is it important? What do you already know? Also discuss the need for colonization by Great Britain. Watch a movie on Youtube about the voyage to America, take notes and answer questions during the movie.

Tuesday: Native Americans- For homework on Monday, have the students listen to a podcast recorded of myself that can be found on the classroom’s Facebook page, reading Powhatan’s Speech (1609) to them as they read a transcription accompanying it. Students will discuss this during class on Tuesday. Students will also blog, roleplaying as either Native Americans or Colonist’s dealing with the threat of each other.

Schedule Wednesday: Give the class a short lecture about the French and

Indian Civil War breaking out. Explain how and why the war broke out. The students will then go on a webquest that I created.

Thursday: Tax the internet and the American Revolution. Lecture how Great Britain required compensation by taxing many of their goods as reparations from the war. Correlate it to taxing the internet every time someone connects a device to wifi, and explain that’s how the colonist’s must have felt. Ask the class to write an email to their internet provider, or Great Britain in order to discuss their unhappiness with this new law. Talk about how this leads into the American Revolution

Friday: Thursday night homework will involved getting on Zello and answering questions to discuss in class on Friday, and to create a poster about the American Revolution. I will prepare my students to enter the next unit, which is the American Revolution

Use of Technology I used technologies such as Zello, Facebook, Youtube,

Audacity, Powerpoint, email, Photoshop, Powerpoint, and webquest.

Require Learner Participation Students are expected to participate in all activities specified

in the schedule, and will lose points for not participating in discussions or not completing work.

Evaluation Students who do not complete activities or participate in

classroom discussion will lose points on their grade.

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