Mr. Ambrose's 7^th Grade World History Class: 2004-05

History and 21^st Century Literacy Skills: Studying History in the digital age.

The formula is simple: L = TBC

LEARNING =

THINKING and Background Info.

BUILDING Knowledge & Concepts +

COMMUNICATING What Has Been Learned

Part 1. Thinking and Background Information:

1. IDENTIFY PROBLEMS

Stone Age? No Metal? Gathering? Hunting? Farming? Village Life? City Life? .

2. BACKGROUND:

#	EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY	Fin.	COMMENTS
1	Literacy in 1975- Literacy in 2004. Look how far we have come
2	Bluescreen presentation skills. What in the world is a bluescreen?
3	Read: What history is. Panel of 5.		Text p.10-12.
4	Write: How to take effective notes. GB Quiz.		Text p. 10-12

Part 2. Building Knowledge and Concepts:

1. THE STUDENTS BECOME EXPERTS: ( note: Students who score lower than 70% on Test will repeat some or all of Part 1 activities and will re-take the test. Only after earning a score above 70% will any student participate in Part 2 and Part 3 of the Unit.)

#	EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY	Fin.	COMMENTS
5	Explore: Going one step farther. Exploring our text and putting our definition of history to work.		Person, place, event.
6	Imagine: What does the future hold? How will history be different in the future?
7	Research: Investigate multimedia source (Ice Age video) and select scenes for skit.
8	Write: Compose a skit ≥What history will beä≤ using scenes from Ice Age video.
9	Research: Whatπs going on? Use the internet to research and write about todayπs current events.

Part 3. Communicating What Has Been Learned:

1. THE EXPERTS CERTIFY THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS:

#	EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY	Fin.	COMMENTS
10	Create: Perform Bluescreen presentation (What history will be)
11	Evaluate: How successful was my bluescreen presentation?
12	Evaluate: How successful was my group?...my own effort?

TEST SCORECARD: (Presentation SCORE)___________

(History Concept-Content SCORE) _______

YOUR NAME:_________________________

YOUR GROUP:_______________