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a e 1Name of Pro ect: Civil War News a er Duration: 4-6 weeks

Sub ect/Course: Grade World Studies II Teacher(s): Irwin Grade Level: 8

Other Subject Areas to Be

Included:

Project Idea

Summary of the issue,

challenge, investigation,

scenario, or problem:

The students will be creating a newspaper complete with articles and opinions about the lead up to the Civil War.

This will be an attempt to combine the gamified classroom with PBL.

Driving Question How do we interpret media such as newspapers? How are different opinions expressed in newspapers? What issues

led us to war against ourselves?

Content Standards to be

taught and assessed:

Slavery Legislation, Abolitionists vs Pro slavery arguments, Technological advances leading up the Civil War,Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion

21st Century Skills to be taught

and assessed:

Collaboration: students will have to work together to bring the

news a er to ether, bein assi ned different obs

Other:

Communication (Oral Presentation): I would like to have this as part the public

Critical Thinking/Problem Solving: students will be learning about what they would put in a newspaper article

Major Products &

Performances

Group: Each class period will create a newspaper complete with articles, each student

will be assigned an issue to write about for the newspaper.

X Class

X School

X Communit

Individual: Students will complete the gaming unit for this as background information totry and investigate issues for their newspaper stories.

a e 2Entry Event to

launch inquiry,

engage students:

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Assessments Formative Assessments

(During Project)Quizzes/Tests Practice Presentations

Journal/Learning Log X Notes

Preliminary Plans/Outlines/Prototypes X Checklists

Rough Drafts X Concept Maps

Online Tests/Exams Other:

Summative

Assessments

(End of Project)

Written Product(s), with rubric:____________________________________________________

Other Product(s) or Performance(s), with

rubric:______________________________________________

Oral Presentation, with rubric X Peer Evaluation X

Multiple Choice/Short Answer Test X Self-Evaluation X

Essay Test Other:

Resources Needed On-site people, facilities:

Equipment: Computers

Materials: Gamified classroom materials

Community resources: Possibly a newspaper writer of some kind

Reflection Methods (Individual, Group,

and/or Whole Class)

Journal/Learning Log X Focus Group

Whole-Class Discussion X Fishbowl Discussion

SurveyX

Other:

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