Lesson+Six

__Grade Level__: // 10 //

__Unit__: // World War I //

__Lesson Objectives__: //Students will better understand the causes for US entry into WWI. Students will explore how the US was involved in the War, which side we were on, and how we helped Europe. Students will learn to work in pairs and do a voice recording which will be presented to the class.// 

__Time Required to complete this lesson__: // 3 days, 1 day to present Vocaroo's to the class at the end. //

__Title of lesson__: //The War to end all Wars//  __Description of lesson__: //Students will be assigned into pair to work to create a Vocaroo, a recorded speech, to present to the class. They will be learning about World War I and will help each other expand their knowledge of the United States involvement in the War.//  __Assignment__:

Hello Students! Over the next 3 days we will be working in pairs to create Vocaroos (digitally recorded speeches) which your team will present to the class on friday. The speeches should be 2-3 minutes in length. You will have the next two days in the computer lab and library to research your chosen topic and on Thursday we will all be in the lab to record our speeches. I have put together an example of what your speech might sound like. My Vocaroo is about the US getting involved in the beginning of the war.

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You will also need to print out atleast 4 visuals to show while we listen to your Vocaroo in class. The visuals must tie back into your presentation. Your speech can be about anything relating to WWI and the US involvement. For example, you can talk about which side the US took and why, what technologies were used in the war, trench warfare, your only limit is your imagination! If you need some more ideas feel free to skip ahead to the next chapter in your texbooks which discusses WWI. When you have agreed on a topic please send one person up to get it approved. If another group has already chosen your topic you will have to choose another.

After researching your topic and having written out your speech visit the website [|www.http://www.vocaroo.com/] and simply hit record and start talking. Don't worry if you make mistakes, you can simply rerecord. When your partner and you feel your speech is ready let me know and I will show you how to email it to me. I will get all the speechs organized on our class computer here and we will start presentations on Friday. Good luck and let me know if you are struggling for an idea! After the presentations we are going to take a short quiz about WWI. All the questions will come from the WWI chapter in our text book. Here is a sample of what the quiz might look like and contain.

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__Resources/materials needed__:  [|www.http://www.vocaroo.com/]//, access to a computer, something to project the visuals (any projector will do), the quiz was created in [] .//  __Technology used__: //Vocaroo.com enables students to prepare a presentation for the class in pairs. The online quiz was created through mystudiyo, an online quiz creator.//  __The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way__: // Vocaroo.com enables students to prepare a presentation for the class in pairs in a nonthreatening environment. I feel that students will put in more effort in teams because they will have to work together to make the presentation as smooth as possible. The technology will also make the presentations a bit more fun in that they will get to listen to their classmates talk while they present their visuals and no one will be nervous or shy because their speech will already be recorded. The online quiz is a great way for students to practice for an actual in class quiz. It is presented in a fun way with visuals to get the kids thinking about the answers. //