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Title

Current Event Research Project

Concept/Main Idea of Lesson

The Current Event Research Project is designed to go beyond summarizing news articles. It can be a semester-long or year-long project to help students build connections with contemporary issues and past events, identify patterns and trends, and understand the perspectives of different societies. The project will require three lessons to help prepare and guide students for their final research paper. In the first part of the project, the student will find a current event article based on their assigned region. The second half of the project will focus on an assigned theme.

Intended Grade Level

9 – 12

Infusion/Subject Area(s)

World history, but can be adapted for any subject

National Curriculum Standards

|NCSS’s Expectations of Excellence |

|Culture |

|Time, Continuity, and Change |

|People, Places, and Environment |

|Individual Development and Identity |

|Individuals, Groups, and Institutions |

|Power, Authority, and Governance |

|Production, Distribution, and Consumption |

|Science, Technology, and Society |

|Global Connections |

|XI Civic Ideals and Practices |

I. Instructional Objective

• Students will use weekly current event articles and research past events to analyze changes over time in world history by region.

• Students will produce a research report identifying recurring world events and trends by theme and making an informed, calculated prediction for the future.

II. Learning Activities Sequence – Lesson 1 and 2 should be done prior to assigning student regions

Lesson 1

a. Set Induction/Lesson Initiating Behavior: Start the class with KWL (what you know, what you want to know, and what you learned)

What do you know about how history is reconstructed?

What do you want to know about historians?

b. Learning Activities:

1. Divide class into triads. Distribute the activity sheet “You are the Historian”. Have students construct a profile of the owner of the artifacts and the relationship to the unsolved case

2. Each group will present their version of the relationship between the owner of the attaché case and the murder victim.

c. Closure: What did you learn about recreating the past?

Lesson 2. Assign a different region for each student at this time

a. Set Induction/Lesson Initiating Behavior: Mental map of the 7 continents and major oceans

b. Learning Activities:

1. Note-taking on Regions (PowerPoint Presentation)

2. Draw regional maps

3. Go over Current Event Instruction handout

c. Closure: Exit Slips

3 new facts you learned

2. facts you knew prior to the PowerPoint

1. piece of information you want to learn more about

Lesson 3 NOTE: Should be done at the beginning of second semester or the beginning of the second quarter if you are only dedicating 1 semester for this project.

a. Set Induction/Lesson Initiating Behavior: Discuss “What similar themes do all humans share?”

b. Learning Activities:

1. Distribute Persia Chart and discuss the World History Themes

2. Begin your world Persia Chart in class and finish at home.

3. Distribute News Research Project Instruction. Assign Themes

III. Evaluation

Students will submit weekly current events following the Current Event Outline & Rubric with the end result of submitting a 4-page report identifying trends and making an educated prediction based on research and current events. I recommend that students submit current events through (school must have an account) which checks for plagiarism (a discussion/presentation on academic plagiarism should occur towards the beginning of the school year)..

IV. Materials and Resources

Student handouts:

You are the Historian

News Research Project Instruction

PERSIA Chart Explanations

Your PERSIA Chart

Current Event Outline & Rubric

Teacher materials and Resources

Regions of the World PowerPoint

Computer

Projector

V. Internet Links

College Board AP World History Course Description World Themes



VI. Reference

Marzano, Robert. Classroom Instruction That Works. ASCD, 2001. Print.

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