Global Education Unit
This unit is designed for middle school students but could easily be modified to work well as an elementary or high school unit.
Worth Remembering?
Student prompt: The past is everything that ever happened to anyone anywhere (Historical Thinking –Historical Significance). Somebody decided what to write down, paint, sculpt, build in order to protect and conserve the memory of a particular event or person. Think about the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial dedicated recently in Washington D.C. As a group, propose a historic person or event that should be memorialized in some way. Preferably, this is an event or person that isn’t already widely memorialized and can be connected to your history/language arts content.
How will technology be used in this unit?
I will use collaborative work between classrooms to have students determine the historical significance of historic events or people based on CBCs News in Review worksheets. Therefore, I will need the technical capability to Skype and or have a blogging/social network forum so that students can share research on events or people they nominate for the memorial. Students should analyze and evaluate the historical significance of each nominee based on Professor Peter Seixas’ criteria (News in Review – Historical Significance). After determining the event or person to be remembered, students will determine the design of the memorial, create it, and ultimately propose to businesses, museums, libraries, etc. that the memorial product go on display at their location. Students may use web 2.0 tools such as Glogster, Poplet, Museum Box, and more.
Worth Remembering: UBD Global Education Unit
Worth Remembering with Updates
You may see this global education unit at Worth Remembering. It has been road-tested twice to date and continues to be fine-tuned.
Worth Remembering?
Student prompt: The past is everything that ever happened to anyone anywhere (Historical Thinking –Historical Significance). Somebody decided what to write down, paint, sculpt, build in order to protect and conserve the memory of a particular event or person. Think about the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial dedicated recently in Washington D.C. As a group, propose a historic person or event that should be memorialized in some way. Preferably, this is an event or person that isn’t already widely memorialized and can be connected to your history/language arts content.
How will technology be used in this unit?
I will use collaborative work between classrooms to have students determine the historical significance of historic events or people based on CBCs News in Review worksheets. Therefore, I will need the technical capability to Skype and or have a blogging/social network forum so that students can share research on events or people they nominate for the memorial. Students should analyze and evaluate the historical significance of each nominee based on Professor Peter Seixas’ criteria (News in Review – Historical Significance). After determining the event or person to be remembered, students will determine the design of the memorial, create it, and ultimately propose to businesses, museums, libraries, etc. that the memorial product go on display at their location. Students may use web 2.0 tools such as Glogster, Poplet, Museum Box, and more.
Worth Remembering: UBD Global Education Unit
Worth Remembering with Updates
You may see this global education unit at Worth Remembering. It has been road-tested twice to date and continues to be fine-tuned.