L6+Scheffler+Erich

=**UMF LESSON PLAN FORMAT**=

**Grade Level: 10 Topic: The Vietnam War Today**

 * =**Objectives**:= ||
 * Student will understand that how the Vietnam War impacted their own lives.||
 * Student will know about the sequence and timelines of events that have happened since the Vietnam War ended.||
 * Student will be able to do recognize how their own lives have been affected by the Vietnam War.||

E1. Historical Knowledge, Concepts, Themes, and Patterns 9- Diploma "The Vietnam War in the United States 1960-1975" b. Analyze and critique major historical eras, major enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences, and people in the history of the United States and world and the implications for the present and future.||
 * =**Maine Learning Results Alignment**= ||
 * E. History


 * =Assessment= ||
 * **Formative** (Assessment for Learning)
 * Students will be asked to fill out the Sandwich model, and in the top part of the sandwich, students will write the topic of "The impact of the Vietnam war today." Then in the three detail parts, students will write three different ways they think the Vietnam War might have impacted today.  Then, in the last part of the sandwich, the students will have to summarize what they just wrote.  Also, students will have to write a reflective piece on the class blog or wiki that summarizes their feelings on the Vietnam War at the end of the unit. ||
 * **Summative** (Assessment of Learning)
 * I will not give the students a formal grade on their reflection pieces, because I couldn't grade students on their opinions. But I will give each student a mark fopr whether they did the assignment or not. ||

= = Students will use the class blog or wiki to create a reflective piece about their thoughts about the Vietnam War. They will write about their thoughts on the lesson as a whole, and their thoughts on the impact the Vietnam War had on their own lives. English: Students will need to harness the writing skills they have learned in previous English classes to write their reflections. ||
 * =**Integration**= ||
 * Type II Technology:


 * =**Groupings**= ||
 * Students will use the Round Robin Brainstorming method to be in groups of 3-5 students. Then, I will ask the students, "How did the Vietnam War impact your life?"  Students will then answer this question in their groups via a discussion.  ||

Interpersonal: Students will be able to work with other students to figure out the impact of the war on their lives. Naturalistic: Students can look at how the flora and fauna has or hasn’t changed in Vietnam since the war. Mathematical: Students can look at how the population in Vietnam has changed since the war. Musical: Students can listen to songs about the Vietnam War, and see if the lyrics still pertain to life today. Visual: Students can look at pictures of how Vietnam has changed from the war to today.|| In the event of an absence, said absent student will have to come see me at a convenient time in order to make any missed work or notes. If the student has a legitimate reason for their absence, it will not be a problem, they can just make up any work. But if there is no legitimate reason for absence, then student will have to make up missed work in addition to being marked down. If unexcused absence is continual, then student will fail the course.||
 * =Differentiated Instruction= ||
 * **Strategies**
 * Intrapersonal: Students will be able to write a self reflection piece at the end.
 * **Modifications/Accommodations**
 * I will review students’ IEPs, 504s or ELLIDEPs and make the appropriate modifications and accommodations.
 * **Extensions**
 * Students will utilize the class blog to write reflections of the lesson, and their thought about how the Vietnam War impacted the future and their own lives. This will force students to us higher level thinking to analyze the different ways the war impacted both life in America and life in the world.  This will also help me as a teacher because it will tell me how well I taught the students and how I can change the lesson to make it better in the future. ||

Youtube video on Vietnam veteran Projector Laptops ||
 * =Materials, Resources and Technology= ||
 * Class blog or wiki

[] PBS discussion on the lesson learned and the impact of the Vietnam War [] Article about research done about the economic impact of the Vietnam War in Vietna [] Youtube video about Vietnam Memorial [] Article about the War Powers Resolution []||
 * =Source for Lesson Plan and Research= ||
 * Article about the impact of the Vietnam War

Intrapersonal: Students will be able to write a self reflection piece at the end. Interpersonal: Students will be able to work with other students to figure out the impact of the war on their lives. Naturalistic: Students can look at how the flora and fauna has or hasn’t changed in Vietnam since the war. Mathematical: Students can look at how the population in Vietnam has changed since the war. Musical: Students can listen to songs about the Vietnam War, and see if the lyrics still pertain to life today. Visual: Students can look at pictures of how Vietnam has changed from the war to today.||
 * =Maine Standards for Initial Teacher Certification and Rationale= ||
 * __Standard 3__ - Demonstrates a knowledge of the diverse ways in which students learn and develop by providing learning opportunities that support their intellectual, physical, emotional, social, and cultural development.
 * Rationale:**The Beach Ball learners will enjoy this particular lesson because they will be able to write anything they wish to write in their reflections. The Clipboards will enjoy this because they will have a set assignment that they have to do, but they will have freedom to complete the assignment as they wish.  The Microscope learners will enjoy this because they will be able to use high level thinking to complete the assignment.  The Puppies will enjoy this lesson because they will be comfortable because they will be able to write anything they want because it is their own personal reflection.  ||
 * __Standard 4__ - Plans instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, students, curriculum goals, and learning and development theory.
 * Rationale:**Students will use the class blog to create reflections of the Vietnam War and of the lesson. They will use their high thinking skills to thinks of ways life has been impacted by the Vietnam War.  They will have to think heavily about themselves to describe how their own lives have been impacted by the Vietnam War.  They will need to utilize the intrapersonal intelligence to complete this assignment. ||
 * __Standard 5__ - Understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies and appropriate technology to meet students’ needs.
 * Rationale:**Students will have to utilize all of the different multiple intelligences to fully complete and appreciate this assignment. They will have to create reflections for the lesson as a whole, and what the outcomes and consequences of the Vietnam War are.
 * __Standard 8__ - Understands and uses a variety of formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and support the development of the learner.
 * Rationale:**Students will be informally assessed through the Sandwich model worksheet they complete before the lesson begins, and they will be informally assessed again after they complete their reflections on the class blog. The whole lesson will be an informal assessment. ||


 * =Teaching and Learning Sequence:= ||
 * At the beginning of the lesson, the students will walk into class and take their seats in their groups. They will then watch the Youtube video on the Vietnam Memorial.  After this, they will complete the Idea Rake worksheets after I hand them out.  I will then allow some time for the students to complete this, and when they have all handed their worksheets in, I will start my lesson about the impact of the Vietnam War.  I will talk about the major impacts of the Vietnam War on life in America, and touch upon the impact in Vietnam.  After the lesson is over, I will make it clear to the students that war is not a self contained event that stays in the past.  It is an event that keeps make ripples in the water of life, and keeps affecting life long after the last shots are fired.  ||
 * During this lesson, students will need to know certain events that happened, such as the War Powers Resolution. They will learn these events because these specific events each have special impacts on life, each in a different way.  To teach the students about the impact of the Vietnam War, I will give a short presentation about the topic.  After I am finished, I will engage in students' discussions with them.  ||
 * After the end of my presentation, I will let students discuss their feelings of the topic. Students will be in groups of four the same groups they sit with, and using the Round Robin Brainstorming method of Cooperative Learning, they will discuss their feelings of the impact of the Vietnam War today.  Students will be able to recognize that, not only war, but any important event in history, has a lasting impact on the world, and affects everyone.  Students will use the second class period to work on writing their reflections, then posting them on the class blog.||
 * Students will self assess using the Sandwich models in the beginning to show whether or not they know anything about the effects of the Vietnam War. Then they will use the reflection piece at the end of the lesson to show what they learned, not only in that particular lesson, but in the entire unit as a whole.  ||

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