Week 2/Snofke/ blog 2

   My first lesson plan....not real sure which topic exactly, I'll will need to check with my history teacher to see where his class will be by the time this is due but I'm thinking it will more then likely be one of the world wars.
   If sequence did not matter I would choose to do World War II. I would do a front loader involving a timeline of historic events, have pictures of the major players and inventions and have descriptions of  German words that are used to depict certain events. I would prepare an economic contrast so that the students would be able to relate to the monetary values and how much they have increased. My anticipatory set would include era appropriate music as well as images playing as they enter and to keep them busy and quiet upon entering. There would be a brief pretest to see what they know or think they may know before diving into the lesson.  (No matter the topic or era, I will be doing the front loader and anticipatory set the same way but obviously with the appropriate information for the selected unit). Once I get past the front loader I will turn them into a reading assignment but want them to journal as they read it by listing new terms that they learned  in the front loader and listing ones they are still confused about. After they are finished with the reading and listing I would have them add a journal entry which will include in the journal their version/comprehension. The assignment will be for them to pretend that they are the same age they are now but to imagine that they stepped back in time and we're living in the era. They would have to explain to me how they feel about the topic, what impact(s) it made as a whole, do they agree or disagree with what is going on and tell me why or why not.