Lesson #6

Mrs. D. M. Collins

Lesson Topic____Leader Research Project_______________________________

Time___6 weeks___________________ Date_____________________

Lesson Objectives:

·        The student will gain in-depth understanding/knowledge of a political leader.  (Handout #1)

·        The student will follow teacher-distributed handouts for requirements of research paper and grading. 

·        The student may use suggested sites included on handout.

Material/Special Arrangements:

·        Media center

·        Library

·        Internet

·        Computer/typewriter

Anticipatory Set:

·        6 weeks

Lesson/Learning Activities:

·        internet search

·        outlining

·        organization skills

·        handouts

Guided Practices:

·        teacher & librarian demonstrations

·        classroom lessons (specific continent)

·        textbook

·        support materials

·        homework

Closure/Check for Understanding

·        each week a period is set aside to assist, monitor, and grade

Formative Evaluation:

·        handout distributed #2

Research Project

Leader

(Handout #1)

·        Who are they?

·        http://www.people.virginia.edu/~wbq8f/Time.html

Middle Eastern Leaders of the 20^th Century

·        http://www.people.virginia.edu/~wbq8f/Time.html

Middle East Studies – Reference Works

·        http://www.news24.co.za/News24/Africa/Features/0,1113,2-11-37_1046543,00.html

New African Leaders Emerging

·        http://www.seditionists.org/black/bhist.html

A Deeper Shade of History – Events & Folks in Black History

·        http://www.euroleaders.org/

European Leaders

·        http://www.euroleaders.org/

Latin American Leaders

·        Where are they from?  What country?

·        http://www.mapquest.com/

Map Quest

·        When did they live? Time period?

·        http://www.encyclopedia.com/

Electric Library Encyclopedia

·        http://www.bartleby.com/65/

Columbia Encyclopedia

·        What were/are their political ideas/views?

·        http://www.swif.uniba.it/lei/filpol/filpole/homefpe.htm

An Extensive Index to Political Philosophy on the Net

·        How did they implement their ideas/views?

·        http://www.library.ubc.ca/poli/theory.html

Political Philosophy/Political Theory

·        How did the people of the world respond to the leader & their ideas/policies?

·        http://www.un.org/

Welcome to the United Nations

·        http://www.hobotraveler.com/organizations.shtml

Organizations of the world Peace Corp Greenpeace Unicef etc

·        What positive effects did they have for their country?

·        What negative effects did they have for their country?

·        What positive effects did they have on the world?

·        What negative effects did they have on the world?

·        Typed with picture of leader on cover page

·        http://gallery.yahoo.com/

Yahoo Picture Gallery

·        http://gallery.yahoo.com/

Corbis Photo Galley

Grading Schedule

(Handout #2)

Week 1            1 copied source/reference

Week 2             2^nd copied source/reference

Week 3             Picture/map

Week 4            highlighting/paraphrasing/typing

Week 5            highlighting/paraphrasing/typing

Week 6            turn in completed project to be graded

·        On week 4 students will no longer be allowed to copy anything from the internet of the encyclopedia

·        If a student needs any sources, reference, or pictures after week 3, it will need to be done on your own time.  Not class library time.

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