4.+The+Fight+and+End+of+Communism

The Fight and End of Communism

Lesson Overview: Students will be studying the rebellions of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising and how that effected the solidarity of the communist party in the Soviet Union and its influence on the Eastern Bloc. As well students will be studying the fall of communism, by making a map in Google that explains the details of the autumn of change in 1989. As well students will be creating an E-Book about the fall of communism. Learning Objectives: Students will understand the elements of how the cold war ended through making of a mp of the elements of the cold war in Google Maps Students will understand the elements of how primary resources work through the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Students will create an E-Book using primary resources and the research that they completed to explain the end of the cold war, in images and in words. NETS Standards locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.  __Accommodations__ //Student Difficulty// || //Accommodation// || Students with Cognitive Difficulties || Have students use touch screen, have place marks for reading text into threads or break VT up to smaller pieces. || Students with Physical Difficulties || Use special keyboard, mouse, extra time, aid, voice enhancer if need be || Students with Sensory Difficulties || Use Zoom Text, if speech problem, may type a slideshow instead or use someone else to speak for them || At-Risk Students || Have students use compare their lives in the voice thread || Gifted and Talented Students || Expand their research for the voice thread to include other important or not so important people that had influence ||

Materials: Laptops (1 to 1), Google Maps, Google Account, E-Book Account, Internet Access, microphones, software (already loaded-Movie Maker) Sequence: Motivational Activity 20-30 min Orientation Activity and the Informational together 2-3 class periods, plus homework E-Book- One class period to get it together and one homework assignment to complete this.

__Lesson Activities__ Motivational Activity: Google Map Assignment  This is an example of the product ** *You may Have to scroll over to Eastern Europe  ** *

Google Maps- Students will log on to their Wikispaces and prepare a page for "Google Maps." On this page students will for their finished product (the embedded html code) of a map and information input. Students will need: - Google Account (should have already if in my class) - List of leaders and Brief Descriptions of the finial communist leaders (more later) - Before and after names of countries - Wikispaces - Computer plus internet

Activity Students have been studying the rise and fall of the cold war, which has left many different confusing questions about what states are which and what are their real names. Students will answer this by doing the following: Use pins that are included on Google Maps and include the following: Title of the country (Before 1989) And Name After 1989 (or '90. '91) Description- Last leader of the communist era, first leader after the fall and party name. What was the date that the fall of the communist state occurred Students will do 7 countries (there are more) Three of them have to be: Russia, East Germany, Poland, Students will choose the other 4. Students will then log on to their Wikispaces and embed (first using the, link tool, capture the html code-copy, then using the media tool in wikispaces, click maps, click Google and then paste the embedding code) Students can do more for extra credit. __ Orientation and Informational (together) __ Primary Resources Assignments Students have been studying the political, social and economic doings of the cold war era and the Eastern Bloc states. There were many challenges to the regimes that were put in place by a centralized governments, such as the Hungarian Uprising of 1956. Students will create voice thread (using voicethread.com or making one via Movie Maker, Sony Vegas, etc) and they will first create a storyboard using Google Documents. What they will need: Pictures of the of 1956 Hungarian Uprising Primary Sources of the 1956 Hungarian Uprising. Websites, such as [] [|http://www.jstor.org/pss/1407066] [|http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1409&fuseaction=va2.browse&sort=Collection&item=1956%20Hungarian%20Revolution] Their Wikispaces account (already ongoing) __ Application__ 1. Students are to research using the listed primary sources, as well they must find one on their own. List out the most important details of what you have learned. If you are having trouble think about: How did the uprising start, who were the players, what was the outcome of the uprising, who was effected by the outcome, etc. Post this on your wiki in the form of a list on Google Documents (Embed this as you are normally accustom to) or just list it out as normal Ex. The Polzen put up a resistance Movement in 1956 that ended in the results of less centralized control of Moscow, thus the Hungarians thought they could follow suit. Assignment #2 2. After researching and compiling facts, data, etc, they are to take on a voice of a member of the uprising and why they did this, to do this students must first design a storyboard of what they will talk about in the voice thread. Students will use Google spreadsheets to complete the storyboard. The storyboard will consist of the following: o 5 Pictures (put in the storyboard itself) this may or may not be related directly to the story itself but must be of the uprising. You may just describe the picture rather than display it. o Has to be no less than 3 minutes but no more the 7 minutes long so the storyboard must accommodate this o Must include facts about the uprising. You can use the first assignment to help you with this, as it should already be full of facts. o Storyboard can be set up anyway you feel that gets the point across, This is what I suggest: Colum Headings: Story Brief | Facts basing off of | Picture o Story must be as if you were the person experiencing the uprising o Take the embedding HTML code and log on to your Wikispaces account and create a new page and call it Primary History. Go to edit then to widget and click spreadsheets and then find Google and then paste in the HTML code. You know the drill!  Rubric

 ||  Mark ||  Poor ||  Meet ||  Exceeded ||  Storyboard matched the Voice Thread W/pictures ||  25% ||  Storyboard was not completed and/or followed. Pictures are not there and/or relevant  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Most of the storyboard was followed/With Pictures that are relevant  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> All of the storyboard was followed and documented if changed, all pictures are there as well || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Voice thread was clear, and accurate with material  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> 70% || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Not clear, not enough information and/or not accurate || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Relatively clear, mostly accurate || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Accurate and clear, easy to understand || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Embedded  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> 5% || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Not Embedded || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Embedded || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> __ Assesment __ Activity for students:

Students E-Book Activity Students will create an e-book activity that will profile at least 4 leaders of the revolution movements in Eastern Europe and the Russian Federation of States that helped end the Cold War and communist states. Objective: Students will create a literacy book that is created using an online book service, which will then be embedded into their blog of wikispaces. This activity will be done on Mixbook, and must included the following: · At least 2 written pages or text that details the leaders life, movements that they created, how they helped the movements along, and what are they doing today (or if they are dead, then what did they do right after). · Pictures of the person, and possibly the country they are from References

[] E Book Activity that was completed by the teacher to help students with technology and literacy. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Rubric <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Mark || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Poor || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Meet || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Exceeded  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Two Written pages of details of question  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> 70% || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Did not include details as question prescribed || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Meet most of details that question prescribed  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Included all details and exceeded minimum requirements  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Pictures Included and makes sense of placement || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> 25% || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> No Pictures || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Few pictures and hard to understand  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Included relevant pictures and easy to understand  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Embedded in Wiki  || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> 5% || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Did not meet || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;"> Meet || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14pt;">

__Closer__ I will gather all students text that was created and do a word wall. Students will be asked to point out what words that pop up the most. I am sure that this will resonate in their minds for years to come.