Nuclear Energy: What is it good for?

Sean O'Leary, Ryan Searle, Annie Fitzgerald

5E Lesson Plan # 3

AUTHORS’ NAMES:

• Ryan Searle

TITLE OF THE LESSON:

• Role playing activity:  You become a world leader to deal with iron curtain.

TECHNOLOGY LESSON (circle one):        Yes      No
DATE OF LESSON:

• Day 17

LENGTH OF LESSON:

• 50 mins

NAME OF COURSE:

• 10th Grade World History

SOURCE OF THE LESSON:

• Textbook/Websites

TEKS ADDRESSED:

• 1(A) identify the major eras in world history and describe their defining characteristics
• 2(A,B) identify elements in a contemporary situation that parallel a historical situation; and describe variables in a contemporary situation that could result in different outcomes
• 9(A) identify and explain causes and effects of World Wars I and II, including the rise of Nazism/fascism in Germany, Italy, and Japan; the rise of communism in the Soviet Union; and the Cold War
• 10(A) analyze the influence of significant individuals such as Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, Vladimir Lenin, Mao Zedong, and Woodrow Wilson on political events of the 20th century
• 15(C, D) explain the impact of American political ideas on significant world political developments; and apply knowledge of political systems to make decisions about contemporary issues and events
• 17 (A) evaluate political choices and decisions that individuals, groups, and nations have made in the past, taking into account historical context, and apply this knowledge to the analysis of choices and decisions faced by contemporary societies
• 25(C, H) analyze information by sequencing, categorizing, identifying cause-and-effect relationships, comparing, contrasting, finding the main idea, summarizing, making generalizations and predictions, and drawing inferences and conclusions; support a point of view on a social studies issue or event
• 27(A, B) use a problem-solving process to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution; and use a decision-making process to identify a situation that requires a decision, gather information, identify options, predict consequences, and take action to implement a decision

CONCEPT STATEMENT:

• World leaders during the Cold War had to deal with the Iron Curtain.  Some countries benefited from it and others suffered because of it.  Pretending to become a World Leader will be important because it will show the problems they faced and how they dealt with it.  It will show the choices the World Leaders had to deal with the Iron Curtain.

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES:

• SWBAT
• Understand how world leaders dealt with the iron curtain.
• Identify the problems that the iron curtain caused.
• Determine ways that world leaders could of done to fight the iron curtain.

RESOURCES:

• Will have a print out of different scenarios of problems from different countries to use.

SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS:

• There is no safety considerations

SUPLEMENTARY MATERIALS, HANDOUTS:

• There is none