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lor Lhe Soclal SLudles meLhods course Lu 332 our flnal assessmenL for Lhe Sprlng of 2011 was
Lo creaLe a unlL plan based on Lhe followlng crlLerla
1 LlemenLs of orlglnal/creaLlve deslgn Lo engage learners
2 erformance AssessmenL lncludes some elemenL of sLudenL cholce
3 Cradelevel/developmenLallevel conLenL and acLlvlLles
4 lnLegraLlon of nonflcLlon or hlsLorlcal flcLlon
3 CurrenL evenL componenL
6 Web quesL used Lo engage learners and offer easy access Lo lnformaLlon
My group whlch conslsLed of me Andrea uerrlck and kaLle Mlszewskl focused on clvll rlghLs
My uncle !ames L Croppl was a promlnenL leader ln Mllwaukee durlng Lhe 1960's and was focused on
open houslng wlLhln Mllwaukee and Lhe Clvll 8lghLs MovemenL
We focused our unlL on Soclal SLudles and Lngllsh Language ArLs and offer opLlons Lo lnLegraLe
MaLhemaLlcs and Sclence WlLhln Lhe Lngllsh Language ArLs lessons Lhe sLudenLs are selecLlng books
LhaL wlll be one of Lhe resources for Lhe culmlnaLlng flnal pro[ecL We connecLed Lhe unlL Lo currenL
evenLs whlch durlng Lhe Sprlng of 2011 could be relaLed Lo sLruggles ln LgypL and Llbya and closer Lo
home wlLh pollLlcal sLruggles perLalnlng Lo unlon rlghLs 1he flnal pro[ecL allows sLudenLs Lo selecL Lhelr
performance Lype a speech wlLh vlsual alds an orlglnal book wlLh lllusLraLlons and words or a work of
arL wlLh a wrlLLen accompanlmenL
1hls unlL plan ls an example of Wlsconsln SLandard for 1eacher uevelopmenL and Llcensure
seven whlch focuses on plannlng lnsLrucLlon We consldered mulLlple facLors when plannlng Lhese
lessons lncludlng Lhe conLenL we would cover our poLenLlal sLudenLs resources wlLhln Lhe communlLy
and goals LhaL we would have for our classrooms We planned lessons LhaL would engage dlverse
learners 1he LexL books were of varylng dlfflculLy 1he summaLlve performance assessmenL allowed for
dlfferenL forms of expresslons 1he currenL evenL Loplcs for dlscusslon were Lo be based around whaL
news Lhe sLudenLs were able Lo dlscover and explore Cholce ls a key elemenL of Lhls unlL
An elemenL of Lhe Alverno School of LducaLlon CuLcome of Lhe Ma[or of dlagnosls ls Lhe ablllLy
Lo base assessmenL processes based on Lhe ob[ecLlves of Lhe lesson We also deslgned rubrlcs for Lhe
assessmenLs glvlng Lhe sLudenLs Lhe crlLerla of a successful pro[ecL 8ecause noL all sLudenLs showcase
Lhelr undersLandlngs ln Lhe same way we chose Lo have opLlons avallable Lo Lhe sLudenLs are varlous
polnLs ln Lhe unlL lncludlng Lhe summaLlve performance assessmenL
1hls pro[ecL demonsLraLes my phllosophy of belng a chlldcenLered educaLor wlLh respecL Lo Lhe
cholces LhaL Lhe sLudenLs are able Lo make SLudenLs are asked Lo rank Lhe selecLed books wlLhln Lhelr
kat|ona|e for W|scons|n 1eacher Deve|opment and L|censure Standard Seven

Lngllsh Language ArLs class SLudenLs also selecL Lhe formaL of Lhe flnal pro[ecL based on Lhelr lnLeresLs
and skllls
1hls unlL also demonsLraLes a consLrucLlvlsL phllosophy Lo educaLlon ln Lhe openlng lesson we
uLlllze a web quesL Lo acLlvaLe prlor knowledge and geL Lhe sLudenLs lnLeresLed ln learnlng more abouL
clvll rlghLs Lhan Lhey have been exposed Lo ln Lhe pasL