Name
Imperialism in XIX century
Topic
Contemporary History
Learning time
5 hours and 45 minutes
Designed time
5 hours and 45 minutes
Size of class
25
Description
Students have to realize a formative module of Contemporary History autonomously. Scenario: Content Creation. They have to work in groups. They will execute all the steps of a Course about "Imperialism in XIX century ": 1. Conception and Project 2. search contents 3. create presentations or conceptual maps 4. Take lessons 5. Evaluate classmates' actions and works
Aims
Allow students to understand age of imperialism, obtain from the study of historical events interpretative frameworks and rules, that they be able to apply to others historical events.
Outcomes
Investigate, Define, Produce, Judge
Editor
gianfrancomarini
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Groups creation and resources search
45 minutes)
  • Collaborate
    15
    25
    0
    groups creation: students work in group of 4/5 members, each group have assigned a topic to explain at the classmates. These are the five topics, one for each group: reasons of imperialism, Ideologies of the Imperialism imperialism in China, Imperialism in South Africa and Boer Wars, The case of Japan
  • Collaborate
    30
    5
    0
    groups search to find images, text, videos and others resources about age of imperialism. They work in classroom with their tablets
Notes:
I considered five groups of 5 students. I specified 5 students, in the students box, when the work involved the groups and not the whole classroom
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Students have to realize a content about a topic 
90 minutes)
  • Discuss
    30
    5
    2
    Every group discusses about your own topic and decide how to realize a lesson about it. discussion and collaboration have to be developed online using a learning environment like: Edmodo or Easyclass.
  • Produce
    60
    5
    3
    groups make a presentation o conceptual map about the assigned topic using tablets and one of these apps: Prezi, Emaze, Tackk, Mindomo, Coggle.
Notes:
Resources linked: 0
Student have to deliver a lecture about a topic 
130 minutes)
  • Practice
    100
    5
    0
    A member of each group delivers an hour lecture to classmates about the group topic and using the content created by his group. Time request: 20 minutes for each lecture.
  • Discuss
    30
    25
    0
    Lessons are shooting with tablets, then videos of lectures and the presentations created by the groups, are shared online. All the web applications used to make and share the contents allow students to discuss online
Notes:
Resources linked: 0
Peer Evaluation: students evaluate the classmates' works
80 minutes)
  • Discuss
    30
    0
    Students evaluate classmates's presentations and lessons using discussions on Edmodo. Online activity.
  • Produce
    40
    2
    Each group makes: A Tackk in which have to post: - an audioboom registration with a judgment for every classmates' lesson - videos of the lesson - texts that contain their judgments about classmates' presentations - link to the classmates' presentations
  • Discuss
    10
    1
    Students Poll: Students create and conduct a Survey about the liking of the lessons and of the presentations. They use Polldaddy
Notes:
Resources linked: 0

Learning Experience

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