Goals

The purpose of this unit is to teach research skills, critical thinking, and the content of the revolutions, but also...

TO BEGIN MAKING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN HISTORY & SCIENCE.

 

Details

Duration: 120+ minutes

Assessments: Student reflections/journals, Research, Group work, Other (enter below)

Additional Assessment Type: quizzes included

 

Description

This is a portfolio of research done over a couple of months to teach about the nature of revolutions, and to prepare students to choose a revolution on which to base their machine.

Metaphor Machines could really be done with a wide range of historical events/movements/etc, so sample assignments can be downloaded here; for access to a comprehensive archive of this specific set of assignments, please go to www.es-metro.org/~scarter and click on "Revolutions."

American Revolution Resources
http://metro1.es-metro.org/~sc...

American Revolution Sample Assignment
Declaration of Rights Timeline: students create timelines showing cause & effect relationships between writers, differen...
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American Revolution Sample Assignment B
Research Stations for use with Declaration of Rights Timeline...
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American Revolution Sample Assignment C
PowerPoint for use with Declaration of Rights Timeline; students take notes and use them to create their timeline....
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American Revolution Sample Assignment D
Declarations of Rights, for use with Declaration of Rights Timeline...
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Artistic Revolution: Painting Change Packet
Students read a text book section (Artistic Revolution: Painting Change reading), and complete this packet where they de...
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Artistic Revolution: Painting Change Reading
Students read about the progression of three artistic movements and their relationships to the social change around them...

Checklist: Revolutionary Research Packet
Add to or replace any or all of these assignments. This is the historical background that is necessary to choose a revo...
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French Revolution Resources
http://metro1.es-metro.org/~sc...

French Revolution Sample Assignment
Investigation Stations...
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Industrial Revolution: Investigation Stations
An introduction to inventions created during the industrial revolution, and the effects they had on society....
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Non-Violent Revolutions Resources
http://metro1.es-metro.org/~sc...

Quiz: American Revolution
Use website resources and this exact quiz, or adapt this to meet your American Revolution needs....
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Quiz: French Revolution
Use website resources and this exact quiz, or adapt this to meet your French Revolution needs....
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Quiz: South American Revolutions
Use website resources and this exact quiz, or adapt this to meet your South American Revolution needs....
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South American Revolutions Resources
http://metro1.es-metro.org/~sc...

South American Revolutions Sample Assignment
Internet Research assignment, used later for poster & paragraph activities....
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Women's Rights: A World of Change
Students independently research women who made a difference in the world for other women, their situations, and their ou...
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Author Reflections

It was challenging to grade mastery of knowledge when students had mastery over isolated sections; some students showed mastery over two revolutions, but then had 3 that were largely incomplete. Decide ahead of time what is "passing" for this assessment, and whether sections will be graded individually; keep in mind they shouldn't begin anything to do with building a machine until they meet your standards of knowledge around a revolution. We found that half the classes gained the most mastery of the French Revolution! Maybe because of Nation X?