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Goals & Objectives

Goal: 

• To enhance the students' understanding of social issues and human experiences across time.

• To enable students to gain further understanding and transfer of knowledge through cooperative learning.

Objectives:

• Students will be able to comprehend the literature as well as the time period. 

• Students will be able to gather and synthesize information within the group.

• Students will be able to work collaboratively to develop a relevant newspaper edition and presentation.

• Students will be able to use a variety of Internet resources to research data.

• Students will be able to complete individual and group assignments.

• Students will be able to construct articles including all elements of the assignment.

Curriculum Standards

Language Arts  

Standard 3.4:

• All students will read a variety of materials and texts with comprehension and critical analysis

Standard 3:

• All students will use critical thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.

Standard 3.3:

• All students will write in clear, concise, organized language that varies in content and form for different audiences and purposes.

Cross-Content

Standard 2:

• All students will use information, technology, and other tools.

Multiple Intelligences:

• Logical/Mathematical:  Layout and design

• Interpersonal:  Group Work

• Intrapersonal:  Individual Assessment

• Kinesthetic:  Computer work, layout and presentation

• Visual Spatial:  Use of computers, design of paper

• Linguistic/Verbal:  Written article/ oral presentation

• Existential:  Creative writing

• Naturalistic:  Affect of weather on mood

Learning Styles:

• Concrete Random:  Likes collaboration, contributes unusual and creative ideas

* The Sports/Entertainment page will appeal to this learner, because there is an opportunity for creative thinking  as well as concrete analysis.

• Abstract Random:  Works well in group setting, provides imaginative extension of ideas.

*The Empire page will appeal to this learner, because it requires creativity and abstract thinking.

• Concrete Sequential:  Fine-tune ideas to make them more efficient, organize.

* The Front page assignments will appeal to this type of learner, because they require fact-based responses and organization.

• Abstract Sequential:  Enjoys research, provide logical sequence and order.

* The Local page will appeal to this type of learner, because he or she will research and look for relationships beyond the information given in a logical manner.

Additional Pedagogy:

• Sense and Meaning:  Student will have an opportunity to choose a topic that interests them, and that they would actually want to do.  The element of competition among the students will also enhance their interest and performance.  By applying this new understanding of the information they have researched, the students will then store the knowledge in a new way in long term memory and improve their retention.

• Information Processing Model:  By linking the students' prior knowledge of today's newspapers ( through viewing examples) with the new information about Julius Caesar, they will bring both to the working table and create an edition that represents the events of the play in a newspaper format.  The knowledge of newspaper reporting will then be stored in a new way after experiencing it first hand.

• Bloom's Taxonomy:  Students will have a variety of opportunities to display the information they have gathered through individual articles and group presentations.  The hierarchy of learning will be adressed through the process portion of the web quest.  Students will move up the levels as they REMEMBER: review the play; UNDERSTAND: gain an understanding of the characters' personality and involvement in the plot; APPLY: write an interview of a character; ANALYZE:  analyze similarities and differences between what was learned from reading the play and new information that was gained while completing the web quest; EVALUATE: writing the two separate accounts of the assassination from different characters' points of view; CREATE:  write articles and create columns based on the information gained throughout the web quest as well as creating an overall edition of the newspaper as a group.

Within this lesson students will use the following: critical thinking, creative production, creative problem-solving, teamwork, cooperative learning and compromise.