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**Standard 4** ** Teachers know how to teach. **  The teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies, including the use of technology, to encourage children's development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.

Evidence 1: Holocaust Lesson Plan



Rationale 1: This lesson plan was created as part of the 8th grade Holocaust unit. As a final product, students were required to create a glog that included specific criteria to demonstrate the knowledge they have gained from Internet research as well as what they have learned from various sources throughout the unit. In addition to using the Internet to find sources, students used other programs and websites to complete their glog. I felt like this project challenged students to think outside the box and as a teacher made me be a bit more creative in how to plan, organize, and present the project. I became more confident in my ability to troubleshoot and be flexible. There were times students became frustrated with websites being used or new tasks they needed to complete, but they stayed patient and worked together to complete their work. After overcoming the initial frustration students were excited to learn about new programs and websites and in the end were pleased with their final results and I believe they gained confidence in the technology skills.

Students read and listened to a reader's theater of “The Diary of Anne Frank” to gain an understanding of the Holocaust. We also watched a couple videos and students had the opportunity to view samples of artifacts from that time period, including photographs, post cards, and the patch that Jewish victims were required to wear on their clothing.
 * 4.K.3 The teacher knows how to enhance learning through the use of a wide variety of materials and technological resources (e.g. computers, audio-visual technologies, videotapes and discs, local experts, primary documents and artifacts, texts, reference books, literature, and other print resources). **

Students worked in pairs to use the website [|www.glogster.com] to create a glog. They used various resources to create this glog, including Microsoft Excel, Paint, audio software or websites


 * 4.S.2 The teacher uses multiple teaching and learning strategies to engage students in active learning opportunities that promote the development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance capabilities and that help students assume responsibility for identifying and using learning resources. **

The class participated in large and small group discussions about the horrific events of the Holocaust and wrote about their thoughts on various prompts in journals. After viewing and reading a variety of material, the glog project was discussed in class and students were given a checklist and rubric so that t hey knew how the project would be evaluated.


 * 4.D.1 The teacher values the development of students’ critical thinking, independent problem solving, and performance capabilities **

Students created a graph in Microsoft Excel and used problem-solving skills to figure out how to save the chart as a picture that could be added to their project. They used critical thinking skills to answer questions about the Holocaust including why it happened and how it could be prevented.

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