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Teacher(s) Name: Mr. Allred
School: Pocahontas MS
Grade Level(s): Grade 7
Content Area(s): US History
Lesson Summary
Can you imagine finding a camera with undeveloped film from a past era? What would those images be? What story would they tell? Students were given an opportunity to tell that story based on a real camera that was discovered in a German gun emplacement at Pointe Du Hoc on the Normandy beaches in France. In groups, students placed themselves in the shoes of a person who might have left that camera when forced to leave the encampment abruptly on June 6, 1944. What might those picture show if the film was developed?
TIPC Ratings
Research & Information Fluency
Rating:Approaching – Explanation: Students had to understand the relevant events of the time period to determine specific events to research for images. Students decided how their team would present the final scrapbook of memorabilia. Students used research tools to find images with appropriate copyright permissions and also cited the sources for the images.
Communication & Collaboration
Rating: Approaching – Explanation: Students worked in teams to complete the research and compilation of a scrapbook. Students took on individual roles of Share-master, Timekeeper, Technology support, and Rubric reviewer in addition to all having the role of Researcher. Students used Google Drive applications to facilitate collaboration on the project.
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Rating: Ideal – Explanation: Students had to consider the family life of person from that era who was a Nazi soldier. Students were expected to reflect on the time period and events during World War I and determine appropriate images to reflect events that the soldier may have witnessed. Students created a scrapbook to document the images that might have been on the film. Students included statements relating the image to the time period and pertinent events from the war.
Creativity & Innovation
Rating: Approaching – Explanation: Students had to consider the family life of person from that era who was a Nazi soldier. Students were expected to reflect on the time period and events during World War I and determine appropriate images to reflect events that the soldier may have witnessed. Students used their choice of presentation type to create a scrapbook documenting the images that might have been on the film. Students developed statements relating the image to the time period and pertinent events from the war.
Student Artifact
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