Introduction: This is a survey course of revolutions from World History. It is meant for 10th grade World History students in Texas, and is to be completed in a blended environment, though it can be utilized in a flipped or online classroom. Students will critically think about the material, collaborating with classmates to construct new understandings, and it will end with a district assessment with a data-driven results summary. Learning Theory: This course will be modeled after the social constructivist learning theory. Constructivism suggests that everyone learns in their own way at their own pace, and that their personal experiences can affect their worldview (and thus learning process). Also, there is an emphasis on ‘learning …show more content…
Learners will have specific due dates for the various activities as the timeline progresses. Each week’s module will provide about 5 to 6 hours of instruction, activities, and assessments, to take place both in the physical classroom and the online classroom. The scope and sequence for this course is as follows: Week 1: The Scientific Revolution (16 th -18th centuries) Week 2: The Enlightenment (17 th -18 th centuries) Week 3: The American Revolution (1763-1783) Week 4: The French Revolution (1789-1815) Week 5: Napoleon (1799-1815) Week 6: Latin American Revolutions (1815-1848) Week 7: The Industrial Revolution (1712-1866) Tips and Tricks: A month or two prior to beginning this unit, it is important that the instructor begin acclimating his/her students to working on the computer. It is imperative that students have the following basic …show more content…
o Running programs o Operating the webcam and microphone o Reading email o Composing and sending email to one or multiple users o Attaching documents o Organizing the Drive o Creating new documents o Collaborating in Google Docs o Uploading documents Knowledge of the Internet Knowledge of specific sites o Converting uploaded documents to Google formats for editing o Downloading documents to their computer for offline use o Sharing items on the drive, including shared settings (view only, editing privileges, etc.) o What programs access the Internet o How to search using Google, Bing, Yahoo, and other search engines o How to navigate to a specific web address o How to open in new tabs, new windows, or within the same window o How to download documents and pictures from the web o Moodle o Twitter o Google (Search, Email, Drive) o YouTube If students have difficulty with any of these tasks, direct them to http://www.wikihow.com where they can look up various “How To” directions for these tasks. Potential Warnings: Many students may not have experience in a blended classroom environment, so it is important for