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Practice: 1-MINUTE PRESENTATION

2/26/2019

Today you and your group will present your 1 minute/1-slide presentations to your peers. While you are presenting, the audience will be watching and providing constructive feedback to help you identify your strengths and weaknesses with public speaking and in presenting historical information while using supporting evidence in a speech. This is a chance to practice the skills needed in "constructing arguments" and also in your ability to capture and hold an audience attention through voice projection, tone, speech cadence, eye contact, visuals, etc.

Link you will need for class today:
Formative Presentation - Peer Feedback Form - Google Survey - you will submit a new google form for each group presenting

Read:

Just How Likely is another World War? (The Atlantic, July 2014)
Are we Close to World War 3? (TheWeek.co.uk, November 2018)

HW: Read the feedback on your presentation & Reflect...

There is an assignment posted within SeeSaw that tasks you to look at the constructive feedback from your peers today during your 1-minute presentation. Please take the time to look at your feedback and write a brief response to the feedback your received.

Interwar Period continued…

2/25/2019

Today you will work within your group to respond to one of the assigned DBQ questions.
You will prepare your group's response in presentation format and

Helpful Links for Today's Class:

Germany Finishes PayingWWI Reparations, Ending Century of 'Guilt' (CSM, 2010)
Treaty of Versailles- Can peace lead to war? (DBQ Packet)
Template for presentations (1 group member makes a copy to share with the rest of the group)
Google Form for groups to submit their presentation slides
Formative Presentation Skills - Rubric

Group tasks:

You will work within your group to answer the question assigned to your group. You will read, research, & discuss together. You will develop a group presentation.
You will use the template provided to your group. You are free to change the background, theme, font, color, layout, etc. of the template but all the basic elements must be there (image, text, title, speaker name, source(s) used.
You will decide as a group how you will divide up the speaking roles and the order in which group members will present.
Your group will decide how you want to respond to the question-- be sure it is based on an informed viewpoint.

Individual tasks:

Each group member will be responsible for developing their own slide and providing a portion of the response to the question assigned to the group. You are allowed 1 slide only. You will also have up to 1 minute to deliver a very short response to the question. Your response must include:
Explanation to the question
Evidence (historical examples, quote, primary source text and/or image)
Reference to your source(s) used to support your response/presentation
YOUR NAME must be on YOUR SLIDE
You will share your group’s Slide Presentation with Mrs. Stewart via this Google Form
You will Present YOUR conflict slide to the class during your group’s presentation.
You group will be informally assessed by your peers (peer feedback)

HW: Prepare a 1-minute speech + slide

Be sure when you arrive to the next scheduled class you are ready to present.
Presentation Tips:
If you look at the rubric you will see that it is important that your presentation topic addresses the question in some part and that you provide evidence to support your idea(s) and reference your source(s). You should also be sure the image you select for your slide is relevant to the ideas you discuss. Your image can be used as a piece of evidence.

You should reference your image in some way (could take a few seconds or longer--if it is an important piece of evidence you will use).
Be sure your image also has the source listed.
Avoid adding too much text. A phrase, short quoted passage or a couple of bullet-pointed ideas is plenty for your slide. You don't want your audience spending too much time reading your slide--instead they should be watching and listening to you.

Speech Tips:
You are allowed to have notes (note card, sheet of paper) with you when you present. Try to avoid reading from your notes the whole time or reading from your slide (your audience is capable of reading the text on your slide).

Focus on making eye contact and engaging with your audience.
Emphasize words or phrases that are important.
Pause for emphasis or dramatic effect.
Ask a question of your audience to engage them.

Treaty of versailles: A flawed peace

2/13/2019

Today we will take a look at how WWI ended.You will work within a new group to try to understand how WWI reshaped Europe socially, politically and economically.

You will investigate the steps taken by nations after the war to establish a process for resolving issues among European nations diplomatically to avoid future conflicts. And whether these actions were successful or failures in trying to maintain peace.

...We are starting an informal group investigation into how WWI is linked to WWII...

Helpful Resources for Today's Class:

“Treaty of Versailles: Can Peace Lead to War?”
Treaty of Versailles (website about history of this treaty)
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (US.gov website)
Wilson’s Fourteen Points and League of Nations (APUSH YouTube video)
Woodrow Wilson’s Fourteen Points (list of the 14-- Avalon Law Project, Yale.edu)
WWI Issue - List of Articles about WWI and the End (scroll towards the bottom to find articles about the end of the war, Treaty of Versailles, etc.)
WWI End of War and Remembrance (BBC School website)
“World War 1: The War that Changed Everything” (copy of article)

Europe After WWI - The Map as History (4 minute video on website)
League of Nations, 1920 (US.gov website)

Feb. 11/12: Summative Debate Reflection

2/11/2019

Today, you will work collaboratively and individually to reflect on the strength and weakness of some of the arguments (and rebuttals) presented last class during the formative debates. Please discuss, watch videos and then individually reflect on compelling arguments heard and what evidence (and analysis) was presented that may have led you to reconsider your view on the significance of the causes of WWI.

There is a Summative Reflection Document in your WH Drop folder for this.

Link to Folder of Formative Debate WWI Videos

HW: Finish your reflection (if necessary)

Feb. 7/8: FORMATIVE DEBATE: MOST SIGNIFICANT CAUSE OF WWI

2/6/2019

The order at which teams will present their argument in the debate will be randomly selected.

HW: Read an article...

HW: Pick and read ONE of the following articles:

"The Great Myth: WWI Was No Accident", published by TheDiplomat.com, Aug. 30, 2014 (this article is not very long)
"WWI: The War That Changed Everything", published by The Wall Street Journal, June 20, 2014 (this article is much longer)

We will use these for a discussion at the start of next class before we begin taking a look at how WWI ended and the turn of events that led to a failed peace plan. These articles, while they are editorial opinion pieces marking the 100-year anniversary of the start of WWI, they have some rather provocative ideas and makes predictions and warnings about turbulent times we see in the world today to remind us that the lessons of WWI are still relevant to our lives today.

Do you agree or disagree with these articles' views?