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Preparing for the Final Exam - Revolutions Compare/Contrast Historical Explanation

12/9/2019

Helpful Planning Resources:

Additional helpful resources:

Sample historical article: Haitian Revolution (essay with images)
Sample historical journalistic style essay: Chinese Cultural Revolution & Women’s Liberation Movement (essay with images)
Example of a compare/contrast historical video (note: this is not a student video but a professional video)
How to make a vlog (short video)
How to make a video using Google Slides + Voicethread (tutorial video)
Sample History Vlog: French Revolution
Sample History Vlog: American Revolution
Sample History Vlog: WWII

Further Resources - Specific to writing/explanatory skills:

Wrapping Up Summative Research...

12/9/2019

Group Check-in:

In Class Task:
Work on Recording Your Insights in
Your Compare/Contrast Table

Compare/Contrast Revolutions:

England’s Revolution (a.k.a. "Glorious Revolution")
Haitian Revolution (a.k.a. "slave revolt")
Russian Revolution (focus on the 1917 revolution)
China's Revolution (1911)
Cuba’s Revolution (Fidel & Raul Castro + "Che" Guevara)
Latin American Revolutions of Independence

Connections: Modern-day revolutions:

Mohamed Bouazizi: The Spark that Ignited the Arab Spring (the globalist)
The Arab Spring: A Year of Revolution (NPR)
The Guardian view on Egyptian democracy: it would be a good idea (Guardian, 2018)
Into the Hands of the Soldiers review: how democracy failed in Egypt (Guardian, 2018)
Evo Morales and Bolivia (the Guardian, 18 Nov. 2019)
Hong Kong Protests (Al Jazeera, various articles and publication dates)

Additional Articles:

“Governance” Chapter Reading (PDF)
Good Governance (Google Doc)
“Revolutions” Textbook Chapter (History of our World Textbook PDF)
Political Revolutions (History or Our World Textbook Chapter PDF)
“Age of Napoleon” (History of Our World Textbook Chapter PDF)
How Power Shapes Our World (web article & interview)
Society and Social Power (web article)
You Say You Want a Revolution: Political Change on both sides of the Atlantic (Big History Project article)

Additional Videos:

How to Understand Power (TedEd)

Additional Websites:

Uses and Abuses of Power (“History For Us All” web-based article)
The Haves and Have Nots (“History For Ss All” web-based article)
Revolutionaries - TheFamousPeople.com
List of Revolutionary Leaders - LeadershipByThePeople.org

HW: Write the Research Conclusion
(1-2 paragraphs)

Prep for "Revolutions" Summative Socratic Discussions...

12/1/2019

Today we will focus on preparing for next class' Summative Socratic Discussions that will focus on comparing/contrasting political revolutions. To prepare, please take the following steps:

Step 1:
Begin to compare/contrast your two political revolutions.

Make note of the following similarities and differences within your research portfolio in the "Compare/Contrast" table:

Make note of how they are similar and different in...
- causes (long-term chronic conditions, short-term causes, and "spark" of the revolution)
- characteristics (stages, methods used to carry out the revolution, types of leaders that emerge, etc.)
- outcome (what life was like before and after both revolutions)
- consequences (both good and bad) -- intended and unintended consequences of the revolution.

Step 2:
Look at the group you are assigned to (& group discussion questions for that group)

You will be assigned to a group (Group 1, Group 2, or Group 3) and there are set discussion questions for your assigned group.

Link to Unit 2 Summative Socratic Discussion Prep (Google Slides--contains slides with your assigned group)

Be sure you add onto your Summative Research Portfolio's compare/contrast table in your Summative Research Portfolio and that within --or in a section added below the compare/contrast table of your 2 revolutions, you have recorded notes, ideas, talking points, supporting evidence, etc. that you will want to address in your Socratic Discussion.

Use the Socratic Discussion questions to help guide you in what to compare/contrast about your revolution beyond the general compare/contrast analysis already recorded during Step 1.

Step 3:
Watch the video of your formative Socratic Discussion (Enlightenment Philosophers)

You will find links to the video of your Formative Socratic Discussion (Enlightenment Philosophers) -- these links are posted in Schoology within the Unit 2 Folder. Watch your group's video and look at the feedback you received from your peer evaluator, the comments and score from your teacher and the rubric descriptors for the "exemplary" and "meets" levels to get a better understanding of what you'll need to demonstrate during the Summative Socratic Discussion next class.

Homework: Continued Prep for Summative Socratic Discussion (next class) & Print your notes for Socratic Discussion

Complete any of the above steps that you did not finish in class.

NOTE: YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO USE YOUR LAPTOP DURING THE SUMMATIVE SOCRATIC DISCUSSION.
Be sure to print out any notes you want to use during the Summative Socratic Discussion (print out your compare/contrast table and any notes you prepared in advance to help you in the discussion.

Link to Unit 2 Summative Socratic Discussion Prep (Google Slides--contains slides with your assigned group, additional helpful resources)

Shared Inquiry (Socratic Discussion) Rubric

Preparing for the Final Exam - Revolutions Compare/Contrast Historical Explanation

Wrapping Up Summative Research...

Group Check-in:

In Class Task:
Work on Recording Your Insights in
Your Compare/Contrast Table

HW: Write the Research Conclusion
(1-2 paragraphs)

Prep for "Revolutions" Summative Socratic Discussions...

Step 1:
Begin to compare/contrast your two political revolutions.

Step 2:
Look at the group you are assigned to (& group discussion questions for that group)

Step 3:
Watch the video of your formative Socratic Discussion (Enlightenment Philosophers)

Homework: Continued Prep for Summative Socratic Discussion (next class) & Print your notes for Socratic Discussion

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Preparing for the Final Exam - Revolutions Compare/Contrast Historical Explanation

Wrapping Up Summative Research...

Group Check-in:

In Class Task: Work on Recording Your Insights in Your Compare/Contrast Table

HW: Write the Research Conclusion ​(1-2 paragraphs)

Prep for "Revolutions" Summative Socratic Discussions...

Step 1:Begin to compare/contrast your two political revolutions.

Step 2:Look at the group you are assigned to (& group discussion questions for that group)

Step 3:Watch the video of your formative Socratic Discussion (Enlightenment Philosophers)

Homework: Continued Prep for Summative Socratic Discussion (next class) & Print your notes for Socratic Discussion

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In Class Task:
Work on Recording Your Insights in
Your Compare/Contrast Table

HW: Write the Research Conclusion
(1-2 paragraphs)

Step 1:
Begin to compare/contrast your two political revolutions.

Step 2:
Look at the group you are assigned to (& group discussion questions for that group)

Step 3:
Watch the video of your formative Socratic Discussion (Enlightenment Philosophers)