The Cold War

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The Cold War

• Unit Portfolio Presentation
• Katie Papakostas

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Unit Summary

• The Cold War spanned over 45 years and embedded
  it into the minds and culture of the United
  States and the world. Students will choose a
  major Cold War event, research it and create a
  podcast to report on it. Students will research
  and analyze the timeline of the chosen event,
  create breaking news segments, create interview
  questions and infer the various responses of
  government officials and the public.

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Curriculum-Framing Questions
Essential Question How are peoples views and ideas influenced?
Unit Questions How can we create a podcast that will reflect the events, perspectives and influence during the Cold War?
Content Questions What are the differences between communism and capitalism? How can we describe the 1st, 2nd and 3rd world during the Cold War? How can we outline the events of a major Cold War event? How did the governments view major Cold War events? How did the citizens view major Cold War events? How does the media influence the ideas of the citizens? How can we use podcast to present our podcast in a professional manner?
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Vision for the Unit

• During this unit, I would like to
• Use a new multi-media presentation to
  information.
• Create steps in the learning process to allow for
  students to really understand the information.
• I would like for the students to
• Learn through research-based learning.
• Understand how each view-point skews opinions on
  an event.
• Be able to understand the cause and effects of
  events and relate it clearly.

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21st Century Skills

• Students will gain the following 21st Century
  Skills and higher-order thinking skills.
• Demonstrating originality and inventiveness in
  work
• Understanding the interconnections among systems.
• Accessing information efficiently and
  effectively, evaluating information critically
  and competently and using information accurately
  and creatively for the issue or problem at hand.
• Going beyond basic mastery of skills and/or
  curriculum to explore and expand ones own
  learning and opportunities to gain expertise.

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Gauging Student Needs Assessments

• Using CFQs to learn
• What prior knowledge students have of the Cold
  War.
• What information students have learned about
  major Cold War events.
• Assessing 21st Century Skills
• How students are able to make connections between
  events and lead to an outcome.

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Gauging Students Needs Assessments
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Gauging Students Needs Assessments
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Gauging Student Needs Assessments

• How can I use these assessments?
• I can assess how much students know about the
  Cold War and determine where I need to focus more
  time in class.
• I can determine what students misunderstand and
  what I will need to recover.
• How can students use these assessments?
• Students can determine how much they need to
  learn in order to master the subject.
• Students can determine where their weaknesses lie
  in understanding.

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Requests for Responses

• I need help determining some activities to bring
  lower level students up to higher order thinking.
  
• I need help with activities to motivate low
  performing students.