Digital Portfolio
Emma Spade
Materials
Roman Empire- Unit Plan
Imperialism Project
Imperialism Lesson
This unit plan was completed and taught at my first placement at Boyertown Jr. High East. The unit plan includes many student activities involving: reading primary sources, using technology, and creating an outline before writing an essay. Rome and Roman culture is an important part of the development of Western Civilization and students like to find connections between themselves and people who lived centuries ago.
Understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies.
Plans instruction based on knowledge of subject matter, students, the community, and curriculum goals.
This project was intended for students to continue to explore the imperialism of Europe beyond the classroom and beyond the material of the textbook. Students had the opportunity to choose their groups and presentation strategy within the outline. The goal of this project was for students to better understand how imperialism caused many of the connections that we still experience today.
Understands how children learn and develop; provides learning opportunities that support their development.
This lesson ranged over two days as students identified the reasons behind the scramble for and partitioning of Africa. Students have been learning about European expansion in Europe and can now see how that expansion translates to the rest of the world. This lesson and unit continues into the Imperialism Project (above). The primary source letter gives students a chance to see diplomatic African resistance that upsets the stereotype of the "savage native."
Understands the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structure of the disciplines taught; creates learning experiences to make them meaningful to students.
