Islam Unit: Founding, Formation, and Culture

1.         Islamic Society Power Point Project

2.         Purpose of Lesson:
The unit the class is undergoing is a study on the formation and culture of Islam.  By this point in the class we have gone through the founding and early years on Muslim society. Today’s lesson will introduce the Power Point project, which the student will work on as we continue through the Unit. This project will show the student knowledge of a certain topic in Islam of their choice, help students develop skills in power point, and finally help student learn how to present a certain topic to an audience (the class).  Today’s work will be about setting the project up, selecting a topic, introducing them to the systems used to produce the final project, and giving examples of successful projects.

3.         Instructional Materials Needed:

o    Power Point Project Handout
o    Power Point Slides
o    White Board and Pen
o    Computers, with Internet access.
o    Books

 

4.         Lesson Objective (Learning Targets)

a.          instructional objective

o    Teach student basic Power Point skills.
o    Explain the purpose of the project.
o    Help students choose a topic, which will be useful to their understanding of Islamic formation and culture.
o    Show successful projects and explain what made them successful.

b.          (student friendly) objective.

o    Students will be able to navigate the Internet intelligently looking for primary and secondary sources.
o    Students will be able to distinguish between a primary and secondary source.
o    Students will be able to locate bibliography information.
o    Students will be able to understand how to build a basic Power Point slide show.

c.          Standards

o    History Standard 2.1.1 – Explain how an idea has effect the way people live.
o    History Standard 2.1.3 – Compare and analyze major ideas in different places, times, and culture, and how those ideas have brought about community, change or conflict.
o    NETS-S 4 - Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems, and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources.

5.  Class Instruction  

Anticipatory Set:  I plan are starting off the class with a question on the white board pertaining to the topic of the day. Today’s will be; as you have explored the civilizations of Islam, what topics have interested you the most and why. Put in order of Interest.  These choices will help the students and myself in choosing the topic that will be the focus of the project.
 

Modeling (Show): This instructional period will allow me to go through the various parts of the handout which the students will pick up as they enter the class and use as their model for the project.
-I will start of by explaining the overall purpose of the project.
-I then will explain how student will use technology, i.e. PowerPoint and the Internet to build their project.
-I will then show examples of successful PowerPoint’s to the students.
-Final I will give them a brief example on what the presentation format will be like. I will go over this section in more detail in a later class.
-Each section will have time built in for questions and quandaries.

Guided Practice (Follow me): The student will now be able to access the Internet and go through and discover different sites with me. I will guide them through different websites that will make their searches more efficient, and help them locate important bibliography information needed for the final project.
 
Independent Practice: I will let them go on their own searching Internet and playing with the functions of PowerPoint. I will wonder the class, helping supervise their searches, and helping them as the find the best sources for their topics.

Checking for Understanding/Questions: As I go through the class checking their project I will be asking them question the push their understanding of both the sources they are working with and the topic that they are focusing on.
 
Closure: I will make sure that the students have proper logged of the computers before leaving the room. I will also remind them to be thinking of inventive ways for them to present their information in a more personal way.

 

Assessment Strategy:

o    The Handout will include a rubric for the final project, allowing the students to know what is expected for certain grades.
o    I will always be asking question of my students so that I make sure that they understand the project and technology that they are working with and on.
 

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