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Understandings (OSEU): || OSEUs 1-7 || Core State Standards: || 6-8.WHST.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently. || to know, do, and understand as a result of the unit?) || Students can: questions that will guide the learning?
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 * Unit Overview || The students in my 8th grade computer class will formulate a project in Microsoft PowerPoint comparing and contrasting the interviews of Native Americans. ||
 * Unit Introduction ||  ||
 * Author: || Scott Headrick ||
 * Title (English) || Oceti Sakowin PowerPoint Project: Comparing Cultures ||
 * Title (Lakota/Dakota/Nakota) ||  ||
 * Topic Area/s: || Appreciation for Native American Culture; Perspectives on the OSEUs; ||
 * Time Frame: || 3-4 Days ||
 * Description of the Unit: || This unit will be integrated with a unit from Social Studies. The computer class will cover essential skills in the PowerPoint while the Social Studies class will cover the traditions of the Native Americans covered in this class. ||
 * Grade Range: || 8th Grade ||
 * Oceti Sakowin Essential
 * Content Area/Common
 * Student Learning Objectives: || 100% of my students will be able to add slides, themes, music, transitions, animations and link videos to a PowerPoint presentation. ||
 * (What are students expected
 * 1) add slides, themes, music, transitions and animations to a PowerPoint presentation.
 * 2) link videos from websites into a content box.
 * 3) compare and contrast viewpoints of Native American's hold for the Essential Understandings via http://www.mixcloud.com/scottsimpsonsdwolakota/.
 * 4) obtain credible sources from the Internet to support or disclaim the statements from the videos.
 * 5) site sources (MLA) used in the PowerPoint presentation using a words cited page at the end of the presentation.
 * 6) explain the differences in opinions that one individual may have from another.
 * 7) compare one point of view to another.
 * 8) understand that every culture has to different viewpoints and traditions.
 * 9) understand that even though we have differences, we can appreciate each others culture. ||
 * What are the essential

(Questions that provoke sustained inquiry and get to the ‘heart’ of the discipline or learning.) || # As we compare identical Essential Understandings, how do the viewpoints from each speaker compare or contrast? Family Involvement: || Topic for conversation at home Essential Understandings: ||  || Students can: http://sh132.k12.sd.us/PowerPointQuiz/quiz.htm || Essential Understandings: ||  ||
 * 1) How do the viewpoints compare to the information you have learned previously from home or at school?
 * 2) Could viewpoints from the Internet contain bias? ||
 * Notes/Reflections: ||  ||
 * Parent/Guardian/
 * 1) What experiences does your family have with difficult cultures?
 * 2) What experiences does your family have with Native American culture? ||
 * Lesson #1 || Review of PowerPoint Components ||
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 * CCSS Standards: ||  ||
 * Teacher Preparations: || I will review with students the following concepts:
 * 1) identify different parts of the PowerPoint window.
 * 2) add slides, themes, animations, transitions, and embed videos to a presentation.
 * 3) adjust the layout of the presentation. ||
 * Materials: || Students receive a study guide for the parts of the PowerPoint window along with using a desktop computer. ||
 * Resources: || Students will use the desktop computer and the application software PowerPoint. ||
 * Assessment: || Assessment covering the the parts of the PowerPoint window will be an online quiz for the following day.
 * Notes/Reflections: ||  ||
 * Lesson #2 || Quiz over PowerPoint Window Parts and Introduction of Videos ||
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 * CCSS Standards: || 6-8.WHST.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.

South Dakota Educational Technology Standards: Information and Communication Tools: Indicator 1: Students recognize and demonstrate skills in operating technological systems. || Using resources from http://www.mixcloud.com/scottsimpsonsdwolakota/, I plan to review certain videos with the students. The review is based on the limited prior knowledge students have regarding Native American culture from Social Studies class (I am hoping to change this in the coming years!).
 * Teacher Preparations || Students will take the online quiz and receive their grades via DDN gradebook. I will return the paper quizzes tomorrow.

As we compare videos of identical OSEUs, student will be asked to: Essential Understandings || OSEUs 1-7 ||
 * 1) compare and contrast the different viewpoints.
 * 2) support their claims using evidence from the videos.
 * 3) respond respectfully to other student's claims from the videos. ||
 * Materials: || Discussion guide (Word) [[file:OSEU_Questions.docx]] ||
 * Resources: || Promethean board (watch videos); Desktop computer; ||
 * Assessment: || The discussion will serve as the assessment for this particular day. ||
 * Notes/Reflections: ||  ||
 * Lesson #3 || Review of discussion of videos and introduction of project. ||
 * Oceti Sakowin
 * CCSS Standards: || 6-8.WHST.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.

South Dakota Educational Technology Standards: Information and Communication Tools: Indicator 1: Students recognize and demonstrate skills in operating technological systems. ||
 * Teacher Preparations: || I plan to review the information and discussion from yesterday following the objectives listed below.

As we compare videos of identical OSEUs, student will be asked to:
 * 1) compare and contrast the different viewpoints.
 * 2) support their claims using evidence from the videos.
 * 3) respond respectfully to other student's claims from the videos.

The PowerPoint rubric is composed of the following expectations:

Students can:

Essential Understandings: || OSEUs 1-7 ||
 * 1) select two OSEUs videos to compare and contrast specific viewpoints.
 * 2) use the Internet to find supporting and conflicting opinions with those from the OSEU videos.
 * 3) create a 10 slide PowerPoint, including a title slide and a works cited slide.
 * 4) create a slide stating the facts of the video along with the video embedded on the slide.
 * 5) create a slide that have 3-5 facts supporting the claims in the video.
 * 6) create a slide that has 3-5 facts that conflict with the claims in the video.
 * 7) create a slide that has 3-5 statements regarding the students opinions regarding the information obtained using specific evidence from the resources. ||
 * Materials: || PowerPoint Rubric [[file:OSEU.pdf]] Students will be expected to master each objective in order to pass the assessment. ||
 * Resources: || Desktop Computer ||
 * Assessment: || Using Microsoft PowerPoint, students will compare and contrast the viewpoints from the http://www.mixcloud.com/scottsimpsonsdwolakota/. ||
 * Notes/Reflections: ||  ||
 * Lesson #4 || Project Continuation ||
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 * CCSS Standards: || 6-8.WHST.6 Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.

South Dakota Educational Technology Standards: Information and Communication Tools: Indicator 1: Students recognize and demonstrate skills in operating technological systems. || completed lessons: ||  || for this Unit: || PowerPoint Project ||
 * Teacher Preparations: || Lesson 4 is a continuation of finding information to support and contend the claims made in the video. ||
 * Materials: || PowerPoint Rubric ||
 * Resources: || Desktop Computer ||
 * Assessment: || PowerPoint Project ||
 * Notes/Reflections: ||  ||
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