Assignment+3

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Subject Area: A.P. - U.S. History

Grade Level: 11th

- Students will participate in a Jigsaw II learning activity where they will be given a 4 page article about Roe v. Wade where each student will have a specific task associated to them about information located within the article. - Article: “Roe v. Wade summary” - Article URL: [] - Since the students will be in groups of 4, there will be the following four questions: What is Roe v. Wade? Why is their controversy surrounding Roe v. Wade? Why did the judges decide to rule in favor of Roe? and What is the social impact of Roe v. Wade? - Students will learn how to cooperate in a group setting sharing information about their specific task assigned to them via their number. - Students will be an “expert” in their task and after finding information concerning their assigned task will meet and discuss their findings with the other “experts” in the class. It is hoped that through this discussion, students will find out other information that they might have missed, share viewpoints and opinions on the information with their other experts and be able to share this information with their fellow group members.
 * Objectives:**

- Standard 1.1.9 – Collaborate with others to broaden and deepen understanding. - Standard 1.3.4 – Contribute to the exchange of ideas within the learning community. - Standard 2.1.5 – Collaborate with others to exchange ideas, develop new understandings, make decisions and solve problems. - Standard 2.1.2 – Organize knowledge so that it is useful. - Standard 3.1.2 – Participate and collaborate as members of a social and intellectual network of learners. - Standard 3.1.3 – Use writing and speaking skills to communicate new understandings effectively. - Standard 3.2.1 – Demonstrate leadership and confidence by presenting ideas to others in both formal and informal situations. - Standard 3.2.2 – Show social responsibility by participating actively with others in learning situations and by contributing questions and ideas during group discussions. - Standard 3.2.3 – Demonstrate teamwork by working productively with others. - Standard 3.4.3 – Assess own ability to work with others in a group setting by evaluating varied roles, leadership, and demonstrations of respect for other viewpoints. - Standard 4.3.1 – Participate in the social exchange of ideas, both electronically and in person.
 * Standards:**
 * -** AASL Standard’s for the 21st Century Leaner

- Students will have a large number 1, 2, 3 or 4 along with their name placed at their pre-designated seat in a group seating setting. Students will then view a video that describes the controversy of Roe v. Wade that will introduce the topic to the students. Video: “Roe v. Wade in PBS’ The Supreme Court” - Video URL: []
 * Anticipatory Set:**


 * Teaching/Instructional Process:**

- Students will be given a sheet of directions about how their assigned number correlates to a specific question about the article.
 * - Input:**
 * -** Students will be placed into pre-determined groups of 4 where each student will have a different task associated to their number.


 * - Modeling:**
 * -** I would take another article of another popular court case, Brown vs. Board of Education, and would ask the students where they would look in the article for specific information about their assigned topic and how it should be properly phrased or written so that it can be easily understood by fellow group members.


 * - Checking for Understanding:**
 * -** After modeling the example court case article for the students I will ask if there are any questions. If there are, I will ask the rest of the class to begin the assignment while I attend to the student(s) who have questions about the task at hand. If no students raise their hands or verbally say they have a question, I will check body language and facial expression to see if I can detect that a student or students do not feel comfortable or understand the assignment, I will wait a minute or two and then go over and ask if they need any help getting started with the assignment.

- When students are in their original pre-determined groups, I will make sure that all group members are working on gathering their assigned information on their topic and that they are contributed to the group effort. - When students are in their “expert” groups, I will continue to float between groups to make sure that conversation about their task is going on and that they are figuring out a way to summarize and convey their information to their fellow group members.
 * Guided Practice or Monitoring:**
 * - -** Throughout the lesson, I will be floating from group to group to make sure that the students are on task, asking appropriate questions and sharing information with each other.


 * Closure:**
 * -** Students will be tested on the information learned in the lesson on an individual basis via a quiz after all experts have reported the information about their task to their group members. The students will be allowed to use notes taken down from their findings during the class period to complete the quiz. The quiz will count towards their final average in the class.


 * Independent Practice:**
 * -** Students will fill out self and peer evaluation sheets listing how they felt they did on completing their individual task, how they felt their group members did in completing their tasks, how they worked together as a team and whether or not they felt they completed the task as a group successfully.