Course(s)
Required Time Frame
20-40 minutes, depending on discussion during and after
Lesson Abstract
This will introduce units on Modern Terrorism. It will also help increase their awareness, foster collaboration, and practice the skill of chronology.
Description
As a group or as a class, students will create a chronology of events relating to terrorism since the 1970s (events may be edited as the teacher likes)
Rationale (why are you doing this?)
In my American History class or Contemporary Issues, many students are unaware of the news or only hear of terrorist attacks by accident. This will introduce units on Modern Terrorism. It will also help increase their awareness, foster collaboration, and practice the skill of chronology.
Lesson Objectives - the student will
- Be given one event with a title and image of a terrorist event from the 1970s-2016
- Put their event into chronological order with other terrorist events
District, state, or national performance and knowledge standards/goals/skills met
Missouri Learning Standards adopted 2016:
- T1S2C: Predict the consequences which can occur when institutions fail to meet the needs of individuals and groups.
- T6S5C: Assess the response of individuals, groups, and the government to societal challenges to understand how systems change and evolve over time.
Fully describe the activity or assignment in detail. What will both the teacher and the students do?
- Give each student a slide
- Have the class stand up and try to put themselves in order from oldest event to most recent.
- This could be done in groups if desired
- Show the slides on a projector and have students rearrange as necessary. Celebrate as necessary!
Assessment: fully explain the assessment method in detail or create and attach a scoring guide
- The act of showing the correct order of the events and having students arrange themselves will be the assessment.
- The lesson may be extended to have each student research and present more about their event and then have the class do the activity again (without notes, since now they should all know the date of their event).