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"In the Days of Old, Before Columbus" This is a lesson plan about fuedal Europe prior to 1492. We offer a World History course as an elective and it could definitely be used there. The lesson incorporates several powerpoints and a few web activities to teach and review materials that are critical to the unit. The web activities are aimed at younger students, but I have found that high school students often enjoy these kind of activities and benefit from them as long as you acknowledge that it is too easy for them.

World War 2 Broadcasting In this lesson high school students are asked to research radio broadcasts from the World War Two years. There are links on the page that allows the students to listent to speeches delivered by national leaders of the countries invovled in the war. Some of the links did not work, but I'm sure those speeches could still be found, at least in text form. The students reflect on the purpose of the broadcasts and the implications they had for the time period. Finally they are asked to create their own radio broadcasts. I think I would adapt this lesson to use podcasts instead so that the whole class could listen and evaluate each other's projects on their own time.

Inspiration Project on Slavery High School students create a graphic organizer to link a list of concepts related to slavery in the United States. This lesson uses Inspiration and internet searches. After creating the web of the listed concepts they are asked to branch off of these and bring in more in-depth information on each topic. I like using graphic organizers to show related concepts and having students do this while also extending their knowledge through internet searches is a great idea. I think this lesson would be even better if a smart board was available to allow students that did an exceptional job a chance to present for the class.