BASIC PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS: SPREADSHEETS, WORD TEMPLATE, NARRATED POWERPOINT

Name: Trevor W. Juneau

Grade Level: 10th Grade
Content Area: World History
Basic Productivity Tool Used: Microsoft Office 365 Sway
Standards Addressed:

SSWH3 Examine the political, philosophical, and cultural interaction of Classical Mediterranean
societies from 700 BCE/BC to 400 CE/AD.
e. Explain the origins and diffusion of Christianity in the Roman world.

Bloom’s Level of Critical Thinking:

Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating
Description of how to implement in the class: Describe what students will be doing with
spreadsheets and chart/graphs and how the learning activity will help them learn. Overview should
be a minimum of 2 paragraphs.

The lesson will begin with me using Sway as an instructional tool. The students will be required to
get out their own sheet of paper and begin the answer the questions seen throughout the
presentation. The questions are designed to help students make connections through cause and effect
phenomenon throughout the Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity. Unlike a guided reading, the
students are challenged to refer to previous lessons to connect theories and interpretations on
standards from the Georgia Standards of Excellence.

At the end of each reading sections, the students are required to discuss and write their responses to
each individual prompt. The students will be able to obtain multiple perspectives on each section
from their peers. The most important aspect of the lesson is the final assessment in which students
chose a question/response they do not have a full understanding of. The students will then conduct
research to further develop their limited responses into a Sway presentation of their own. The
students will be instructed on how to develop a sway and apply their research and understanding of
their topic through Sway which will be presented to the entire class.

Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi):

The lesson will fall under LoTi 3: Infusion. After obtaining the information from the initial instruction,
the students will engage in a student-centered activity that will require them to create a Sway of their
own. The students will also collaborate on content and production as they can work in groups or
individually.

Description of the sample spreadsheet and graph/chart provided *: Describe what viewers will
see and how this spreadsheet will be used in class as an example of what students will create or as a
template they will complete. If you are attaching an Excel file or an online spreadsheet/graphing
program such as Google Spreadsheet, you will also want to attach a .pdf so that those without the
software can access the file.

I will be using the Sway for the instructional portion of the lesson as an example for my students to
follow as they develop their own interpretations of Sway. The students should take note of the simple
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theme along with videos, pictures, writing prompts and many other benefits Sway provides for its
users.

Other comments about your proposed spreadsheet/graph/chart activity: Anything else you
want to say. If you are using/adapting another person’s lesson, cite the original source.