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Standard 5
The original unit of work
The original unit of work focuses on War World II and the effect that it had on the
world and the people that were affected during the conflict. Students are
required to draw upon all historical thinking concepts to aid in their
understanding of the period. Historical perspectives play a key role in the
students development, as this is pivotal to the students understanding as a
large part of the unit demonstrates the importance of propaganda. This is shown
from both sides of the conflict and illustrates how influential propaganda was
during this period of time. The whole unit incorporates propaganda posters that
clearly show particular bias and prejudice, so that nations could demean and
discredit their foes. The strength of the unit is definitely in regard to the use of
visual imagery that demonstrates a certain narrative of events, that transpired
and how all nations reacted to these events with different forms of propaganda.
Students engage with a variety of material that includes how Australia dealt
with the conflict, whilst exploring the role of woman and how they were vital to
the War effort during this era. The unit also looks at the ethical side of the
conflict, by examining mans inhumanity and cruelty towards one and other. By
detailing certain wartime atrocities that occurred during this period and the
lasting effect it still has in society. Within the unit there are videos that illustrate
certain historical perspectives, whilst detailing how particular events, ideas and
leaders changed to scope of the conflict. This demonstrates the importance of
historical significance and examines how this conflict became a truly devastating
event. The formative assessment requires students to collaborate and discuss
ideas and the importance of particular event and how they shaped the conflict.
Whereas the summative assessment involves student collaboration as they are
to complete a group presentation on the question of, What is the historical
significance of World War II in regards to cause and consequence or
continuity and change?. This is designed to allow students the ability to
explore areas of the conflict that interest them, whilst also helping students learn
to collaborate together. This ultimately means that students will be able to
conceptualise and consolidate their learning.
The iPed approach, (Mills & Levido, 2011) integrates co-creation which is pivotal
to my unit as the topic is World War II and students are to collaborate and
complete a propaganda poster and short film based on knowledge acquired.
Students are presented with European languages and this demonstrates the
importance of the four resources model to the unit (Luke & Freebody, 1999).
Students are required to breakdown code in regard to certain texts, derive
meaning from the interpretation of different languages and finally critically
analysis the information presented, as this is essential for student success within
the unit. The genre pedagogy cycle is a crucial element for the students
development, as deconstruction of propaganda poster will ultimately help
scaffold the students joint-construction task in creating a propaganda video.
Students are involved in a digital education revolution, (Walsh, 2011) and
therefore strategies should be implemented to enhance students media literacy.
As students within the unit have experienced the importance of film and
propaganda in regard to how it was successful in empowering certain regimes
during this era. This idea of digital and multimodal (Mills & Levido, 2011)
education should be the foundation on which student learning develops, as it is
an essential educational tool throughout the unit. As online interaction provides
the support for student collaboration within digital media (Jenkins, 2009),
therefore allowing the strengthening of multiliteracies amongst students within
the classroom setting (Grabill & Hicks, 2005). Students have been provided a
platform to explore and understand the importance of media literacy, as this unit
facilitates this with its extensive ICT component. It is important to allow students
the ability to use and develop their skills in media literacy, yet it is more
important that they can co-create their own learning by being the architect of
their own understanding (Gee, 2000). By allowing students the freedom to be
visually creativity in regard to their learning the teacher is enhancing their
conceptual understanding of the material.
Essential Question(s):
Presentation Question:
What is the historical significance
of World War II in regards to cause
and consequence or continuity and
change?
To incorporate multiliteracies this
presentation question will be
Other Evidence:
Summative:
learning.
Students after expanding their
knowledge of WWII they will be
required to present a 20 minute
group presentation (See
Appendix B1 for marking rubric).
This should illustrate the
historical significance of WWII
specifically focusing on Cause
and Consequence or Continuity
and Change. To ensure students
understand what they are
required to do a Vansledright
historical table worksheet will be
provided (See Appendix C1).
Students will be required to use
at least 3 Primary sources in the
presentation.
This final task is being
completely redesigned to
incorporate multiliteracies into
the unit.
The primary aim is to use the
scaffolded knowledge of the
students that occurred during
the deconstruction of
propaganda posters. To guide
their learning and co-create a
propaganda film.
To enhance the learning students
will be required to use the
propaganda poster they have
made in their film, this will help
consolidate the students
learning and by doing this it will
make both tasks multimodal.
In order to complete this task
students will have to engage in
script writing as they are cocreating a propaganda film, so
planning and collaboration is key
to the success of this new task.
Students will be provided
examples of how a propaganda
film. By detailing how its
constructed and by referring to
this example they will be able to
and critically analysing both songs and poems, as they are the resources.
Students will be able to scaffold their learning by understanding how to
identify particular elements within a source.
This is designed to place the student into the shoes of people that suffered
through this period of history. It will also aid in students being sympathetic
towards victims of war that will tie into the Holocaust and Atomic bomb
classes.
Week 2:
This week was not in the original unit, I have created it to help scaffold
student learning and understanding. Students are going to be
introduced to the concept of what is propaganda? By offering examples
to help students deconstruct the idea of propaganda it will aid them in
their making of a propaganda poster and film. Students will engage in
joint construction of how propaganda is an effective weapon during
World War II. They will clearly identify how propaganda can be used, as
they are being provided with videos that break down this concept.
Students will scaffold their learning around the notion of how to create
an excellent propaganda film.
Week 2 is important as it looks directly at propaganda and the effect it had
during the period so this second week is going to help scaffold learning.
This week is going to be imperative to the students conceptual
understanding, as it will aid in their summative as they must collaborative
to co-create a propaganda poster and film.
Introduction to propaganda - https://youtu.be/-WpFzTplp28
This clip highlights the importance of propaganda as it deconstructs how
propaganda is an effective tool of persuasion, students will be able to see
clear examples of how propaganda can alter peoples perspectives.
This will scaffold the learning as students will learn how to identify
propaganda, as they will be co-creating a propaganda poster and film.
Students will also watch What is Propaganda https://youtu.be/9ejTf0iu6yY: as this clip defines propaganda into 3
major categories (testimonial, framing and bandwagon) that will guide the
student learning, as it provides the students with a clear focus for when
they start to develop their propaganda poster and film.
Afters student have a clear idea of what is propaganda and how to use
propaganda. The students have had their knowledge scaffolded and are
ready to start poster deconstruct of both Allied and Axis propaganda.
Week 3:
Week 3 (was originally week 2) will focus on Propaganda and how useful it was in
securing support for Governments whilst also illustrating its definite agenda. This
is useful as students will be able to engage with primary resources that were
instruments of civilian manipulation.
The focal point of the week will be why was propaganda so important
during WWII?
Students will look at a Nazi propaganda website (See Appendix E1).
Specifically looking at posters which will aid discussion to identify the
particular message that is being presented. Students will unpack this
thinking concept using a Vansledright model (See Appendix C1).
Major Assessment:
importance.
This is imperative to the students conceptual understanding of the
material.
Week 5:
This week is solely geared around students using the skills they have developed
to co-create a propaganda film that identify a particular bias. Students in groups
will have to write a script and also incorporate the propaganda poster into the
film. The teacher will guide the learning by ensuring that students are cocreating a film that emulates the examples that were provided to the students. In
doing this task students will clearly show that they are multi-literate.
The new unit outcome is centred on students developing their multiliteracy skills
as this is definitely the focus, as seen by the new assessments. Ultimately
students have been provided the opportunity to demonstrate their ability to
conceptually understand information and reproduce it in a collaborative and
creative way. The iPed approach (Mills & Levido, 2011) that also involves the four
resource model (Luke & Freebody, 1999) is pivotal to the success of this unit as
students are required to co-create, whilst also decoding foreign text and
language. Student learning has been scaffold to ensure that they succeed in
clearly understanding the importance of propaganda and how essential it was
during World War II. By allowing students the creative outlet to personally design
and re-create a propaganda film, they truly have the freedom to create a film
that is tailored to their target audience (Rose, 2004). It is evident that students
have been provided the outlet to express themselves in a creative way that also
requires them to think critically analysis and destruct information. This
redesigned unit allows students to clearly demonstrate that they have
understood the examples that have been provided to them by engaging in joint
construct and collaboration.
By altering the summative assessment to create a propaganda poster and finally
a short film, students are able to convert their written ideas into a visual
representation (Gilbert, 2003) and therefore demonstrate a clear understanding
of how to be multi-literate. The clear strength of this redesign is the challenge for
the students to demonstrate their conceptual understanding, whilst also fulfilling
the required curriculum. As they have to derive meaning from the examples
provided and by recreating a film students are applying particular elements of
the film to their own life (Cope & Kalantzis, 2009). By introducing the unit in this
format, the student can truly excel at breaking down text and language and
reapplying it to an activity that highlights clear understanding. This definitely
indicates that students will experience a complete understanding of material as
they are the architects of their own learning.
Appendices
Appendix A1 (Poster Marking Rubric)
To ensure students understanding of Propaganda posters they will receive a
marking guideline for their individual poster. Ive created this marking rubric so
that students can reference it to ensure they are meeting the standards. Also
with Vansledrights source analysis worksheet (Appendix B1). Students should be
able to draw out key propaganda components and emulate concepts taught in
week 2 onto a poster format.
Propaganda poster
Students Name:
Grade:
Needs
Improvem
ent
Does the poster
present the
Satisfactory
Good
Well Done
Excellent
information in a
visually accessible
manner?
Does the poster
represent clear
propaganda of a
nation during
WWII?
Does the poster
indicate a definite
bias or even hatred
towards
themselves or
another nation?
Are there
similarities
between the
students poster
and authentic
WWII propaganda
posters?
Comments:
Appendix B1 (Presentation Marking Rubric)
Student will be allocated in groups of 3-4 students they must decided on a
specific topic that is to be approved by the teacher before further inquiry can
continue. The presentation question is, What is the historical significance
of World War II in regards to cause and consequence or continuity and
change? Groups will have to provide an example of cause and consequence
example a major battle that shifted the war such as Stalingrad. Or continuity and
change such as the Womans land army and how the war created long term
benefits for woman within society.
Students will provide 3-4 slides detailing the importance of a certain event that
changed the landscape of WWII. Or demonstrate something that still remains in
modern day society due to WWII. Student will be given this marking rubric so
they can adhere to the criteria.
TOPIC:
Group:
Date:
Your presentation will be assessed in all of the categories using the following
rating scale: 1 Needs Improvement, 2 = Satisfactory, 3 = Good, 4 = Well Done, 5
= Excellent.
Area
Rating Comments
Preparation
Organization
Design of powerpoint, or
prezi
1
5
1
5
Knowledge of the
program and materials
1
5
Understanding of the
content they are
presenting
Interaction with the
people in the audience
1
5
1
5
Voice, speech,
articulation
1
5
Identifying historical
perspective. In regard to
Cause and Consequence
or Continuity and Change
Do the slides link
together/ Have they used
the appropriate amount
of slides
Is the presentation in the
required time limit
Captions of images
1
5
1
5
1
5
1
5
1
5
1
5
Presentation
Resources
COMMENTS:
Appendix C1 - Source Analysis Worksheet:
This is a worksheet based on Vansledrights (2013) resource analysis. The reason
for this is to aid student understanding of key concepts of historical thinking.
Students will be able to fill out this sheet when they are given documents. Its
primary function is to illustrate how students should break down a document and
analysis it so they can extract the required information from the document.
Students will use the same template so when the historical thinking concept
changes the document breakdown remains the same. Therefore students can
scaffold their learning and cement the concept of how to extract information
from a document.
Source Analysis
Historical Thinking
Concept:
Name:
Date:
Identification:
Attribution:
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
Perspective judgment:
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
____________________________________________
Reliability assessment:
this resource?
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
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Week 1 Appendix D1:
This is an example of individual perspectives that students will look at towards
the end of week 1. As stated in week 1 students have researched and looked at
nations perspective therefore this learning has been scaffolded. This is purely
about individual perspective as students will be writing a poem or song as stated
in the week 1 outline.
YouTube clip: Merle Haggard - A soldier's last letter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD8bUX7wZi8
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