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Lesson 1:

Title of lesson: The effects of Modernity

Description of lesson: Students will understand the effect Modernity had on the U.S. But that Modernity was mostly a northern phenomenon. The North was moving towards the 20th century but the South was stuck in the 18th century. Students will also learn that northerners and southerners were not all the same. Students will show what they have learned by using digital story telling.

Assignment: Small groups of students will be given the role of a fictional American living in the late 1850’s. They will be from different places and cultures throughout America; rich, poor, north, south, slave, slave owner. The groups will then tell a day in the life of this person using digital storytelling.

Resources/materials needed: Digital Storytelling

Technology reflection: The students will be able to use digital storytelling to put themselves in the shoes of an American living in the late 1850s

Evaluation: Some concerns i have is being able to teach the concept of Modernity and how it was only a northern phenomenon and that the south was being left in the past so that they will be able to understand the full importance of this.

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