Students in Mrs. Tierney’s 7th grade Social Studies class researched and studied FDR’s New Deal programs (SOL USII.5d)). To teach this unit Mrs. Tierney had students research FDR’s programs using a variety of resources and tools (research & information fluency), write their own “fireside chat” (creativity & communication), and record their scripts in Garage Band.
In this lesson students not only learned about key features of the New Deal, but also how to use research and communication tools to clearly articulate information. Each vodcast (podcast with pictures) was unique and supported students’ understanding of the New Deal programs.
A pre/post test on this SOL demonstrated major gains in student mastery with 98% pass rate on the unit assessment for this specific SOL.
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