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 * __Alexander the Great and His Influence on Greek Culture__**


 * __Unit Description__**

This Intel Unit is a portion of the 6th grade social studies unit on Classical Greece. My co-teachers, Kaylee Jackson, Lindsey Moore and myself, designed this lesson as a language arts cross curricular addressing sequences of events. I adapted the overall lesson to place my footprint on this work. My class of 23 students participated in most of components of this lesson; including 6 with special needs that had teacher support throughout. Students used Inspiration Web to sequence Alexander's conquests and Wiki spaces to answer a few questions regarding those battles. Finally, students responded to a Wiki discussion question. A day prior to work time in our computer lab, I presented my class with a tutorial of the two day lesson demonstrating the step by step instructions. Students had a chance to use classroom computers to log on to our class Wiki page and take a pre test on Alexander’s Conquests. Please note, the pre and post test on Classical Greece, the larger unit, and study guide pages included as assessment components in the Unit Plan.

__**Unit Documents**__ Unit plan is focused on the 2 day Intel lesson and is a part of the larger unit on Classical Greece.

Students had this instruction sheet as a step by step guide to the lesson and I encouraged them to cross off each step as they completed it. It was a very effective tool as the students were seriously engaged in the tasks.

I used this checklist as an assessment tool to ensure that students completed the tasks. For many reasons, some students did not complete all assignments, one being technology glitches.

Pre tests are a typical start to a new unit. I did not post student samples as it will be a few weeks before we administer the post test.

This pre test aligns with the questions that the students completed on their Wiki pages.

I thought it would be a good idea to post the study guide used for the book portion of the lesson Alexander the Great and His Influences.

I posted a sample of the Inspiration Web tool that students used to complete the sequences of battles activity. I posted my expectations of students work. I assessed student work accordingly: Six points for all six battles correctly linked and sequenced, anything less will equal one point for each correctly sequenced pair.

__**Student Samples **__


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 * Meets Expectations: **


 * Below Expectations: **

Student work on their Wiki page was assessed with the following criteria: 1 point for each correct answer in a complete sentence, 1/2 point for a correct answer but not in a complete sentence. 1/2 point for a partially correct answer in a complete sentence. Grades were not posted along with these samples. Note that the pre test is posted below each student's Wiki page.

http://room333mas.wikispaces.com/Jareyona
 * Exceeds Expectations: **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">http://room333mas.wikispaces.com/Erykah
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Meets Expectations: **

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Below Expectations:** http://room333mas.wikispaces.com/Robert

<span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Students were instructed to complete a discussion question on the classroom Wiki home page. One-third of the class did not respond as of yet. Those students that did repond made me both grimace and grin. I don't think they understood the idea behind a discussion question. Therefore, I will use this page as a lesson in itself to demonstrate "the check your work" mantra. Enjoy!

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