1) The ASSURE plan is for teaching visually impaired Russian students about the Fourth of July holiday in the United States. 2) The plan analyzes the students, who are blind and from Russia, and sets an objective to teach them about Fourth of July activities using all senses over the course of a week, culminating in a celebration party. 3) Media like YouTube videos and Zello will be used to teach about traditional music, sounds, and allow students to discuss what they've learned in Russian; food, confetti, and noisemakers will provide sensory experiences of what Fourth of July feels and sounds like.

1. Derek Moore
12/5/15
CI 350
ASSURE Plan
The plan I decided to write is the one to the visually impaired students from Russia about
Fourth of July. The first step in the ASSURE method is to analyze the learners. The students
have two things in common which is that they are blind and from Russia. This allows me to get
a general idea of there background and way to be teaching them. That I need to obviously stay
away from visual learning strategies. Another thing is to come to the United States and take this
class, they all have interest in our culture. The next step in the assure plan is to state objectives.
My objective statement is: “Over this week in class, I will be teaching my students about the
activities involved with the Fourth of July. I will do this by explaining certain details of the day
by using all other four senses to explain things such as fireworks. There will also be a “Fourth of
July” party where they will eat some of Americas traditional foods. The final thing is tell them
the relations between ours and their independence day. I expect them to be able to demonstrate
this activities at a 90% accuracy.” The media and materials are tricky about this layout. It hard
to find much medias that really focus on other sense than visual. I would use youtube for one of
those medias. Other medias you could use is zello. The materials I would have to have would be
food, confetti, noisemakers, and materials to create an authentic celebration. The use of youtube
would be purely audio to give them an understanding of traditional music and common sounds
on the day. Youtube can be also used for them to be able to hear the similarities between their
Independence Day and ours. I would use zello for them to be able to talk to someone from
Russia to be able to tell someone what they have learned in their native language. This is a great

2. way from them to be proud and show off their new knowledge. The food would be use to give
them a taste of what we eat on our Independence Day. Then I would uses random items like
confetti to demonstrated what fireworks are like by slamming a desk then rubbing the confetti
together to create that crackling after sound. The final two steps are basically everything else
combined, the students will be require to participate and should off their knowledge during our
celebration. They will be required to participate in using the noise makers to hear a firework.
My evaluation of the project is that this assure plan really hits on all the senses which is needed
when you have students that rely on other senses then sight.