This document outlines a lesson plan for a 9th grade history class. The teacher will teach students about how Hitler rose to power in Germany and led the country into WWII. Students will create a podcast explaining what led to Hitler's rise and turn it in by the next class. The teacher will show students how to use tools like YouTube, blogs, podcasts and social media to research the topic and create their podcasts. Students will be evaluated based on participation in class, quality of their podcast arguments, and turning work in on time.

1. Monday
Analyze Learners:My class is an assorted mixture of girls and boys. I have 10 boys
and 9 girls, 16 Caucasian and 3 African American. No learning impairments.
State Objectives: 9th grade students will form an essay with a minimum of one page
explaining what led to Hitler’s rise to power in Europe. They will be more knowledgeable and
aware of the major events that took place in the 1930’s and 1940’s that made Hitler the leader he
was and how this all led to the events in World War II by using podcasts, blogs, social
networking, and YouTube with 100% accuracy by the end of the day.
Select Methods: I will teach my students about how podcasts, blogs, and social
networks can be used to help with education. I will also show them how YouTube can be used
for something other than watching videos of people hurting themselves.With these tools, I will
teach them about how Adolf Hitler rose to power in Europe and how he led the country into
WWII by showing them clips from the 1940s on YouTube, having them create a podcast
discussing their opinions on how Hitler rose to the position he obtained, and then joining our
class Facebook page. They will have to turn in their podcasts on the class discussion page by the
time Wednesday’s class begins, as well as tweeting a link to it onto our class twitter page. The
grading and evaluation for today’s assignment will be done on Wednesday. If, for some reason,
something has gone wrong and they cannot upload their assignment, they can give a speech in
front of the class that discusses what they said in their podcasts.
Utilize Media and Material:
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I will begin by making sure all of my students know how to properly use YouTube and
have their safesearch settings turned on.
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I will show them how to use the Smart Board to watch YouTube videos as well.
I will show them several different clips of Adolf Hitler giving speeches.
Next I will show them famous speeches from some US Presidents and have them
compare the similarities of how Hitler got the crowd’s support to the presidents’ abilities
to do the same.

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I will them show them how to create a podcast using podcast creating software.
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Then I will show the students how to create a Facebook and a Twitter just in case anyone
does not have one, and then I will have them follow and friend the class pages.
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I will then show them how to create a blog using Google.
I will let them test out the software a bit and then watch over the videos more to form
their own opinions.
I will then pass everyone a sheet that has the requirements for their podcasts.
Require Learner Participation:The students must show participation in the
creation of their accounts today, and must stay on task and follow along with what I am showing
them. They will each tell me a bit about their opinion before class is over in a class discussion in
hopes that it sparks more ideas and opinions for their podcasts. On Wednesday they will present
their podcasts to the class.
Evaluate and Revise:The students who are present will receive a participation grade
for the day by following along with me on their computers and getting their accounts created.
They will also be graded on ...
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the quality of their podcast and if it was turned in on time.
The overall quality of their arguments shown through their opinions
If they fully participated in class
If they turned everything in on time