Breaking the Code

LESSON PLAN Ref:      Number 2 Course Ref:    Library  

Subject / Course: AP World History 

Topic: School Scavenger Hunt

Lesson Title: Code Breaking

Level: 11th-12th Lesson Duration: 2 days - 90 min (Block)

Lesson Objectives:
- Use school grounds to create opportunities for students to interact will different clubs, students and activities
- Develop critical thinking skills
- Find out how the historical events, written in the novel, impacted the world
- Learn how to de-code/code messages using computer software
- Learn how to use library resources in congruency with classroom subjects

Summary of Tasks / Actions:

- Students will answer the pre-assignment questions with their group members. (5 min)
- The Media specialist will explain the parameters of the assignment, explaining the rules and regulations (30 min)
- Every group will be given 10 minutes to decode the first message by working as a team, using the resources in the
library, if applicable.
- Students will then have two days to find, de-code and move to the next clue. All the while meeting different
students, participating in different activities and activating their critical thinking skills.
- With the final clues, students will race to see who can code the answer the fastest and display it on the SMART TV.
- Students will then answer post-assignment questions. (5 min)
- Discussion time afterwards will entail: what they thought of the book, what they think about coding, who did they
meet, what clubs interested them, and any other details they want to share as a group (30 min)

Pre-Assignment Questions: Post-Assignment Questions:

What people/events/machinery were real-life people/ - Why is Historical fiction an important genre?
things?
- What did you learn about coding that you didn’t know
Why is are the events mentioned in The Rose Code before?
significant to World History?
- What did you learn about your school/peers?
What level of coder are you?
- What did you learn about your library?
Who creating the de-coding machine (Bombe machine)
- What did you learn about yourself?
in The Rose Code?
What are you hoping to learn from this assignment?

Materials / Equipment:
- Coding Software
- Participation from all the School Clubs
- Chrome Books
- Multiple copies of The Rose Code (different formats available)
- SMART TV for Code Breaking Display

Assessment: (finished on page 2)

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 Breaking the Code

- Did students leave with a better understanding of their library and media specialist?
- Were the resources used, functioning properly?
- Did the assignment allow creative thinking and historical/literary appreciation?
- Was the classroom collaboration an overall success?
- Did I meet the standards and complete the objectives/reach my goal?
- What would you do differently for this assignment, why?     

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