TPACK Creating Assignment Template

C Subject United States History: 1865 to Present

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K USII.7 The student will apply social science skills to
n understand the major causes and effects of American
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le American involvement in the war, including the
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e 1. Students will come in and get their
d chromebooks or mobile devices out.
a 2. The teacher will start class by asking students
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3. The teacher will explain the activity’s learning
goals and what they will be using to create
their own timeline.

4. The teacher will ask students to go onto their

devices and look to the front of the classroom
to watch the teacher walk them through
instructions.

5. The teacher will turn on the smart board and

go to google chrome. They will type in
“Visme.co” in the search bar. They will pull up
the website and their own example to show
the students.

6. The teacher will go around the room to help

any students with technology issues and make
sure everyone made it to the right
website/app.

7. The teacher will then show the students how

to make a free account on Visme.

8. Once the teacher makes sure that all students

have an account, the teacher will show them
how to start their timeline. Students will click
“Create New” on the left hand side, go to
“Project” and then to “Infographic”.

9. The students will then be asked to click on the

“Timeline” category in templates. Students
may choose whichever template they’d like for
their timeline.

10. Students will be asked to look back up to the

front to look at the teacher’s example.
11. The teacher will show the class their own
example of the timeline and discuss the
expectations of what the students will include
in theirs. Expectations include: Inclusion of
main events like Roosevelt freezing supplies to
Japan, the Lend Lease Act of 1941, USS Greer
and USS Reuben James, and Pearl Harbor, and
the U.S. joining the war, one picture for each
event, month, day and year of event, and a
short description of the event.

12. The teacher will then show students how to

submit the assignment. Before submission,
they must change the title of their timelines. It
should be named “World War 2 Timeline
Student Name”. Then, they will click the blue
“Share” at the top right corner of the page, go
to “Share Privately”, and copy the link.

13. Students will submit the assignment by

pasting the link in the assignment drop box on
Canvas/Schoology/Google Classroom.

14. Students will work independently and add

their own pictures, dates, descriptions and
customizable design options to create their
timelines.

15. Students may also use notes and reliable

websites to include information about the
events, as long as it is cited in the timeline.
Pictures must also be cited. Citations can be
included within the timeline or at the end.

16. The teacher will monitor and walk around the

classroom for students that have questions.

17. When students are finished, they may work on

other class assignments or read
independently.
 18. Once the class is finished creating their
timelines, the teacher will offer to show
timelines the class has created on the
smartboard to students who want to share.

19. If students do not finish in time to share or by

the end of class, they may finish their timeline
at home by the next class.

T Web 2.0 Technology https://www.visme.co/

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Mobile App Option 1. Visme does have a mobile version for
download. Other options for students with
Apple products, they can use “Timeline-Diary
and Notes” in the Apple store and for students
with Samsung products, they can use
“DecoDiary” in Google Play. They are both free.