TPACK Creating Assignment Template

Subject World History & Geography to 1500

Grade Level Secondary History, no specific grade level listed

Learning Objective 1. WHI.11 The student will apply social science

The objective of the lesson is what skills to understand the civilizations and
students will be able to do as they empires of Asia, with emphasis on Japan and
Content Knowledge

finish the activity. For this objective, China, by:

use the Standards of Learning (SOL) to c) explaining the impact of Shinto and
say what you want to focus on. Buddhist traditions and the influence of
You can find the SOLs at Chinese culture on the region; and
http://www.doe.virginia.gov/testing/ look
on the right of the screen for the
subjects and go from there.

Complete this sentence by naming the technology tool and the creation activity:

In this activity, my students are going to use Loom using the slides they made on
Pedagogy Planning

PowerPoint or some other slide making program to create a recording of

themselves explaining the differences and similarities between Shinto and
Buddhism religious traditions and their impact on the Asia continent through public
speaking and social science skills. Additionally, they will explain how Chinese and
Japanese culture plays a part in the interpretations of those two religions .
 Activity
1. To introduce students to beliefs and cultural
aspects of Shintoism and Buddhism, for the first
day of the assignment, the students will be
required to watch 2 of the following videos and
take note of some defining points of that
describe Shintoism & Buddhism
a. Video 1: Shintoism – What is The
Ancient Japanese Religion Shinto?
(4:02)
b. Video 2: Buddhism – What is
Buddhism? What do Buddhists
believe? (9:29)
2. After watching the video as a class, some
students can watch the video on their own to
take more notes on what they missed about the
topic while teacher hosts discussion to get a
gasp of students’ understanding of the two
religions.
3. Probably on the second day of the assignment
to fourth day, to apply their understanding of
what they learned, students will either work
individually (given students the option to work
as an individual) or as a group with peers to
construct slides using the following
requirements:
a. First, administrate research on
Shintoism and Buddhism. Students
may only draw information from 5
sources:
i. 2-3 articles (could be scholarly,
articles or news articles)
ii. 2 videos (the ones we watched
in class)
iii. Non-copyrighted images to
decorate slides (at least 3 each
for Shinto and Buddhism
b. Second, while conducting research,
students are only required to
i. Take note of 4 similarities and
4 differences of the two
religions and explain them
ii. Make sure to cite all sources
they decide to use in their
slides with MLA citation
c. Third, once research is done, students
will be given a lesson on how to use
PowerPoint, Canva, and Loom
d. Fourth, after video, students will have
the choice to report their findings
Pedagogy

through the following options:

i. Oral speech accompanied by
slides (could be already pre-
recorded or done live)

Web 2.0 Technology
Name of the device and/or programs
being used. (The description of what
the students will be doing with the
technology will be included in the
pedagogy/activity section).
Technology
Link to the example product
Mobile App Option
1. In front of entire class
and evaluated by peers
and teacher
2. Solely by teacher and
evaluated
ii. Slides turned into Canvas
(voice recording is option)
1. Evaluated by peers
and teacher with at
least 2 comments
2. Solely by teacher and
evaluated
e. Fourth, students will look back on their
understanding and construct reflections
on what they learned from the lesson:
the research and the project. Following
these requirements:
i. 250-word count
ii. New Times Roman
iii. At least 1 referenced source in
Bibliography and footnotes
For this assignment, students will be utilizing
PowerPoint, or Canva to make their slides and then
record them using Loom or Canva software. It is
important that students are able to know how to use
these programs, thus, students will be shown video that
details how to use it. Additionally, after students publish
their recordings of their slides, they will make two
comments on one of their peers’ post in relation to what
they discussed about under comment section of the
recordings.
PowerPoint Slides Sample
How to use PowerPoint
Canva Slides Sample
How to use Canva
How to use Loom to record your slides
1. Use Canva and create your slides and
recording on there. Then turn in your recording
of your slides and voice on Canvas.
a. available for download on the App
Store and Google Play