TPACK Creating Assignment Template

Subject World History & Geography to 1500

Grade Level 10th

Learning Objective WHI.15 The student will apply social science skills to understand
the developments leading to the Renaissance in Europe
in terms of its impact on Western civilization by
a) determining the economic and cultural foundations
of the Italian Renaissance;
b) sequencing events related to the rise of Italian city-
states and their political development, including
Machiavelli’s theory of governing as described in The
Content Knowledge

Prince;
c) citing the contributions of artists and philosophers of
the Renaissance, as contrasted with the medieval
period, including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo,
and Petrarch;

In this activity, my students are going to use Popplet to create a mind map about the Renaissance before
the 1500s.
Pedagogy Planning
 Activity
1. The teacher will finish up the topic to the students using
PowerPoint. The topic of the PowerPoint is the
Renaissance.
2. The class will read two short articles on the renaissance
to give more depth on the subject.
https://www.historycrunch.com/causes-of-the-
renaissance.html#/
https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/whp-
origins/era-5-the-first-global-age/52-old-world-webs-
betaa/a/read-renaissance
3. Once the students finish reading the articles, they will
be put into groups of 2-3 to create their Popplet mind
map.
4. Once the groups are made, they will log onto their
computers, laptops, or phones (apple store only) and
login to their Popplet account.
5. Using the information from the PowerPoint and the
articles the students will mastery of the knowledge,
connect information, and share ideas in their groups.
6. By end of class, students should have completed their
mind maps, if not they will have to finish it for
homework.
7. Each group must submit a link to their Popplet mind
map before the start of the next class.
Pedagogy

Web 2.0 Technology For this assignment, students will be using Popplet. It is important that one student
creates a Popplet and gives the collaborator link to their group members. The names will
appear and show who put down what idea/information.
Technology

app.popplet.com/#/p/7413418
Link to the example product
you made pretending to be a
student
Mobile App Option
1. Popplet has a mobile app, but it is only available through the iTunes App Store. The app,
like the desktop version, the app version is ad free, free to use, and easy to use.
2. If you do not have iTunes App Store you will either have to use a laptop/computer or
utilize a different app. A good alternative would be the MindMeister which is free to use
and ad free. However, it does not have a collaboration feature so it would then become a
solo project. The app is available on both iTunes App Store and Google Play.