Multimedia Launch
Launch One: Mesoamerica- Comparing Mayans and Aztecs
Target population: World History & Geography to 1500
Overall learning experience: Students should know how the Mayan and Aztec civilizations are alike and different.
Outcomes addressed by the learning experience:
VA SOL Standard- WHI.13
The student will apply social science skills to understand the major civilizations of the Western Hemisphere, including the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan, by
a) locating early civilizations in time and place and describing major geographic features;
b) explaining the development of social, political, economic, religious, and cultural patterns in the civilizations of the Americas; and
c) evaluating and explaining the European interactions with these societies, with emphasis on trading and economic interdependence.
Overview of plan to launch the learning experience: Discuss the information in the videos to successfully create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the Mayans and Aztec civilizations.
Introduction Strategies: These videos serve to gain attention through concreteness.
Overall learning experience: Students should know how the Mayan and Aztec civilizations are alike and different.
Outcomes addressed by the learning experience:
VA SOL Standard- WHI.13
The student will apply social science skills to understand the major civilizations of the Western Hemisphere, including the Mayan, Aztec, and Incan, by
a) locating early civilizations in time and place and describing major geographic features;
b) explaining the development of social, political, economic, religious, and cultural patterns in the civilizations of the Americas; and
c) evaluating and explaining the European interactions with these societies, with emphasis on trading and economic interdependence.
Overview of plan to launch the learning experience: Discuss the information in the videos to successfully create a Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the Mayans and Aztec civilizations.
Introduction Strategies: These videos serve to gain attention through concreteness.
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Launch Two: Gender Inequalities and the Wage Gap
Target class: United States History: 1865-Present
Overall learning experience: Building off of their knowledge about the Women's Suffrage Movement in the 1920's, students will learn about gender inequalities that still exist today. Students will learn about gender inequality through gender pay gap, sexism, and gender stereotypes. Students will understand how the gender pay gap might look, and how the pay gap impacts certain groups more than others. At the end of the lesson, students will work together to discuss possible solutions for closing the gender pay gap.
Outcomes addressed by the learning experience:
VA SOL Standards
USII. 8. d) describing the changing patterns of society, including expanded educational and economic opportunities for military veterans, women, and minorities; and
USII.9 The student will apply social science skills to understand the key domestic and international issues during the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries by
a) examining the impact of the Civil Rights Movement, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the changing role of women on all Americans;
Overview of plan to launch the learning experience: Start by asking students what were some of the stereotypes kids mentioned in the video. Introduce the concepts of gender wage gap, sexism, and unconscious bias.
Introduction Strategies: The video introduction serves to gain attention through humor, and also reflects how gender stereotypes are engrained into our society.
Overall learning experience: Building off of their knowledge about the Women's Suffrage Movement in the 1920's, students will learn about gender inequalities that still exist today. Students will learn about gender inequality through gender pay gap, sexism, and gender stereotypes. Students will understand how the gender pay gap might look, and how the pay gap impacts certain groups more than others. At the end of the lesson, students will work together to discuss possible solutions for closing the gender pay gap.
Outcomes addressed by the learning experience:
VA SOL Standards
USII. 8. d) describing the changing patterns of society, including expanded educational and economic opportunities for military veterans, women, and minorities; and
USII.9 The student will apply social science skills to understand the key domestic and international issues during the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries by
a) examining the impact of the Civil Rights Movement, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the changing role of women on all Americans;
Overview of plan to launch the learning experience: Start by asking students what were some of the stereotypes kids mentioned in the video. Introduce the concepts of gender wage gap, sexism, and unconscious bias.
Introduction Strategies: The video introduction serves to gain attention through humor, and also reflects how gender stereotypes are engrained into our society.