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Chivalry: Is it dead?. Unit Portfolio Presentation Andrea Morden. Unit Summary . Students will use the code of chivalry from Medieval Times and recreate and apply their ideals to today.
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Chivalry: Is it dead? Unit Portfolio Presentation Andrea Morden
Unit Summary • Students will use the code of chivalry from Medieval Times and recreate and apply their ideals to today. • They will create their own modern day “knights” and determine what qualities and ethics they should live by. • After researching the ideas from their readings, students will prepare a new unit to be applied to modern or future “knights.”
Curriculum Framing Questions • Essential Question • Do good deeds go unnoticed? • Unit Questions • What chivalrous characteristics best apply to your person? • Following the characteristics of chivalry, who would be a modern day King Arthur? • Content Questions • What is chivalry? • What characteristics are knights suppose to follow?
Chivalry: Is it dead? This project will help my student develop 21st century skills by utilizing the following concepts: *Social responsibility *Self direction
Gauging Student’s Needs Assessment • Purpose of the Assessment • What I want to learn from students • How have I tried to promote higher level thinking? • How the assessment
My Goals for the Course • Take a historical concept and apply it to today • Find relations between the past and the present • Create meaningful relationships in a work of literature • Student accountability
My Goals for the Students • Incorporate technology • Work with peers • Focus on higher level thinking • Self manage