Design+Document

= __Design Document:__ =


 * Team Name:** Founding Fathers
 * Date:** 3-4-12

=1. Subject/Topic: Parts of the US Constitution= = = =2. Target Audience: 9th Grade American Government /Civics Students= = = =3. Learning Objectives= After completing this lesson, students will be able to:
 * SSCG3, SSCG5, SSCG6**
 * Demonstrate knowledge of the United States Constitution.
 * Analyze the purpose of government stated in the Preamble of the United States Constitution.
 * Identify and explain the fundamental principles of the Constitution including; rule of law, popular sovereignty, federalism, seperation of powers, republicanism, and checks and balances.
 * Demonstrate knowledge of the organization and powers of the national government.
 * Demonstrate knowledge of their civil liberties and civil rights identified in the Bill of Rights.

=4. Content Outline and Media Objects=
 * **Home/Intro.**
 * Module Description - This module will introduce the activity. It will include the EQ's, Standards, Objectives, and Expectations. It will also include a glossary link of key terms and ideas.


 * **Module 1: The Preamble**
 * E.Q. What is the purpose of the Preamble?
 * Module objectives-
 * Students will demonstrate knowledge of the United States Constitution.
 * Students will analyze the purpose of government stated in the Preamble of the United States Constitution.
 * Module Description- students will view a presentation of the six goals of the Constitution, students will watch a video on the Preamble, and the module will end with a short online quiz for review/assessment
 * Media Objects- presentation with images, video, and online quiz
 * Practice- quiz


 * **Module 2: The Articles**
 * E.Q. What do the articles of the Constitution do?
 * Module objectives-
 * Students will demonstrate knowledge of the United States Constitution.
 * Students will identify and explain the fundamental principles of the Constitution including; rule of law, popular sovereignty, federalism, separation of powers, republicanism, and checks and balances.
 * Students will demonstrate knowledge of the organization and powers of the national government.
 * Module Description- students will view a presentation about the articles and the principles of the Constitution, students will complete a scavenger hunt, and the module will end with a online quiz for review/assessment
 * Media Objects- presentation with images, online scavenger hunt, and online quiz
 * Practice- scavenger hunt


 * **Module 3: The Bill of Rights**
 * E.Q. What is protected by the Bill of Rights?
 * Module objectives-
 * Students will demonstrate knowledge of the United States Constitution.
 * Students will demonstrate knowledge of their civil liberties and civil rights identified in the Bill of Rights.
 * Module Description- students will view a presentation on the Bill of Rights that could include a video, students will complete a scenarios activity, and the module will end with an online quiz for review/assessment
 * Media Objects- online presentation with video,
 * Practice- scenarios activity


 * **Conclusion**
 * Module Description - After completing all of the Modules the students will take a Post Test.

=**5. Instructional and Design Strategies**=
 * **Instructional Strategies:** Each of the modules will be self guided so that the students will be able to work at their own pace. The practice will be set up in a way that allows the students to explore the content, instead of just reading and reciting. The practice will vary from module to module so that the students will not get have to do the same thing over and over. The module will have a variety of instructional material, such as video, audio, visual, and text. There will be a post test after the students have finished all of the modules.


 * **Design Strategies:**
 * Contrast: The modules will be set up so that the background and text will contrast. This will help make the modules more readable.
 * Repetition: The module colors will be consistent from one module to the next.
 * Alignment: The alignment will be consistent and done in a way that will keep the modules neat and clean looking.
 * Proximity: The text and pictures will be placed in proximity of each other.
 * Multimedia: Create modules that include words and pictures in sequence.
 * Communication/Voice: All communication will be done in standard English.
 * Modality: Modules will need to incorporate a mixture of words and text.
 * Contiguity: Ensure that the modules are created with text and pictures are presented together.
 * Redundancy: Make sure that the modules do not overlap on what is being presented to the students.
 * Coherence: The modules will need to stay on topic and stray from the lesson objectives.
 * Personalization: Text will need to be written in a way that makes each of the modules personal to the students.
 * Signaling: Modules will need to have key text highlighted so that the students will be able to see it easily.
 * Segmenting: Each Module will be broken into segments in order to keep from overwhelming the students with to much information.
 * Pre-training: We will need to add a glossary for the key terms so that the student will know the names of the different parts of the constitution.

=6. Development and Production Plan=
 * We will meet at least week on Wikispaces to go over changes made to the documents and decide what we will need to work on the following week.
 * We will communicate through E-mails and phones
 * Brett - 706-483-0975 ~ Brettdotson_2000@yahoo.com
 * Lindsey - 478-957-7412 ~ lindsey.levie@gmail.com
 * Monique -770-820-1180~ mndewberry@gmail.com
 * Communicate by phone at least once a week and email before I call.

=7. References=

Mayer,R. (2005) The Cambridge Handbook of Multimedia LEarning. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Clark, R.C., & Mayer, R.E. (2008). e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer.

Williams, R. (2008) The Non-Designer's Design Book. Berkeley, California: Peachpit Press.

www.georgiastandards.org