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TITLE

The monarchy after World War I

TARGET GROUP

8th grade (students with special educational needs)

SUBJECT 

History 

The King Ferdinand using WOW-HI Educational On-line Platform (ID: 54, Street name: Regele Ferdinand, Cluj-Napoca, Romania)

CURRICULUM COMPATIBILITY

The content  is part of the  History Curriculum , 8th grade, for students  with moderate and mild intellectual disabilities approved by the  Ministry of Education for 2022-23

COGNITIVE AREAS INVOLVED

Romania in the XX-XXI centuries

STUDENT KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTIONS

The students already know about  The World War I and The Great Union of 1918 from the unit 9 (lessons 1 and 2) from their history school book

CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION AND REQUIRED INFRASTRUCTURE

Students will work in groups of three with one tablet per group using the WOW-HI Educational on-line Platform. 

Resources:

-procedural resources: conversation, explanation, problematization, exercise

-material resources: laptop, tablets-connected to the internet, history textbook, boards, Power Point presentation, workseets

SOFTWARE 

Internet, browser,  Microsoft Word

EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS 

After completing the activities proposed in this teaching scenario, students are expected to have achieved the following objectives:

• to recognize the Romanian monarchs from the interwar period

• to enumerate  the main historical events during the reign of King Ferdinand

• to  identify achievements in the social field during the reign of King Ferdinand

• to understand how to use the WOW-Hi educational platform

• to use  various electronic tools in the study of history

• to increase the ability of working in teams

DURATION 

45’

DESCRIPTION 

The pedagogical methods used are: conversation, explanation, problematization, exercise for the students to construct their own knowledge upon the foundation of previous learning. 

The teacher presents images of Romanian monarchs, emphasizing on those from interwar period. In order to consolidate their knowledge, students are suggested to arrange the monarchs portraits on a board in the chronological order of their reign.

To gain knowledge about King Ferdinand The WOW-HI Educational On-line Platform, Power Point presentation and History school book will be used. This  platform will offer special material for pupils to learn. This will be used for: identifying King Ferdinand Street, reading and hearing information about it.

In order to consolidate the knowledge of the students an printed worksheet will be distributed to the students.

The worksheet consists four activities:

ACTIVITY 1 To identify the monarchs of Romania from the interwar period

ACTIVITY 2 & 3  To learn about King Ferdinand and about the historical events during his reign

ACTIVITY 4 To learn about the achievements in the social field during the reign of King Ferdinand.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 

Students with mild and moderate mental disabilities in the 8th grade are generally familiar with the use of ICT equipment and material resources used in the lesson.

The time provided in the lesson project can be adjusted during the lesson, in accordance with the needs of each student, in order to complete the set tasks

ATTENTION TO DIVERSITY 

The activity is adapted to the characteristics of students with SEN.

During the lesson, the students will be supported in using the applications, in solving the tasks, with additional explanations individually.

BIBLIOGRAPHY 

http://www.digital-in.info/map/street_story/wowhi.php ;

History 8TH Grade, school book for typical students

WORKSHEETS

Lesson plan RO Physical quantities The monarchy Worksheet