Teaching Practice Scotland Then and Now THE LESSON
The Social Studies Connection
GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Our goal is to develop an interdisciplinary project on the subject of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth.
Students will create a PowerPoint presentation that will represent a travel brochure about how the Scotland of the Macbeth era compares with the Scotland of today.
Six specific regions of Scotland important to the play will be researched and developed into a travel brochure for “THEN” and “NOW.”
INSTRUCTIONS
Classes will meet together in the business computer lab for five class periods. 12 groups will be formed. Two groups will be assigned each of the regions and will have three topics to research “then” and “now.” There will be one business student, one geography student, and two or three English students in each group.
Background information and homework assignments to begin the research have already been assigned.
Use Inspiration software to organize and plan your project. Samples are attached.
Create a PowerPoint presentation using 12 slides to create your travel brochure. You will need to get together with the other group doing your region and add their three different topics to combine and create one brochure with all six topics covered.
Print out your presentation after using spellcheck and proofreading carefully. Print each slide in full page view.
SUGGESTED TIMELINE Day One - Compile research and begin organization with Inspiration.
Day Two - Complete Inspiration organization.
Day Three- Begin PowerPoint presentation.
Day Four - Continue on PowerPoint presentation.
Day Five - Complete project.
The English Connection
Ann Holmes introduces the same lesson to her class from the English perspective. She emphasizes that they are to do research and also use their knowledge of the 1100's from their reading of MacBeth
Business Puts It All Together
Deb introduces the lesson to the business class. She stresses that their knowledge of Inspiration will be shared and will help organize the project. In addition, their role will be to teach the other members of the group how to take their research and present it using Powerpoint.
Students Make It Work!
Students work together and solve problems as they arise. Listen to how these students come together to forge ahead on their project. Combining efforts and knowledge leads to a great final product.
