Beliefs

History

Controversies

Commercialization

Lesson Plan: Expert Groups

Lesson Plan: Create a Newspaper

Lesson Plan: Making a Commercial

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Directions:

You are the expert in your area of Amish life. Find FIVE important facts about your topic and list them below. Write five questions based on your facts (one for each fact). Turn the questions in to the teacher. (The questions from each group will be your test.) Decide how you will present these facts to your classmates. REMEMBER -- YOU are the expert. Try to think of how you learn best and this will help you decide how you can help your classmates learn the information. Present the information to your classmates.

Your large topic: Amish

Your Subtopic_____________________

Do research on your topic and find out important facts.

History of the Amish http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/amish.html

Beliefs of the Amish http://www.pbs4549.org/SIMPLE/SLBELIEF.HTM

Customs of the Amish http://www.pbs4549.org/SIMPLIFE.HTM

Shunning http://www.holycrosslivonia.org/amish/amishfaq.htm

Mandatory schooling http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/amish.html

Military Service http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/amish.html

Taxes for the Amish http://religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu/nrms/amish.html

Commercialization of Amish http://www.pbs4549.org/SIMPLE/SLCOMMER.HTM

Google http://www.google.com

FACTS: List them below!

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Now write five test questions you plan to submit. Write at least two short essay-type questions. The other three can be true/false, multiple choice, matching or fill-in-the-blanks. Write the questions in blue and the answers in red.

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Now plan how you will teach the information. Remember, you are being graded on how the class does on your questions. You must plan a strategy to insure they will remember what you want them to know. Think about how you learn best. Describe your strategy below. Remember -- cute may not be the same as effective!

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