13. How do you see the Warsaw, Berlin, Prague, Vienna,
communist threat for Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest
Europe? and Sofia, all these famous cities
and the populations around
them lie in what I must call the
Soviet sphere, and all are subject
in one form or another, not only
to Soviet influence but to a very
high and, in some cases,
increasing measure of control
from Moscow.
(Famous Iron Curtain Speech – 1946)
15. Session
Objectives:
•Participants will
learn techniques to
increase student
interaction during
spiral questions.
•What do you see in this image? (Use the “magic” paper to show the rest of the class) – LEVEL 1
•How would you classify the types of people in this image? (Think/Pair/Share) – LEVEL 1
•What facts would you select to show the presence of a forced march? (Write a response) – LEVEL 2
•How does the artist’s use of dark clouds suggest a theme? (Group Share) – LEVEL 2
•What would happen if person NUMBER 1 refused to continue? (Draw the next slide) – LEVEL 3
•Create facial expressions with thought bubble for how person NUMBER 2 feels and thinks (Individual) – LEVEL 3
21. The writers of The Daily Show managed to
condense Abraham Lincoln’s ~271
word Gettysburg Address down to 140
characters as part of a segment called
“America’s Tweetheart“, that mocks the news
media’s fascination with a former presidential
candidate’s tweets.
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lessons on our blog!
http://blog.teachtci.com/ideas-that-unite-
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