Who Wants to be a Roman Millionaire
Designer: Eileen Stec
The curricular goals for this project are to enhance retention of a unit on Ancient Rome. Students are asked to recall facts, analyze events, and transfer previous learning to problem solve. To get the students motivated for the review, I have designed a game in the form of a PowerPoint slide show to be played in the classroom. Questions will appear on the screen with choices for answers; this is similar to the format of the end-of-chapter test. I've decided to mimic the popular game show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" as the game format. The class should be divided into teams and take turns answering questions for points. The material covered will help prepare them for the Chapter Test. Students will have options such as "phone a friend", "eliminate two choices", and "use the textbook" to help them if they are having difficulty. These options will help those needier students be successful playing the game.
There are a number of sound file integrated into the project, so please turn your speakers on before viewing the product.
Target Population
- Sixth grade students
Teaching Standards
- The students will be addressing PA State Standard 8.4 World History. Through specific questioning, we will address all parts of this standard. Part A of standard 8.4 World History is the contributions of individuals or groups; students will be questioned about the contributions of the Ancient Romans. Part B is documents, artifacts, and historical places; students will be questioned on historical places in particular. Part C is influences of continuity and change; students will be questioned numerously in this area. Finally, Part D is conflicts and cooperation among groups.
Teaching & Learning Theory
- Information processing is the theory guiding my project. The students will be given questions on the TV screen and the answers will appear flying in, unscrambling, etc. The correct answer may be associated with the manner in which it appears on the screen, thus helping the students remember the correct answer by giving them another way to categorize it, and then later, retrieve it.
Products
- Teaching Tool (PowerPoint document - must have PowerPoint installed on your local computer in order to view this file)
- Once you open the file double-click on each slide to advance the show
- Teacher Notes (pdf file - must have Adobe Acrobat reader to view the file. Click here to download the reader)
- The evaluation for both the project and the students will be the unit test. I will compare the data from previous test for the same students to see if they improved as a result of the review technique I used. I will also compare test scores from previous years from the same test.
Multimedia Design Tools
- PowerPoint
- MS Word