TOPIC: The Rise of Dictators

Strategy Used: Graphic Organizer/Trading Cards

Reading Level: 8th Grade
2/13/19
Spring 2019
8th Grade World History
Using Research Skills to Create Trading Cards
Learning Intention: Be able to identify various dictators that came to power and how they came
to power in various countries around the world in the period between the wars.
Success Criteria: I can identify how and why various dictators came to power in the 1930s.
Rationale: This Unit is about the rise of dictators between World War I and World War II so
creating a way to identify and understand the various types of political ideologies and dictators
that rose to power around the world in the 1930s.
Materials: Paper, graphic organizer, Chromebooks, colored pencils and markers.
Differentiation: I will allow extra time for those who need it. I will also provide supplies for
anyone who does not have their own. I will also allow some to type up their trading cards rather
than write and draw them if necessary. I can also cut larger ones for those who need it.
Activities:
Instructor:
 This is a multiple day project. The first day the students will use Discovery Education
readings to fill in their graphic organizer on each dictator.
 Then the next day they will work on their trading cards. First I will show them the
instructions and an example. I will explain how many cards they need and what each card
requires. Then I will pass out 6 pieces of paper for them to use as their cards.
 Then I will release them row by row to get their Chromebooks.
 After that they will use the Chromebooks and their graphic organizer to complete their
trading cards.
Students:
 Fill out and complete their graphic organizer
 Draw, color and fill out their trading cards.
 Turn in the finished cards and graphic organizer
WICOR: Writing, Inquiry, Organization and Reading are all present in this lesson
Evaluation/Assessment: The lesson will be successful if the students participate in the activity
and complete the trading cards and graphic organization in the allotted time.
Closing Activity: Give the students time to turn in their work, put away their Chromebooks and
other supplies.