Technology Integration Lesson Plan

This lesson will be the culmination of a unit on World War I and its effects on the United States. I plan to use Google Drive, Socrative Teacher, and Powtoon; as well as a flipped lesson as the base of the lesson. I remember participating in a mock Treaty of Paris during my junior year of High School that has stuck with me. I was given the task of negotiating the Russian stance during the treaty; I failed miserably. The United States moved the iron curtain 500 miles further west than the real negotiations dictated. I still recieved an A for the lesson even though I totally missed the mark on my negotiations. I remember this lesson because of my mistakes; because we were encouraged to make mistakes. I was looking for something similar during this lesson on World War I.
     I have no real classroom or lesson building experience, so I searched for something similar to my Treaty of Paris experience but with the Treaty of Versailles. This is a crucial lesson to me due to its implications on the next 100 years and beyond. This lesson based on Paul J. Verstraete's lesson, linked below, is a great base for me to develop the same experience using some technological advancements. I will present a flipped lesson for homework the night before. The lesson will review the end of the war along with the situation heading into the treaty of Versailles.  When the class meets, they will be split into three groups, each representing a major allied power after World War I; there is emphasis on a total lack of German power.
     After a short review of the flipped lesson, the class will meet in their groups to read about their country's motivations and leaders on Google Drive. During the actual negotiations, I will moderate by presenting each debated question (a whole worksheet in Google Drive) on Socrative Teacher. Each question will be voted on until a majority (2/3 groups) agrees; the votes can be visually seen on the smartboard. Each question should take about 7 minutes or so (ideally a 90 minute period or two 45 minute periods).
     The lesson is wrapped up by displaying what the class negotiations resulted in and what the actual negotiations resulted in. The goal is to show the distraught state Germany was left in, as well as the all around destruction of the European powers. This is the first time the U.S. was given a seat at the adult table and it is very important to understand how that happened.
     Below is the link to my Common Curriculum outline. I found this source extremely useful. It is simple, free, and accessible (the tool to insert NJCCCS standards is amazing). I can say that I will definitely use Common Curriculum and Socrative Teacher in the future; both to hopefully facilitate this lesson.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8jY-Ww6dYCHZW1fYUxoTHJmS1E