1. SUBSTITUTION 6th Grade Unit 4 Spread of Culture and Religion
Formative Performance Task 1
SUBSTITUTION
Topic Question: How was trade on the Silk Road responsible for cultural exchange?
Description of Formative Performance Task: You will analyze the video clip from Discovery Education to determine how trade on the Silk Road was responsible for cultural exchange.
Featured Source:
Discovery Education –Ancient Trade on the Silk Road
Featured Tech Tools:
Blackboard
iPad and/or Laptop or desktop computers with Internet access
Steps:
One person in the group will log onto my BB page.
a. Go to :
b. Go to tab select a school, select Moss Bluff Middle
c. Go to faculty, find  COLE, RACHELLA - 6th Grade Social Studies
d, Click on my website
e. Go to videos
f. Click on Ancient Trade on the Silk Road Video clip.
View the video and take notes as you are watching it.
Be ready to discuss your notes in a whole group discussion.
Teacher Name: Rachella Cole School: Moss Bluff Middle Address: Special Considerations: You will need a Discovery Education account; video link: Assessment: informal assessment using student discussion and notes

2. AUGMENTATION 6th Grade Unit 4
Spread of Culture and Religion Formative Performance Task 2
AUGMENTATION
Topic Question: How was trade on the Silk Road responsible for cultural exchange?
Description of Formative Performance Task: You will use Quizlet to answer questions that pertain to
The Silk Road and cultural exchange.
Steps:
One person in the group will log onto my BB page.
a. Go to :
b. Go to tab select a school, select Moss Bluff Middle
c. Go to faculty, find  COLE, RACHELLA - 6th Grade Social Studies
d. Click on my website
e. Go to websites tab
f. Click on Silk Road Quizlet
2. Click on Learn to go over the information with your group.
3. As a group, you will answer the questions, but only one person will need to type the answers.
4. Each person in the group can jot down their answer on a sheet of paper to share out with the whole group.
Featured Source:
Featured Tech Tools:
Blackboard
iPads and/or Laptops/Desktop computers with Internet access
Teacher Name: Rachella Cole School: Moss Bluff Middle School Address: Special Considerations: You do not need a Quizlet account, but may want to set one up in order to create your own Quizlets; The Quizlet link: so that you can add to your Blackboard or website links. Assessment: Formative assessment using student responses and class discussion.

3. Spread of Culture and Religion
6th Grade Unit 4
Spread of Culture and Religion
Summative Performance Task 3 MODIFICATION
Topic Question: How was trade on the Silk Road responsible for cultural exchange?
Description of Summative Performance Task: You will use the map and prior knowledge to answer and share your responses to the above topic question. You will be working with an assigned group.
Steps:
One person in your group is responsible for working the iPad or computer.
Go to go to the following link:
Begin by reading the prompt in the Task Column. This is the question that will guide you in your responses. Use the map as a resource to assist in your responses.
Post your group responses to the question under your class column by clicking the (+) sign.
As a group, discuss responses from other groups in your class hour and other hours.
Featured Source:
Trade on the Silk Road
Featured Tech Tools:
iPads and/or Laptop/Desktop computers with Internet access
Teacher Name: Rachella Cole School: Moss Bluff Middle Address: Special Considerations: You will need a Padlet account; Then you must use this link and remake the Padlet for your students to respond to. Assessment: informal – student discussion and responses ; This could be a Summative assessment if the teacher provides a rubric for the student responses and comments made to other groups/classes responses.

4. Redefinition 6th Grade/Unit 4
Spread of Culture and Religion
Summative Performance Task 4
Redefinition
Topic Question: How was trade on the Silk Road responsible for cultural exchange?
Description of Summative Performance Task: You will work with your group and use an iPad to create a short video that will answer the task question.
Steps:
Your group will create a Clips video.
Get your assigned number iPad from the charging station.
Click on the Clips app.
Follow the rubric provided to create a video that answers the prompt question.
Save the video to you iPad using your group name and class hour.
View and write comments on videos posed by other groups.
Your comments will be posted to posters in classroom.
You will participate in a gallery walk to see the feedback given to all of the videos.
Featured Source:
Clips app
Featured Tech Tools:
iPads
Teacher Name: Rachella Cole
School: Moss Bluff Middle School Address: Special Considerations: Rubric is on the next slide; If Clips app is not available, you may be able to use the iPad camera video component or a different video app such as iMovie. Assessment: Summative assessment using the provided rubric.

7. IMPACT SAMR Cover Sheet
Teacher: Rachella Cole
Louisiana Social Studies Standard: Describe the economic motivation for expanding trade and territorial conquests in world civilizations using economic concepts Explain how the development of trade and taxation influenced economic growth in the ancient world.
How was trade on the Silk Road responsible for cultural exchange?
Task Description
Featured Source
Suggested Technology
You will work with your group and use an iPad to create a short video that will answer the task question.
Clips app
iPads
You will use the map and prior knowledge to answer and share your responses to the above topic question. You will be working with an assigned group.
Padlet
iPads and/or Laptop or Desktop computers with Internet access
You will use Quizlet to answer questions that pertain to The Silk Road and cultural exchange. .
Quizlet
Blackboard
iPads and/or Laptops/Desktop computers with Internet access
You will analyze the video clip from Discovery Education to determine how trade on the Silk Road was responsible for cultural exchange.
Discovery Education video
Ancient Trade on the Silk Road
IPad and/or Laptop or desktop computers with Internet access
REDEFINITION
Technology allows for the creation of new tasks that were previously not conceivable.
transformation
MODIFICATION
Technology allows for the creation of new tasks that were previously not conceivable.
AUGMENTATION
Technology acts as a direct tool for substitution with some functional improvement.
enhancement
SUBSTITUTION
Technology acts as a direct tool for substitution with no real change.