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Class Requirements
(All students will need a large 3-ring folder
and dividers.)
Section I
Class Journal--The students will keep a daily journal.
In it they will record an historical fact that took place on the same date
in history, a daily current event, and any class notes for the day.
Section II
Web Survival Guide: Students will be required
to keep a notebook containing all Computer related worksheets, Web
Glossary, and Virtual Exploration Log of research done on the
Web.
Section III
Reports and Written Projects--Students will keep all reports
and projects competed during the year.
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Unit / Chapter Activities
"Signs of the Times Presentations"
This is a bulletin board display that will change
with each unit.
(Centers)**
Leaders of the Day
Poetry/Literature
Music
Theater
The Arts
Science/Discoveries
Timely Facts
Bulletin Board Art work Committee
**The class will be divided into groups. Each group will
be responsible for a different genre of historical data. They will search
the Web, school library, and/ or public library to obtain their information.
The Groups will remain the same and will rotate to a different topic each
time a unit is introduced.
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Types of possible Class Activies and Projects
Desktop Publishing Centers-- Group
Activity in which the students take an idea from the chapter either on
their own or assigned and turn it into a pamphlet, newspaper, or book with
illustrations in order to be shared with the class. Desktop publishing
skills will also be used for making graphic pages/dividers for their journals.
It is my hope that the students will be able to develop their computer
skill to the point that a newsletter can be produced at the end of each
unit as a summary of what the students have learned.
Talk Show-- This is an entire class project.
Students interested in being the talk show host, guests to be interviewed
(or panel members depending on format used), camera persons and production
personnel must complete a role playing application and submit it
to the Network Manager (me). All Applicants will be interviewed
by their peers and selected on the merit of the ability to complete the
task. The topic will be selected by voting on suggested topics.
Cast and crew will be responsible for creating the format for the production
and the presentation material and dialogue. There will be audience
participation. (This can also be set up like "Sound Off"
using a two panel format to debate pros and cons).
Mock Situation: This can be used to
depict things like the Constitutional Convention and used by the class
to determine a constitution and governing body for the class. It
can be carried on to elect the government officials. It can also
be used for parliamentary procedure in determining the outcome of
"serious class rule violators."
Web Designing--During the second semester we will
begin displaying research by creating a Web site. As data is collected,
each group will pick a subject (ie, the Depression, The Holocaust,
The Sixties...etc.) and present there data as a group Web page.
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Individual Projects
Book report: This assignment is for extra credit
and must be a selected book from an approved reading list or show to the
teacher for approval.
Topic Reports--This is an extra credit project
that can be either an original idea approved by the teacher or one that
has been selected from an idea list provided by the teacher.
Research Paper--During the first semester we will
work on researching and writing a research paper. This will be done
as a class and will be a work done in stages until completion. Teacher
will lead the class through all aspects of the project. This will
be a nine week on going learning experience. There will be a time
frame for each stage of the research paper. Students may select the
topic and will submit a thesis statement for assessment by the teacher. |
