Creating lessons Let's explore how to use the resources on the internet:
You do not want the internet to be just another textbook to fill out worksheets...Think out of the box...be creative...wild...
- Caution:
Web sites disappear and change
Check links before you do lesson
Have alternate sites
Ways to use the internet... Accessing Information / Communication / Virtual Tours / Ready Made lessons Guidelines to Engage the Student / Rubric
Written documents
Islam view of women: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/cmt/resources/Quran/004.Women
Civil Rights
http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_11/index.htmlCivil War (Crossroads): http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec4/Unit_6/index.html
Artifacts:Masks (Edsite): http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/masks_reveal.html
Museum of Mayan Artifacts: http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/~ctennant/EthnoWeb/museum.htm
Art
Art comparison
The Artchive: http://www.artchive.com/core.html
Art History Resources
http://witcombe.sbc.edu/ARTHLinks.html
Symbolism in Art (ArtsEdNet):
http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/ArtsEdNet/Resources/Sampler/c-4.html
Poster Art of World War II (National Archives):
http://www.nara.gov/education/teaching/posters/poster.html
Collection of cartoons in the 1800's and 1900's:
http://www.boondocksnet.com/gallery/pc_intro.html
Manifest Destiny landscapes:
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~hhk6s/leutze.html
Architecture
Aztec Architecture: http://library.thinkquest.org/10098/aztec.htm#The
Music
American History music: http://www.contemplator.com/america/
Spirituals and Slavery: http://www.edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/spirituals.html
Statistics:Stock Market game: http://www.smg2000.org/
WorldTime: http://www.worldtime.com
Price is Right Lesson (Gil)
Cost of Living Calculator: http://www.aier.org/colcalc.html
CPI Home page: http://stats.bls.gov/cpihome.htm
What is a dollar worth?: http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/economy/calc/cpihome.html
Videos
Apollo Mission: http://www.nasm.si.edu/apollo/AS11/a11av.htm
Speeches (audio)History Channel: http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/index.html
Recitation of the Qu'ran: http://islamicity.com/multimedia/radio/ch100/Learning to speak Chinese: http://icg.harvard.edu/~pinyin/
Keypals: Immigrant Scrapbook: Gil's lessonImmigration Process:
http://www.internationalchannel.com/education/ellis/process.htmlImmigrant Keypals: http://www.epals.com/search/
Activity: Compare prices: http://www.xe.net/ucc/
Collaborative lessons
Telecommunication and Telepresence
http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~jbharris/Virtual-Architecture/Telecollaboration/more-telecollaboration.html
Project center: http://www.eduplace.com/projects/
Example: The Day I was Born
Ask an expertASK ERIC Virtual Library www.askeric.org/Virtual
Teachers Helping Teachers (interact with other teachers) www.pacificnet.net/~mandel
Contact a government officialhttp://www.congresslink.org
http://thomas.loc.gov/
Tour Palenque: http://www.virtualpalenque.com/tourhome.htm
Maya Ruins: http://www.mayaruins.com/
Virtual Field Trip: Mount Vernon http://www.mountvernon.org
House in the year 1900: PBS
Ready made lessonsPBS Lewis and Clark simulation:
http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/into/index.htmlWebquest examples: http://edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/webquest.html
GeoGame: http://gsh.lightspan.com/project/gg/description.html
Create tests, crosswords, gamesTHE PUZZLE FACTORY.COM: www.thepuzzlefactory.com
Making Puzzles: http://www.puzzlemaker.com/
WORLDVILLAGE KIDZ: www.worldvillage.com/kidz
BLAKKAT.COM: GAMES DEPOT: www.blakkat.com/games.htm
BRAINBASHERS: www.brainbashers.com
THINKS.COM: www.thinks.com
5. Student Presentations
Powerpoint
Hyperstudio
Web page
Create a Museum
Guidelines to engage the students
Bloom's Taxonomy Find a site rich in information, or collect a few sites for students to research so they can ...
- demonstrate knowledge (list, name, define, identify)
- demonstrate comprehension (retell, explain, summarize, review)
- demonstrate application (solve, exhibit,, demonstrate, apply)
- demonstrate analysis (compare, classify, organize)
- demonstrate synthesis (create, invent, compose, construct)
- demonstrate evaluation (criticize, judge, recommend)
Howard Gardner's Modalities
Use the different modalities to engage the students with the website and lesson
a. Linguistic
b. Logical Mathematical
c. Spatial - Visual
d. Bodily Kinesthetic
e. Interpersonal
f. Intrapersonal
Rubric Use this Rubric from Ed's Oasis to evaluate your lesson or unit of practice.
Misc.
The Worldwide Holiday & Festival Site: www.holidayfestival.com
Oregon Trail (Edsite): http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/oregon_trail.html
Mapping the Past (Edsite): http://edsitement.neh.gov/lessonplans/mapping_past.html
Chinese Boycott (National Archives): http://www.nara.gov/education/cc/chinese.html