Webquest

This assignment is my webquest. I enjoyed creating this webquest, as it is my first, please do not be too harsh. I like the fact that the students have a very structured lesson plan, while being given the freedom to search for different news articles and polls from different sources. Anytime you can get students involved in the political process they get a chance to see the fact that each race is filled with both drama and incredibly interesting stories. Government is a tough subject to get students motivated and this project can really direct students to find the interesting parts of elections. I hope to use it for every election in the future.
Webquest

Personal Learning Network

This is my personal learning network. I gather a lot of information for current events and news stories to use in government class in order to keep students up to date with the relevant information. I hope that this provides other social studies teachers with ideas on both where to find information as well as a way to present the information that is student centered.

Photo Project

These are photos of the James A. Garfield National Historic Site. This location is a wonderful local location for a field trip. I have worked at the site as a tour guide and its a wonderful place for students to come in contact with history.  I would like to use this project in class but I would probably look for I would prefer to use a different program to create a photo story where students can use their own pictures and then add both music and dialoge to the story. I look forward to creating stories from history.
James A. Garfield Photos

Google Doc - Uncle Tom's Cabin

This lesson plan is a colaboration between social studies and english/language arts. The students have been reading Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin and studying the lifestyle of African-Americans in the southern United States. Students will work in groups to discuss the similarities and differences between the book and primary resources from social studies class. After the group work students will individually construct an essay comparing the two resources. I think it is great when teachers can work toghether so that students can bring information from multiple classes into one single project.
Co-Teach LP

Web 2.0 Pop-up-book

My Book

This book is my second web 2.0 assignment and it is a project created to get to know students and what their personal dreams are. I titled it "the American Dream" and it is an assignment for them to create their own pop-up-book with pictures of what their own American Dream represents for them. This shows me what they strive for and what they are looking for from their own future. I enjoyed the process of making the pop-up-book but I was suprised at the almost total lack of images available from the website. I know it may be troublesome to ask students to go and search for images for this project in a security crazed world of school computers but I feel the project is another good way to get to know students in a fun way.

Online Quiz

This is my Online quiz, I find proprofs.com far easier to use than other online quiz websites. This was the last of three websites I used to find a quiz that I was able to dock in the blog. I hope you enjoy. Take your time and do your best.

American Government » online test

Political Comic Strip

This is a comic strip for the web 2.0 assignment. I used Pixton to create this comic to demonstrate the uses of comics for students in government. I really like the amount of input that is allowed by the website. Although there are a limited number of characters available the amount of manipulation you can add is infinite. I enjoy this project because it can allow students who have more artistic creativity an outlet to show off their skills in the classroom while applying it to the content standards. I look forward to your comments.