Week 8 Internet Instruction

8/12/2019 Week 8 Internet Instruction

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Prepared by: Catherine Holthaus

Lesson Title: Web-Based Westward Expansion ResearchProject

Overview:

The choice to head west during the 1800s was not a decision made lightly.Some went west for the adventure, some went in search of riches, and otherswere looking for a new start. Regardless of the reason they went west, theimpact of this influx of people had a profound impact on America and morespecifically the Native Americans. Students need to understand how WestwardExpansion shaped America.

Students participating in this lesson will learn about the impact made byexplorers, fur trappers and traders, gold miners, and pioneers. They will alsolearn what motivated the Native Americans to interact with these groups heading

west. As the students conduct the research they will find how these five groupscreated what was called Westward Expansion.

Content Area and Grade or Age Level of Students: Social Studies &Language Arts/Grade 4

Objectives:

Students will be able to:

Evaluate and gather information from teacher pre-approved Internet

resources Analyze, interpret and synthesize primary sources such as photographs,

prints, and maps to understand a point of view through online primary andsecondary sources

Integrate multiple resources to develop an understanding of westwardexpansion

Standards Addressed:

W.4.2Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and conveyideas and information clearly.

W.4.2a Introduce a topic clearly and group related information inparagraphs and sections; include formatting (e.g., headings), illustrations,and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension

W.4.2b - Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details,quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.

W.4.2c Link ideas within categories of information using words andphrases (e.g., another, for example, also, because).


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W.4.4Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development andorganization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

W.4.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop andstrengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing.

W.4.6 With some guidance and support from adults, use technology,

including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interactand collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command ofkeyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.

Lesson Idea:

For this project, students are going explore Westward Expansion from theperspective of one of the following groups: explorers, Native Americans, furtrappers and traders, miners, and pioneers.

1. Students will complete aKWLchart on Westward Expansion.

2. The class will be divided into the five primary groups having the mostimpact on the American west.

3. In the assigned groups, students will conduct their research usingpreapproved Internet websites atwww.ascs4th.weebly.com.

4. Using the Jigsaw organizer, to take notes and record what they havelearned.

5. Students will complete the three questions on the attached worksheets forexplorers, Native Americans, fur trappers and traders, miners, andpioneers,using complete sentences.

6. Using the notes collected using the Jigsaw, students will write an essayconsisting of a minimum of three paragraphs.

7. Students will draft an informative essay and type it using proper spelling,capitalization, and punctuation. They will use Google Docs in GoogleDrive.

8. Students will edit and revise as necessary before submitting the essay forgrading.

9. After sharing the essay with the teacher using Google drive, it will beassessed using afour-point rubric.

10. The final essay will be published usingFlipsnak.11. The Flipsnak will be embedded into the classroom blog.12. The students will gather together in groups according to the group they

were divided to at the beginning of this project.

13. Working collaboratively, students will use Padlet to collect notes for theslide presentation.14. Next, taking the notes gathered on Padlet, the students will then create a

slide presentation using Google drive on what they have learned aboutwestward expansion. There will be a minimum of 7 slides consisting of atitle page, five slides of information about the group they researched, andfinally a resource page.

15. The slide presentation will be narrated usingVoiceThread.
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16. Lastly, the students will download slide presentations toclassroom blog.

Links and Resources:

Classroom blog:http://www.ascs4th.wordpress.com

Flipsnak: http://www.flipsnack.com/Google DriveJigsaw organizer:http://www.classtools.net/education-games-php/jigsaw Library of Congress:http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/journeys/ Padlet: http://padlet.com/Pre-Approved Internet sites:www.ascs4th.weebly.comVoiceThread:https://voicethread.com/

Assessment:

Students will be assessed using a4-point rubric.

Adaptations for Learners with Special Needs:

An audio recording of the history of the Corps of Discovery will be made availablefor students who may experience difficulty completing the reading associatedwith this project.

1. Audio recording of the history of Lewis & Clark Expedition is availableat http://eslaudio.blogspot.com/2010/06/lewis-and-clark-expedition-early-1800s.html

Credit:

This activity was adapted from the Journeys West project found at theLibrary ofCongress. Originally it was written for students in grades 6-8 or 9-12, howeveradaptations have been made to make it grade level appropriate for 4th gradestudents.

Knowing my students needed a safe environment to conduct research, I createda website with resources that have been approved by me. After completing thisassignment using Weebly to better manage the research aspect of this project, Iam finding many more ways to integrate this type of activity into my classroom.
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