Table 1 Levels of Technology Skills (Teacher and Student)

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1 Word Processor Table 1 Levels of Technology Skills (Teacher and Student) Application Entry Skill Level Intermediate Skill Level High Skill Level Expert Skill Level Creating Reports, essays, and assignments. Using spell check and thesaurus Creating reports, essays, and assignments with pictures. Incorporating symbols Working with headers and footers Inserting diagrams Making tables Checking reading level Working with formatting Using themes Creating graphic organizers Editing pictures and clip art Mail merging Incorporating hyperlinks (hotlisting) Creating newspapers or pamphlets Converting to html Creating interim test questions Making maps, timelines, charts, and graphs Creating templates Incorporating reference skills Working with frames Creating informative website (scavenger hunt) Presentation Systems Internet Simple slide show, used for information only Simple search Printing out documents Citing websites Bookmarking Simple slide show incorporating pictures with infrequent opportunities for interaction Boolean Searching Obtaining pictures Translating websites Looking at cache Exporting Bookmarks Interactive slide show with links, multimedia, and many opportunities for student interaction Converting to a website Checking for validity Cookies Application helpers Creating Scavenger Hunts Adding plugins Creating Website for classroom Nonlinear presentation incorporating multimedia, links, and high levels of interaction. Using digital media (cameras and video) Editing with Word Obtaining sounds and video Creating Webquests

2 Table 2: Suggested Teacher and Student Products Unit/Topic Word Processor Presentation Internet 1 st Nine Weeks Beginning of Year 1 st Nine Weeks English Colonization Chapters 3-4 Pgs Syllabus Classroom Rules Table: Political, Economic, and Social reasons for colonization (pg 91 in textbook) Table: PERSIA comparing selected colonies such as Plymouth and Jamestown Pamphlet: Come to America! Bar Chart: Pg 72 in Teacher s Edition (Meeting Special Needs) Creating Thematic Maps: Pg 77, 83, and 87 in textbook Timeline: Major events from Foundations of Government in America Foundations of Religious Freedom in America Translating Primary Resources to modern English Syllabus Classroom Rules Multimedia showing major themes Welcome to my colony! Representative Governments in Colonial America Religious Differences and Freedoms in America Creating a Jeopardy game Multimedia presentation showing Colonial Culture Multimedia presentation showing growth of slavery in America and slave culture Publishing of syllabus Publishing of rules Researching colonial history and gathering media colonial

3 English Colonization (Cont) 1 st Nine Weeks Steps Towards Chapters 4 5 Pgs Timeline: Roots and growth of slavery in America Graphic organizer effects of the Enlightenment Chart: Comparing/ contrasting the differences between Charter, Proprietary and Royal colonies Creating a word wall Timeline: Show the major events leading up to the Declaration of Independence Graphic Organizer: Causes and Effects of the French and Indian War Graphic Organizer: Causes of the American Point of View Newspaper: Create a newspaper showing the British side and the American side of the causes of the Causes and effects of the Albany Plan of Union Research on one of the Founding Fathers Table: Political, Economic, and Social Reasons for the and multimedia Multimedia Presentation on the Causes of the Lesson in Bias Demonstrating the Boston Massacre as seen from the British point of view and the American point of view Creating a newscast using digital media showing the causes of the Researching information and gathering multimedia on the causes of the Working with Primary sources Using to investigate the Declaration of Independence Link page with Internet on the American Scavenger Hunt Webquest

4 1 st Nine Weeks Steps Towards (cont) 2 nd Nine Weeks The American Chapter 6 Pgs nd Nine Weeks Creating A National Government Chapter 7 Pgs Colonial Newspaper either supporting or opposing the Declaration of Independence Timeline: Showing the major events of the American Table: Help from other nations showing who, what, when, and how Table: Comparing and contrasting the American and British armies Creating a Thematic Map: Major Battles of the American Creating a letter from Valley Forge Creating a letter from a soldier to Thomas Paine in response to The American Crisis effects of the Timeline: Major Events concerning the AOC through the Constitutional Convention T-Chart: Small States vs. Large States Effects of the Northwest Ordinance Multimedia presentation on the for the Articles of Confederation for the Constitutional Convention Researching the American and gathering media American Researching the Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention and gathering media Articles of Confederation and the Constitutional Convention

5 Creating A National Government (Cont) 2 nd Nine Weeks The Constitution of the United States and Citizenship Civics in Action & United States Constitution Pgs Research project on the Founding Fathers Table: The strengths and weaknesses of the AOC Table: Compromises of the Convention T-Chart: Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists Table: Separation of Powers Graphic Organizer: Checks and Balances responsibilities of an American citizen Federal System of Government Graphic Organizer: How a Bill becomes a law Presentation Large States vs. Small States and Compromises Collaborative project: The Protect Freedoms The Bill of Rights Researching the Constitution and gathering media Constitutional The Early Republic Chapters 8-9 Pgs Chapters Pgs Timeline Major Events Presidency of Washington Federalists vs. Democratic Republicans Whiskey Rebellion Washington s Farewell Address Non-linear presentation The First Five Presidents Presentation The History of the Star Spangled Banner an d Old Glory Virtual Tour The Journey of Lewis and Clark Researching the Presidents from Washington to Harrison and gathering media Using interactive websites on the Lewis and Clark Expedition Early Republic

6 The Early Republic (Cont) The Industrial Chapter Pgs Chapter 13 Pgs Presidency of Jefferson Marbury v. Madison War of 1812 Bar Chart The Economic Effects of the War of 1812 Sectionalism and Sectional Leaders Missouri Compromise Monroe Doctrine Corrupt Bargain Bar Chart The Elections of 1824 and 1828 Nullification Issue New Political Parties compare and contrast Democrats vs. Whigs Create a storybook based on someone who worked in an early 19 th century factory. Effects of the Industrial Effects of Urbanization Changes in Transportation Slide show on the expansion of the U.S Who Am I? Sectionalism and Sectional leaders Point of View Oral Presentation The Removal of the Five Tribes Presentation The Removal of the 5 Tribes Virtual Tour of a Factory Inventors and Innovations Industrial North vs. Agricultural South Growth of Slavery Industrial Finding pictures of factory workers Finding oral histories on factory life

7 The Industrial (cont) Manifest Destiny Chapter 12 Pgs Age of Reform Chapter 14 Pgs Northern Economy vs. The Southern Economy Cause and Effect Manifest Destiny Cause and Effect War with Mexico Diary Life on the Trail Reform Movement Biography Leaders of the Reform Movements Flip Book Leaders and Their Reforms The History of the Industrial in America Immigrants and the Industrial Virtual Tour Life on the Trail Non-linear The Expanding U.S. Visuals based on Manifest Destiny The Texas War with Mexico Point of View Biography The Leaders of the Reform Movements Virtual Tour Life on a Plantation Life as a Slave Escape Going on the Underground Railroad Industrial Finding pictures of people on the various trails Using interactive websites on the various trails Reform Movement Finding pictures of people who were involved in the various reform movements Use interactive websites on the Underground Railroad

8 4 th Nine Weeks Causes of the Civil War Chapter 15 Pgs th Nine Weeks The Civil War and Reconstruction Chapters Pgs Cause and Effect Causes of the Civil War Timeline The Road to Civil War Chart The Election of 1860 Dred Scott Case Wilmot Proviso Compromise of 1850 Fugitive Slave Act Cause and Effect Bloody Kansas Compare and Contrast Democrats vs. Republicans The Speeches of Lincoln Chart Northern Resources vs. Southern Resources Timeline The Civil War Compare and Contrast Life in the Southern Army vs. Life in the Northern Army Charts The Battles of the Civil War Graphs The effects of the Civil War Graphic Organizer - The Gettysburg Address Steps taken to try to hold the nation together Visual Tour Causes of the Civil War Point of View North vs. South The States of Secession The Speeches of Lincoln Point of View The North vs. South Leaders of the Civil War Virtual Tour Battlefields of the Civil War Reconstruction Rebuilding the Nation Life of African-Americans after the Civil War causes of the Civil War Civil War Finding pictures of people who were in the Civil War Finding pictures of people and events showing the effects of Reconstruction

9 4 th Nine Weeks The Civil War and Reconstruction (cont) Different Reconstruction Plans Effects of Reconstruction Election of 1876

10 Levels of Technology and Suggested Strategies for The Integration of Technology 8 th Grade

Alaska Content Standards Geo.D1, Geo.D4, Geo.D5, Hist.A7, Hist.B1c

Alaska Content Standards Geo.D1, Geo.D4, Geo.D5, Hist.A7, Hist.B1c 8 th Grade US Studies Instructional Focus: Students will study the ideas, issues, and events leading to framing of the Constitution through Reconstruction. After reviewing the development of America s