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Reconstructing-Milestones-in-US-History-Collaboratively-With-Technology

Page history last edited by Christine Bauer-Ramazani 5 years, 9 months ago

Reconstructing Milestones in US History Collaboratively With Technology

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Students will learn about milestone events that shaped U.S. history and contributed to American culture and the formation of the American character, values, beliefs, and attitudes. These include the War for Independence, fought in the Lake Champlain area, the Civil War, and the Civil Rights Movement. Using 21st century technology skills, students will collaboratively construct a class wiki (shared web page), on which they will share additional readings about these historical events, as well as reconstruct the events in written form. Students will add images to their wiki (with proper attribution of sources) and develop a team presentation in Google Slides, uploaded to the class wiki. The link to their work on the class wiki can be shared with family and friends.

 

OBJECTIVES/LEARNING OUTCOMES:

 By the end of this course, students will be able to

  • take notes on relevant written and spoken information;
  • reconstruct their notes to answer essay or discussion questions;
  • use their notes to report information to the class;
  • analyze grammatical structures and self-correct grammar errors;
  • evaluate information found on the Internet and credit sources properly;
  • post information collaboratively in a class wiki;
  • create a slideshow in Google Slides, present it to the class, and upload it to the class wiki.

 

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Syllabus

Christine's U.S. Geography page

Christine's Milestones in US History Web Page with many resources

 

 

WEEK DATE CLASS ACTIVITIES

ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE NEXT DAY

 LINKS to TEAM Web Pages
1 Tuesday,
7/2/2018
  1. Introductions 
  2. Student Information sheet 
  3. Interviews (30 min.) 
  4. Logging into the wiki at PBworks--Add Users by email address 
  5. Scan the QR code to your phone/tablet -- URL: http://iep-rdg-writ.pbworks.com/w/page/127127852/Reconstructing-Milestones-in-US-History-Collaboratively-With-Technology 
  6. Course content/syllabus
  7. Teams for Week 1--Boston, Massachusetts: The Birth of a Nation--READING: Boston, Massachusetts: Birth of a Nation (Click "Download" tab.)
    1. Each team chooses one section of the reading to report on, conduct further research, post additional resources, and present a slide show on Friday. 
  8. Reading Strategies
  1. Read the article, Boston, Massachusetts: Birth of a Nation 
    (Click "Download" tab.). Underline/highlight topic sentences
    and main ideas. Take notes in the margin. 
  2. Be prepared to summarize a section of the reading. 
    1. TEAM 1--Sachi / Juan: The 13 British Colonies in America &  Parliament Taxes the Colonies
    2. TEAM 2--Eliana / Masaya:  Protests Against Taxation Without Representation & The Boston Massacre
    3. TEAM 3--Mathieu / Daniela: The Boston Tea Party / The Birth of a New Nation and the American Revolution 
    4. TEAM 4--Maria Alejandra / Rui:  The 13 British Colonies in America &  Parliament Taxes the Colonies
    5. TEAM 5--Subaru / Nicolas:  Protests Against Taxation Without Representation & The Boston Massacre
  3. See additional resources on Christine's web page: http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/IEP/content/US_History/AmRev.htm  
  4. Read/study the Reading Strategies for a quiz.   
  5. Watch the fireworks on Lake Champlain! 

 
  Wednesday,
7/4/2018

NO CLASS --
INDEPENDENCE DAY

 
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  Thursday,
7/5/2018
  1. GMAIL accounts & writing in the wiki 
  2. TEAMS: Exchange information, set meeting time(s). 
  3. TEAMS: Oral reconstructions of "Boston: The Birth of a Nation" (using notes only as a reminder; NO READING!)
    1. TEAM 2 discusses notes
    2. TEAMs 1 & 4 present to TEAM 3.
    3. TEAMs 2 & 5 present to TEAM 3.
    4. TEAM 3 presents to TEAMS 1, 4, 5. 
  4. VIDEO/TEXT: The Declaration of Independence--Boston, Massachusetts: Birth of a Nation  
  5. Sources for extending your topic: for a presentation: Boston, Massachusetts: Birth of a Nation  
  6. How to create an effective presentation -- Effective Presentations 
  7. TEAMWORK:
    1. Building a slideshow for your presentation -- 6-8 min. (3-4 min. per person); 7-9 min. for a team of 3 presenters 
      1. Cover slide
      2. Overview slide
      3. 3-4 Content slides
      4. Conclusion slide
      5. References slide
      6. Thank you! Questions? slide
    2. Create these slides in the slideshow in your Google folder.
  8. Rubric for evaluation of your team presentation
  9. Evaluating sources on the Internet
    1. bias
    2. domains: .com, .org, .net, . edu, .gov, .mil, .jp, .co, .de
    3. strategy 
  10. TEAMWORK: Selecting sources for the team's topic and presentation--Boston, Massachusetts: Birth of a Nation  
  11. Note-taking Strategies and 
    Standard Symbols and Abbreviations  
  1. Complete pages 8-12 on your handout. 
  2. TEAMWORK--Presentation Preparation:
    1. Read and take notes on your sources.
    2. Post your sources (link) and a short, 2-3 sentence annotation (summary) of your source on the wiki page. 
    3. Prepare an outline for your slides. 
  3. Meet with your team members.
  4. Complete your slides: 
    1. Choose a consistent background.
    2. Choose consistent font colors and sizes.
    3. Choose bullets.
    4. Choose Images (citation: title/text linked to web page)
    5. Put the information on the slides in PHRASES/Cornell Method form (no sentences, no abbreviations!)
    6. Reference slide: Citing research sources 
      1. EXAMPLE: O'Neill, T. (2009, Sept.). Every bird a king. National Geographic. 
        http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com
        /2009/09/king-penguins/oneill-text         

Link to Team Research & Presentations   


Links to   
  Friday,
7/6/2018
  1. Homework check: pp. 3-12 on your handout (15 min.)
  2. Update on Team topics/sources (5 min.)
  3. Brief review (25 min.):
    • The Cornell Method of note-taking--example in Note-taking Strategies 
    • How to create an effective presentation -- Effective Presentations
    • Image citations
    • Reference format
    • How to practice for a presentation -- vocabulary, pronunciation, stress/intonation, delivery 
  4. TEAMWORK on the presentation slides (25 min.):  
  1.  Presentation Preparation
    • Finalize your presentation.
    • Practice your presentation several times for TIME, PRONUNCIATION (th, endings, Unit 2 vocabulary), SENTENCE STRESS, THOUGHT GROUPS, INTONATION, BLENDING, FLUENCY. 
    • Practice your presentation with the team (technology, transitions, timing, content); 
  2. Download Grammarly as the checker for online writing and grammar (spelling, punctuation). Add it to Chrome. Use Chrome as your browser. 

Link to Teams' Writing page

 

Essay Question Choices for teams--collaborative answer:

  1. Describe the change in the relationship between the mother country and the colonies 1700-1774. Include major events and dates.
  2. Discuss the major events that led up to the American Revolution. Include dates. 

Essay Question for all teams--individual answer:

Taxation without representation was an important issue during the colonial period. Today, Americans are concerned about other issues: how to counter the ever-increasing divide among the people, how to control crime, how to stop global warming, etc. What issues are people in your country concerned about today?
     

 

 

 

 

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updated by Christine Bauer-Ramazani, 7/5/2018 

 

 

 

 

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