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Cultural and Social Transformation since 1865

Purpose: Develop and present an electronic chapter book on US History: 1865-1915.


Goals

  1. Understand the evolution of cultural and social issues in areas of Westward Expansion">

    Lessons Listing | Goals & Evaluation | Step One - Two - Three | Published Works

    Cultural and Social Transformation since 1865

    Purpose: Develop and present an electronic chapter book on US History: 1865-1915.


    Goals

    1. Understand the evolution of cultural and social issues in areas of Westward Expansion, Imigration, and Civil Rights.
    2. Develop and practice research skills, using style by the Modern Language Association (MLA).
    3. Evaluate the evolutionary impact of cultural and social issues on contemporary United States and on the individual (student).
    4. Practice writing clear details with supporting evidence and examples.
    5. Evaluate ways of improving drafts through workshopping.
    6. Practice team dynamics through sifting (analysis and evaluation) of research material for the most appropriate usage.
    7. Synthesize research into an electronic chapter book, using PowerPoint, that is becomes a usable interactive learning tool for the other students in the program and those that participate in later years.

    Evaluation

    Process

      3 pages of Notes
      Annotated bibliography
      Query letter with revision notes (30 words rephrased)
      Narrative draft with 1st revision notes (content: 50 words rephrased)
      Narrative draft with 2nd revision notes (include grammar and spelling)
      Study questions with the answers

    Product

    Narrative  
    Query Letter  

    Electronic Chapter Book: content that is clear (understandable), depth of details, parts such as links work. All projects will be published on the classroom website for evaluation.

    Teachers' evaluation: 80%  
    Teams' evaluation: 20%  

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