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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
- Understand the evolution of cultural and social issues in areas of Westward Expansion,
Imigration, and Civil Rights.
- Develop and practice research skills, using style by the Modern Language Association
(MLA).
- Evaluate the evolutionary impact of cultural and social issues on contemporary United
States and on the individual (student).
- Practice writing clear details with supporting evidence and examples.
- Evaluate ways of improving drafts through workshopping.
- Practice team dynamics through sifting (analysis and evaluation) of research material
for the most appropriate usage.
- 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
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3 pages of Notes |
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Annotated bibliography |
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Query letter with revision notes (30 words rephrased) |
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Narrative draft with 1st revision notes (content: 50 words rephrased) |
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Narrative draft with 2nd revision notes (include grammar and spelling) |
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Study questions with the answers |
Product
| Narrative |
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| Query Letter |
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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.
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| Teachers' evaluation: 80% |
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| Teams' evaluation: 20% |
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Contacts
If you have questions, talk, phone, or email Mr. Banks or Mr. McCarthy
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