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NORWELL PUBLIC SCHOOLS |
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Technology-Enhanced Learning Activity Summary |
| Name: Janice Mazzola | School: Norwell Middle School |
| Learning Activity Title: Timeline Project | |
| Grade Level(s): 8th grade | Subject Area: English |
| Description of Activity:
What is the learning experience? What will teachers and students do during
the course of the activity? Through what performances or products will
students demonstrate what they know and are able to do? Before reading the play version of The Diary of Anne Frank, students will analyze and discuss the timeline on pp. 344-345 in their literature book that highlights the events in Anne Frank's life and the world events that occurred during her lifetime. After reading the play, students will create a similar timeline listing major events in their life beside major world events that have occurred during their lifetime. Students are given a graphic organizer on which they can list both personal and world events. They are encouraged to use both their parents and the internet as a resource for this information. Students must list a minimum of ten personal events and ten world events, and they are also required to find pictures that relate to some of the personal and world events. The final project will be completed in the computer lab using the TimeLiner program. Students create two different timelines and merge them together to compare what was happening at the same time in their own lives and the world. The computer program creates a timeline that is chronologically correct and spaces the time frame appropriately. Students are able to format fonts, insert images from the internet and scanned photos. |
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| Technology Standards Addressed: This
learning activity will allow students to develop proficiency in the
following Norwell Public Schools technology standards: 1.0 General Computing Skills 5.0 Graphical Concept Skills 6.0 Web and Online Research Skills |
Skills and Concepts
(see Scope and Sequence) 5.17-5.21, 5.23 6.06 Copy image from a web site into a document, write a correct citation. 6.08 Use search engines effectively to find relevant information. Organize information that is collected using a variety of tools. |
| Curriculum Standards:
Which curriculum frameworks, strands, and learning standards does the
activity address? Language Strand, Standard 2, 2.4 Integrate relevant information gathered from group discussions & interviews for reports. Reading & Literature Strand, Standard 9, 9.5 Relate a literary work to artifacts, artistic creations, or historical sites of the period of its setting. Composition Strand, Standard 24, 24.4 Apply steps for obtaining information from a variety of sources, organizing information, documenting sources and presenting research in individual projects Media Strand, Standard 27, 27.5 Use criteria to assess the effectiveness of media presentations. |
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| Materials & Equipment: What
specific software, hardware, websites, handouts, and other printed materials
are involved in this activity? Attachments
included TimeLiner program Computer lab setting Plenty of printer paper and tape
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Teacher Tips and Notes:
What strategies are recommended regarding logistics, preparation, classroom
management, or other implementation concerns? This lesson had the students in the lab for three days. They filled in the graphic organizer with their life events and world events for homework the night before the project started. They gathered photos of themselves that pertained to the events in the timeline the second night. Getting the pictures early so they can be scanned and put on a CD would be very helpful. |
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