Monuments of the USA

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Description:

These fourth grade students used print and electronic media to research information about an USA monument. They will use AppleWorks to graphically organize their facts. Each fact sheet will include a picture and factual information about the monument.

 Description | Objectives | Materials | Activities & Tasks | Additional Resources | Assessment | Project Example | Credits

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Objectives:

The students will research facts about an USA monuments on the Internet. Then the students will complete a template on their computer with pictures and facts about the USA monument.

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Materials:

• Computers
• Internet access
• Connection between a computer and tv for final projects
• Printer to make a book from the student projects

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Activities/Tasks:

Preparation:

• Load AppleWorks template and Internet access onto laptops
• Preselect websites for monument facts
• A completed sample for students to see final project required

Procedure:	Benchmarks/GLE	NETS Standards
Task 1 Introduce the project to the students. Connect the teacher computer to the tv to show the students the AppleWorks template. (See "Project Examples" below for the template.) Discuss what questions they will be researching. Demonstrate how to manipulate the template and find pictures and facts about their monument on the Internet. Show students the links on the second page and how to maneuver on the Internet.	Benchmark LA/L,V,S:S.1; B:A,B,D-E ARTS/VA: S.1;B:A-C	Standard 1, 3, 4
Task 2 Assign the students to a computer. They will open the template and start by putting the name of their monument at the top of the page. Then they go to page 2 of the template and start with a link to the Internet to begin finding pictures and facts about the monument.	Benchmark LA/L,V,S:S.1; B:A,B,D-E ARTS/VA: S.1;B:A-C LA/W:S.1;B:A-C S.2; B:A-D	Standard 1,2,3,4,5
Task 3 Allow students to complete the template. This usually only takes one class period or a little under two hours.	Benchmark LA/L,V,S:S.1; B:A,B,D-E ARTS/VA: S.1;B:A-C LA/W:S.1;B:A-C S.2; B:A-D	Standard 1,2,3,4,5
Task 4 When the students are finished with their projects, have them attach their computer to the tv and read their facts to the class.	Benchmark LA: c.3.2.1-3.2.5	Standard 1,2,3,4,5

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Assessment:

Assessment will be on the student's final monument fact sheet. This sheet requires atleast one picture of the monument. Plus, the information about the state monument must be factual.

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Additional Resources:

• Encyclopedias
• Printed Media on monuments

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Project Example:

Monument templates:

I have included one in html format (Exporting from AppleWorks changes the format), AppleWorks6, and the two pages in pdf.

Monuments.html

Monuments.cwk

Page one.pdf

Page two.pdf

Here are a few completed student works:

1. Jefferson Memorial
2. Mount Rushmore
3. Capitol Building

Description | Objectives | Materials | Activities & Tasks | Additional Resources | Assessment | Project Example | Credits

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Credits:

Eileen Hardy, 4th Grade Teacher, Witt Elementary School, Bradenton, Florida, School webpage

Nancy Bacon, Instructional Technology, Manatee County School Board, Bradenton, Florida, Department Website

This project was completed in March 2003.

Comments:

We arranged for each student to pair up with another classmate. Each pair then had a mobile laptop. We made sure that the pairs in the class picked different USA monuments. Depending on how efficient the students are with computers and manipulating the Internet, most students finished their template in one class period. Some finished in two days. Each monument page was printed out and turned into a class book of monuments.