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The Giver
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Track #65211
Format: Extended learning
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This track was created for a sixth grade class reading the book The Giver by Lois Lowry. This track will encourage them to broaden their computer skills and search strategies on the Internet by completing the following activities: 1) gather information about the life of the people from four different countries and create a spreadsheet and graphs with the information;
2) determine possible careers by taking an online career survey; 3) gather information about a career and create a PowerPoint presentation; and 4) complete an online puzzle about an event from American history and answer questions about the puzzle. The track meets the Tennessee Curriculum Framework Computer Technology Literacy and Usage: The student will use a variety of technologies to improve classroom learning, increase productivity, and support creativity.
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Ancient Indus Valley Civilization
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Track #55949
Format: Extended learning
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This track was created for a unit on the ancient Indus Valley Civilization being studied by a group of sixth graders in Social Studies. Students will complete the following activities 1) read a story about life in the Indus River Valley; 2) take notes on certain aspects of life in that civilization; 3) use the notes to create a travel brochure for visitors to Mohenjo-Daro, a city in the Indus Valley; 4) complete a reading activity that requires them to make inferences based on the story; and 5) work with a small group to complete a Power Point presentation about life in the Indus Valley and share this presentation with other sixth graders through e-mail. This track meets the Tennessee Curriculum Frameworks standard for (1) Language Arts (6-8) Viewing and Representing: The student will use, read, and view media/technology and analyze content and concepts accurately; (2) Social Studies (6-8) History: Students will exhibit an understanding of the dynamic interaction between human events and the state, region, or country in which they occur; and (3) Technology (6-8) The student will use technology as a tool to conduct and evaluate research and to communicate effectively information and ideas.
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Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters (ESL)
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Track #19886
Format: Resource list
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ESL students enjoy hearing and reading literature, yet are unfamiliar with some traditional English stories. They also enjoy learning about other countries, especially if one of their classmates is from a particular country. Whatever topic is being studied, teachers need to place a strong emphasis on language development and interaction. In addition to addressing these needs, this track also addresses the learning gap in our ESL class of not using computers for information or communication. This unit incorporates the following standards:Technology Standard #6 The student will use technology as a tool to conduct and evaluate research and to communicate effectively information and ideas. Language Arts: Viewing and Representing (3-5)The student will use, read, and view media/technolgy and analyze content and concepts accurately. Social Studies: Geography (3-5) The student will demonstrate a basic geographic knowledge through identifying and locating major physical and political features on maps and globes. For this track, students will be creating a travel poster about Zimbabwe from the information gleaned from online sources. They will also create postcards with pictures of animals and information about the animals in Zimbabwe. They will locate Zimbabwe on a map of Africa and note the surrounding countries.
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Word Up! (Vocabulary)
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Track #19887
Format: Resource list
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Vocabulary development is not a particularly enticing topic for most fifth graders. It is important to tie any vocabulary study to recreational reading or a topic they are studying. However, it is also important that they develop the skills to increase their vocabulary on their own. As they enter middle school, they need to know how to use both print and online reference sources to find out more about the vocabulary that they are expected to develop. Another skill that must be developed is writing for various audiences. This track addresses these needs. Students choose a word from a teacher-created list. Students then search online and print resources (dictionaries and thesauri) for information about that word. They use print and online sources to find out how the word has been used in literature, ie. Shakespeare's works. They interview adults, both in person and by e-mail, to further determine how the word is used. They write a paper with their findings. They create a visual interpreting the word for their peers. They reflect on using the various sources, especially the Internet. This track incorporates the following standards: Language Arts: Writing (3-5) The student will develop the structural and creative skills necessary to produce written language that can be read and interpreted by various audiences. Language Arts:
Reading (3-5) The student will develop the reading skills necessary for word recognition, comprehension, interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and appreciation of the written text. Technology Standard #5: The student will use a variety of technologies to improve classroom learning, increase productivity, and support creativity.
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Exploring Elements on the Periodic Table
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Track #19885
Format: Resource list
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Fifth graders have had opportunities to explore various sources to find information about science topics. They need experiences that allow them to create a new form from the information that they find. As teachers, it is important that we approach them with an interdisciplinary approach, allowing them to tie learning from different subjects together. This trackstar incorporates the following standards:
English/Language Arts (3-5) The student will use, read, and view media/technology and analyze content and concepts accurately. Science: Unifying Concepts of Science (3-5) The sharing and disseminating of results should be done in a clear and concise manner. Technology Standard 5 (3-5) The student will use a variety of technologies to improve classroom learning, increase productivity, and support creativity. As part of the unit, students will research to find information about an element, write a paper with their findings including correct bibliographic citations, create a comic strip story with facts about their element, and create a graphic organizer about the life of Dmitri Mendeleev.
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