Haines Middle School
U.S. History Project

Presentation Concepts

Title
Web Page History Project
Subject/Content Area
Technology/History
Purpose/Goal
To produce students who use the most current technology and a variety of information sources to accomplish their goals.
Context/Setting/Environment
To meet the above goal which is part of the School District 303 Strategic Plan through the eighth grade technology class.
Scenario
Time Frame for Carrying Out Project
Four weeks of one period a day are required for students to master those skills not related to the Internet which are necessary for the completed project. The actual project will take four weeks to create and one week for presentation.
Learner Description
This is a heterogeneous class of 16-22 eighth graders in an affluent suburban middle school.
Learner Outcomes
Students will identify an appropriate area from their history curriculum for further study.
Students will refine their topic with input from other students, the technology teacher, and the history teacher.
Students will create a report in the form of a web page which containing:
Significant historical content.
Text of their own creation containing information gained on the Internet.
Text from the net with proper citation of the source.
Graphics from the net with proper citation of the source.
Links to other resources on the net for readers who want to explore the topic further.

The Project: Click to go to the student Assignment Page

Assessment of Students involved in the project
At the beginning of the project the student will receive a teacher created rubric which assesses content, skills, and cooperative skills.
Every few days during the project the class will be called together to reexamine the rubric and discuss how it might need to be modified. With teacher guidance, the rubric will be modified when appropriate.
When the project is complete the technology teacher, the history teacher, the student, and the class will complete a rubric assessing the final product.
Evaluation of Project
At the end of each quarter the students, the technology teacher and the history teacher will document what they think worked, what didn't work and how the project could be improved.
Annotated Bibliography

Tutorials:
Netscape 2.0 Tutorial........http://w3.ag.uiuc.edu/aim/2.0/tutorial/
What is a URL?..............http://www.gactr.uga.edu/Exploring/urls.html
What is the Internet?.........http://www.gactr.uga.edu/Exploring/netweb.html
Netscape Basics..............http://www.gactr.uga.edu/Exploring/netscape.html
Sample Web Sites............http://www.gactr.uga.edu/Exploring/sites.html
Citing Internet Sources......http://www.classroom.net/classroom/CitingNetResources.htm

Searching:
Yahoo..........................http://www.yahoo.com/
Alta Vista......................http://www.altavista.digital.com/
WebCrawler...................http://www.webcrawler.com/


Author: Daniel J. Thomas
Created: July 15, 1996
Written for the Fermilab Education Office's Summer_96 LInC Program