Organizer
How
would my life be different without the contributions of African American
Scientists/Inventors?
Academic
Expectations
1.11 Students write using appropriate forms, conventions, and styles to communicate ideas and information to different audiences for different purposes
1.12 Students speak using appropriate forms, conventions, and styles to communicate ideas and information to different audiences for different purposes
1.16 Students use computers and other kinds of technology to collect, organize, and communicate information and ideas. 2.2-2.6
2.20 Students understand, analyze, and interpret historical events, conditions, trends, and issues to develop historical perspective.
Secondary
Academic Expectations: 1.2,
1.4, 4.5
Essential
Questions:
1. Who are the African
American Inventors/Scientists and what did they invent?
2. What is the history of
their invention?
a. What is its purpose?
b. How did it come about?
c. How might it
have been culturally relevant?
3. How is this invention
important to my daily life?
Culminating
Performance
Using
inquiry based investigation of an African American Scientist/Inventor, students
will develop a web page that addresses the essential questions and organizer.
They will present their page to their classmates and contribute their web
page to a virtual museum of African American Scientist/Inventors. Classmates
will provide performance feedback using a presentation scoring rubric.
In addition, students’ writing will be assessed using the Ky. Holistic
Scoring Guide and a teacher rubric will evaluate both their final product and
presentation.
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Yahoo
Webmaster |
Yahooligans Webmaster |
Ms.
Casey’s Webmaster |
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1.11
Writing (Scored
according to the criteria of the Ky. Holistic Scoring Guide) |
Proficient |
Apprentice |
Novice |
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1.12
Oral presentation |
Presents
web page to the audience in a manner that is original, understandable, and
informative |
Presents
web page to the audience in a manner that is understandable and
informative |
Presents
web page to the audience in a manner that is understandable |
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1.16
Web page |
Creates
a web page with a home page and at least 2 other pages, that is visually
pleasing (various fonts, backgrounds, font color, and graphics),
organized, and easily navigated |
Creates
a web page with a home page and 1 other page, that is organized and easily
navigated |
Creates
a web page with an organized home page |
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2.20
Content |
All
questions and organizer are answered thoroughly with insight and relevant,
rich and engaging details. |
All
questions and organizer are answered thoroughly with relevant details. |
All
questions and organizer are answered with some details. |
Knowledge
Function
and role of science/inventions in everyday life past, present and future
Notable
African American scientists/inventors
Impact
of scientific advances on people
How
science/inventions can be used to solve problems
Types
of writing
Effective
speaking techniques
Writing
process
Cultural
Influence
Skills/Abilities
Demonstrate
literacy skills
Collect,
organize and display data
Make
predictions
Synthesize
information from multiple sources
Incorporate
media, print and technology
Draw
conclusions
Using
FrontPage
Plan
and implement presentation
Exercise
effective research skills
Locate
information using the Internet
Make
connections
Score
and evaluate classmates presentations
Evaluate
information from the Internet
Critical Resources:
Graphic
Organizer
Web
sites
FrontPage
Word
Unit
WebQuest
Library
reference materials
Lesson Sequence
Day
1:
Learning
Goal: Students will become acquainted with goals and purpose of unit.
Sequence
of Lesson:
Discuss
organizer and essential questions
Discuss
culminating activity and rubric
Discuss
knowledge and skills
Introduction
to African American Inventors
Day
2:
Learning
Goal: Student will correctly use citations as they copy/paste
information from internet.
Sequence
of Lesson:
Conduct
lesson on copying and pasting
Conduct
lesson on citing resources
Days
3-6:
Learning
Goal: Students will select an African American inventor/scientist and begin
internet and library research.
Sequence
of Lesson:
Develop
WebQuest on a single scientist/inventor or select 2-3 with similar
inventions.
Days
7-8:
Learning
Goal: Students will create rough drafts of their web pages.
Sequence
of Lesson:
Students
will design web pages on paper.
Days
9-12:
Learning
Goal: Student will use FrontPage to create web pages.
Sequence
of Lesson:
Introduction
to FrontPage
Use
FrontPage to create their web pages.
Days
13- ?:
Learning
Goal: Student will present their web pages to the class.
Sequence
of Lesson:
1.
Students make presentations to class and evaluate classmates