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The Maxwell Elementary Community
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"For this unit, "Community," the class walked around looking at
the buildings in our neighborhood. We paid attention to the material
they were made of and the shape of the buildings. We are lucky because
we have a Fire Station, bookstore, bike shop, restaurant, and many
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"When
we returned we all drew maps, designed buildings out of cardboard
boxes, and set up a
3D map. The next week we introduced the Smart Board. As a
class we decided how the roads should be set up and where our school
should go. Each student had a chance to place either a building, car,
tree, or street sign on our map. At the end of the unit each child
made a 5 page book." |
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[Produced with KidSpiration. Thanks to Missi Butler and her Maxwell Elementary
kindergarten class]
Additional picture
Finished map
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Submitted by Mike
Johnson
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[Besides KidsSpiration, mapping projects
can be accomplished in Tom Snyder's Neighborhood Map Machine or Community
Construction Kit (the latter is 3D) - jlj]
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"Just Like Me" at Linlee Elementary
"Just like me" is a frequent reading exercise in Valerie
Cornett's 3rd grade class at Linlee Elementary - students read a story,
and then make a list to compare themselves to the characters in the story.
This time, with the help of tech resource teacher Jamie Burch, Mrs.
Cornett was able to save the list she'd constructed to the computer using a
Mimeo (see
the story on Mimeo in March, 2002 TIPS), so that
it could be printed out and made an assignment for the next day.
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...constructing the list (note the Mimeo
at the top of the chart)... |
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...going back to the list the next day!
(The digitized version made it possible to instantly print out
copies for the students.) |
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Submitted by Jamie
Burch
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PET Curriculum Projects, featuring
High School Social
Studies
It's PET time! In the month of October alone, 36
teachers from 11 schools have participated in a PET Project. PET
stands for Planning for the Engagement of Technology, and was established
to assist classroom teachers in developing standards-based instructional
units that integrate technology. Teams of teachers come to Ambrose to work
with curriculum and technology resource teachers for two days on
developing these units. When they leave, they have units that are ready to
take back to their classrooms and be implemented with assistance from
these same resource teachers.
This year, for the first time, teachers from four
different high schools worked together to develop units. With the help
of Social Studies Content Specialist Nancy Gilligan, and utilizing the
Facing
History and Ourselves program, teachers from Henry Clay, Bryan
Station, Lafayette, and Tates Creek developed units on Immigration
(for use in Citizenship classes), the Judicial System (also for
Citizenship), the Holocaust (World History), and civil rights (U.S.
History). When finished, the units will be available through the
Facing History site as well as from our own PET
Project resource page.
Did you know that there are many elementary, middle and
high school units that have already been developed that are sitting on the
PET
website ready for you to download and use? Even if you weren't a
member of the team that developed the unit, you are invited to look
through the units and find something that you can revise or use as is. A
wealth of information is just waiting for you to explore!
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