Lesson Plans for

Natives Around the World

Technology Workshop

With Mrs. Schulz

The Classes will visit the Technology Workshop 3 times a week for 45 minute periods.

Classes will be divided into teams of 4 students. Cooperative Teams will choose a Native Tribe name, handshake and silent cheer. Each student on the team will be assigned a letter," A, B,C, or D" for the purpose of rotating centers and responsibilities. Responsibility roles will be changed weekly.

The first class of the week will be spent in whole class instruction. The first 5 minutes of the next two classes will be spent reviewing whole class directions and explaining centers. Then there will be 2 twenty minute sessions in which the students will rotate between centers. The third class period of that session will continue the rotations so that all four groups will have a chance to get to all four centers. (See schedule below for more details)

The four centers will consist of:

Western Maryland Center (WMC) -- IIe computers hooked to a

LAN with MECC software.

Central Maryland Center (CMC)--- PC computers with Microsoft

Word, Kidpix, and PowerPoint

Eastern Shore Center --(ESC) Center for writing activities

connected with curriculum

Southern Maryland Center -- (SMC) Hands on activities

connected with curriculum

Below is the rotation schedule and lesson plans and activities for each session in the project:

Whole Class Activity

Center Activities

Day 2 ô Rotationô Day 3

Session -1 -

  1. Keyboarding Drill
  2. Brainstorm ideas of growing up.....
  3. Saving to a disk
  4. Writing a sample 4 Q's.

WMC - Communikeys

A

C

D

B

CSC- Use Word to write 4 Q's

B

D

A

C

ESC - Write rough draft of 4 Q's

C

A

B

D

SMC - Create a Keyboard

D

B

C

A

Session -2 -

  • Keyboarding Drill
  • Cutting & Pasting from Word to online
  • Saving to a disk
  • Location URL' s online

    • WMC - Communikeys

    A

    C

    D

    B

    CSC- Cut & Paste 4 Q's from Word to online

    B

    D

    A

    C

    ESC - Write an intro of yourself to an e-pal

    C

    A

    B

    D

    SMC - Use maps to locate cities using latitude and longtitude

    D

    B

    C

    A

    Session -3 -

  • Keyboarding Drill
  • Finding E-Pals
  • Finding Lat. & Long.
  • Write a sample email

    • WMC - Communikeys

    A

    C

    D

    B

    CSC- Write email intro in Word

    B

    D

    A

    C

    ESC - Make a list of things your tribe may have traded.

    C

    A

    B

    D

    SMC - Create a drawing showing the geographical features around your tribe

    D

    B

    C

    A

    Whole Class Activity

    Center Activities

    Day 2 ô Rotationô Day 3

    Session -4 -

  • Keyboarding Drill
  • Writing Word Problems
  • Using KidPix or Paint to Illustrate

    • .

    WMC - Communikeys

    A

    C

    D

    B

    CSC- Cut & Paste email info online

    B

    D

    A

    C

    ESC - Write a word problem describing a trading situation that may have existed for your tribe

    C

    A

    B

    D

    SMC - Storyboard your word problem

    D

    B

    C

    A

    Session -5 -

  • Keyboarding Drill
  • Using symbols to communicate
  • Mayan Math
  • Native & International symbols

    • WMC - Arizona Mix

    A

    C

    D

    B

    CSC- Use Kidpix to illustrate your word problem

    B

    D

    A

    C

    ESC - Solve secret code messages using your Spelling words--make up your own code also

    C

    A

    B

    D

    SMC - Plan out your secret code drawing for next week

    D

    B

    C

    A

    Session -6 -

  • Keyboarding Drill
  • Online chat about novels?
  • Discuss artifacts for tribes and class artifact box
  • Decide which tribe is describing and illustrating which artifact

    • WMC - BlueGrass Bluff

    A

    C

    D

    B

    CSC- Use Paint to draw your Indian code language

    B

    D

    A

    C

    ESC - Write a rough draft of the prompt concerning your main character.

    C

    A

    B

    D

    SMC - Create your group plan for your part of the artifact project

    D

    B

    C

    A

    Session -7 -

    Last minute planning and working on the artifact projects if needed -- In this session, groups will work on the computer together.

     

    Session -8 - Sharing & Evaluating our project and others

    WMC - Arizona Mix or BlueGrass Bluff for those groups finished project

    A

    C

    D

    B

    CSC- Use Paint to draw your artifact and its description

    B

    D

    A

    C

    ESC - Write the description of your artifact

    C

    A

    B

    D

    SMC - Evaluate your group part of the artifact project

    D

    B

    C

    A