Celebrating+Student+Work+in+Social+Studies+with+Virtual+Tours+-+Elementary+Sample+Unit

Return to Social Studies toc =**Celebrating Student Work in Social Studies with Virtual Tours**= //Elementary Sample Unit//

**Content Outline**


=Class Components=

**Session 1 – Introduction to the Study of World Communities**
Author: Terri Ciaramello ·  Content Teaching Points: Gain understanding of new Scope and Sequence ·  Technology Teaching Points: Introduce the culminating project - the digital template ("Airport Organizer")


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Author: Shante' Chunn and Terri Ciaramello ·  Content Teaching Points: How can I use social studies keywords to help find appropriate websites for my students to research? ·  Technology Teaching Points: Which websites, directories, and free databases can I use to conduct the study?

Author: Robert McDougall ·  Content Teaching Points: How can I arrange online resources for easy use? ·  Technology Teaching Points: How do I protect my students while doing research on the internet?


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Author: Maritza Azaria ·  Content Teaching Points: How do I organize information I gathered? • ·  Technology Teaching Points: How do I utilize Micorsoft Word tools to organize my online resources? •


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Session 5 – **Enhancing Our Projects with Voice Narration**
Author(s) Maritza Azaria ·  Content Teaching Points: To match the information to the research questions by categorizing selections to facilitate student research ·  Technology Teaching Points: What is a good tool in Microsoft PowerPoint which will help us use technology effectively? How can I allow an audience to re-play important information delivered during a presentation?


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http://movies.atomiclearning.com/movie/k12/29837/play

Author(s): Shante Chunn ·  Content Teaching Points: How to distinguish important facts from extraneous details. ·  Technology Teaching Points: How to create links in Power Point.


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Author: Terri Ciaramello ·  Content Teaching Points: How to effectively draw comparisons among different world communities when studying the same features at each destination. ·  Technology Teaching Points: How to edit the template to accomodate our next "trip."


Author: Robert McDougall <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-family: Arial;">
 * Content Teaching Points: to learn how to make and oral and visual presentation of a world community
 * Technology Teaching Points: to learn how to share links and Power Points on a wiki and making a wiki


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//**Facilitator Notes:** You are encouraged to customize the materials to your teaching style. Please add your own contact information in the last slide of your PowerPoints before presenting.//