Fifth Grade March 2013

TECH TEACHER 

TECH STUDENT

Learning Goal:

Historical figure research project

Unit Goal:

TSW research a historical figure who has impacted the world

TSW use one search engine and one content website to gather information.

TSW present with PowerPoint and Blabberize/Voki and Glogster

2. NETS Objective:

	Research and Information Fluency
	Creativity & Innovation Voki/Blabberize/Glogster
	Technology Operations: Keyboarding Review Powerpoint

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TSW....

1. Identify an historical figure (composer, inventor, president, artist, painter, explorer, etc.) 

2. Research their life 

a. Where is this historical figure from? 

b. What did they do to impact our world?

c. What are 5-7 interesting facts about this person?

(You may use a famous audio clip of music, speech, painting, invention, etc)

d. You can use the following websites to select an historical figure.

Historical Figures 

• Composers
• Inventors
• Artists
• Presidents
• Women in History
• Historical People

You can also use a livebinder to have students select an historical figure. LiveBinders are an organizational notebook/binder that you can place all of your project's websites  online for your students.  Historical Figures Livebinder

3. Present historical figures to class 

a. Use PowerPoint (One slide per question) or Glogster login: (after they do PowerPoint) to present

b. Create a Voki character or Blabberize character to share interesting facts about historical figures. You may embed this into your PowerPoint or Glog or present as a stand-alone. See the examples below....

The students will do the following:

****Check new students for Fasttmath/AR/IXL

1. Keyboarding  (Do not hit save and continue, do retake exercise)

2.

Identify an historical figure using the live binder and links below. You must be able to answer "How did this person impact the world?" before you begin your research! Historical Figures Livebinder

3. Download the  

  Historical Figures Research Form. Save to the desktop.

4. Research the life of the historical figure using a search engine: SafeSearch to find  appropriate websites to locate your information.

5.  

You are to do your research project in this order:

1. Word Research Form: Download Word Research form to answer all research questions.

2. PowerPoint: Create a PowerPoint using your research findings.

3.  Voki or Blabberize: Create a Voki or Blabberize and use your PowerPoint as your script. 

4. Glogster login: Embed your PowerPoint and your Voki/Blabberize into your Glogster poster. 

5. If time allows, create an iMovie with your information. 

Common Core Standards

7. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually

and quantitatively, as well as in words.

2. Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually,

quantitatively, and orally.

5. Make strategic use of digital media and visual displays of data to express information and

enhance understanding of presentations.

Assessment:

• Students and teacher can use a class-created rubric to evaluate quality of research presentations. 

Voki/Blabberize Excel Rubric.

http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php?screen=ShowRubric&rubric_id=2200712

• Students and teacher can create a flashcard quiz from the students’ research. http://quizlet.com/_5ilf

For the week of March 18-21, 2013

St. Patrick's Day Fun!