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Basic Project Information

Title: 13 Colonies- Case Study (ID:3780)

Begin & End Dates: 10/06/10 to 12/06/10 (Completed)

Number of Classrooms: No limit

Age Range:  8 - 15 Years

Target Audience: Anyone

Summary: Classes will choose a colony from New England, Middle or Southern region and add information, images, stories to a wiki. Students from each school will share information and learn from other students' research.

Key Words: social studies, colonial america, colonies,


Project Details

Project Level: Basic Project

Curriculum Fit: Arts; History; Information Technology; Language; Science; Social Studies; Technology

Technologies Used: Student created Webs; Web-published; Audio: files; clips; CDs; tapes; Graphics: photo; draw; paint; Text: stories; essays; letters; Video: files; clips; CDs; tapes

Collaboration Styles Used: Electronic Publishing; Information Exchange; Global Classroom; Virtual Meeting or Gathering

Full Project Description:

We will be using a wikispace to share information about the 13 colonies. If you teach in one of the 13 colonies, choose your state and have your students research that colonies' geography, daily life, culture (music, literature, etc), colonial government land use and resources, key people and events and the Native Americans role. You can add podcasts, images, journal writing as a colonist who lived in that colony, anything that would help other students learn about that time/colony.

Objectives:

Students will learn about meet social studies and ELA standards while integrating technology.

Project URL: http://mshines.wikispaces.com/


Registration Information

Registration Status: Closed

Registration Dates: 10/06/10 to 11/06/10

Registration Instructions: Email foneill@schools.nyc.gov

to send email to project coordinator.


Project Coordinator Information

Frances O'Neill -
Office of Educational Technology Queens
Queens, New York, United States

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