Patti Knoll, Nash

Patti Knoll, Nash

2/19/00

Social Studies - 5^th Grade

ACADEMIC OBJECTIVE:

To identify the differences between Colonial Life in America and present day life

To read basic information about families and individuals in Colonial America

To identify with individuals in Colonial America and learn about their lives

TECHNOLOGICAL OBJECTIVES:

To enter correct URL address

To select key pieces of information about Colonial families and individuals

To meet Technology Standard I: Students develop the essential technology skills for using and understanding conventional and current tools, materials, and processes.

To meet Technology Standard 2: Students know how to solve problems by using current technologies to conduct research, analyze solutions and present results.

Prerequisite Technology Skills:

Basic knowledge the students have already learned in school computer classes, i.e. basic functions, use of the mouse, keyboarding, searching URL’s, printing text

MATERIALS:

PC with Windows ’95 or higher,

Printer

Websites :

http://americanhistory.si.edu/hohr/springer/index.htm

www.history.org/life/clothing/home.html

www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/perspectives/dailylife.html

ACCOMODATIONS:

Students with special needs will be paired with advanced students.

PROCEDURES:

Students will access the Internet and go to one of the three sites listed above.

In the Smithsonian Institution site, they will follow these instructions:

Read ‘Here is your evidence’.
Click on each clue, make a guess about the object, then check your answer. Write down whether your guess was correct or not.
How are the pictured objects like objects in your home? How are they different? Would you like using these household objects? Would they be easy or hard for you?

In the History.org site, they will follow these instructions:

Click on Glossary of Terms.
Look at the articles of clothing and answer the questions below.
How are the pictured articles of clothing like the clothing you wear? How are they different? Would you like wearing them?

In the PBS.org site, they will follow these instructions:

Click on each image in this painting of the farm. Write down the answers to these questions.
How much did a horse cost?
When did they do most of their traveling, if any?
Did the Colonists usually drink milk first thing in the morning? If not, what did they drink?
How much did a typical landless (one who didn’t own land, but worked for someone else) earn in a year?
Did Colonial families usually live in rural (country) areas, or urban (city) ones?

ASSESSMENT:

The teacher will observe the students as they access the sites and follow the instructions. The teacher will then collect the handouts on which they’ve written the answers to the above questions.