Nancy's+Lesson+Plan+1+-+Problem+Based+Lesson

TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION FOR MEANINGFUL CLASSROOM USE
= Daily Lesson GAME Plan Template = In this lesson, students will be asked to determine how a child during the Depression might be able to help his or her family. The students will examine Depression era photographs to discover what life was like for children at this time. Then they will look for similarities, if any, between their life and life for the children in the photographs to help them determine how these children might help their family. The photographs will be compiled in a class wiki. GOALS || SC Social Studies Standard 5-4: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the economic boom-and-bust in America in the 1920s and 1930s, its resultant political instability, and the subsequent worldwide response. SC Social Studies Literacy Elements: L. Interpret calendars, time lines, maps, charts, tables, graphs, flow charts, diagrams, photographs, paintings, cartoons, architectural drawings, documents, letters, censuses, and other artifacts. O. Consider multiple perspectives of documents and stories. P. Locate, gather, and process, information from a variety of primary and secondary sources including maps. S. Interpret and synthesize information obtained from a variety of sources – graphs, charts, tables, diagrams, texts, photographs, documents, and interviews V. Use a variety of media to develop and organize integrated summaries of social studies information.
 * A Standards-Based Approach **
 * Lesson Title:
 * Introduction to Childhood During the Depression** || Related Lessons: ||
 * Grade Level: 5 || Unit: The Depression at Home and Abroad ||
 * Subject(s): Technology, Social Studies ||
 * SUMMARY
 * Content Standards: **
 * **ISTE NETS-S **

o  Creativity and innovation
 * x ** Communication and collaboration
 * x ** Research and information fluency || **x ** Critical thinking, problem-solving, & decision-making
 * x **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Digital citizenship
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">x **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> Technology operations and concepts ||

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Students will examine photographs to determine what life was like for children during the Depression. Students will use their inferences from the photographs to determine ways that Depression era children might help their families. Students will compile their findings in a class wiki. The teacher will set up an account on WikiSpaces.com and establish student accounts. Students will join the class wiki. The teacher will preview the search for appropriate photographs per the schools district's employee acceptable use policy. The teacher should note (by recording the urls or adding to Delicious) several web sources for photographs from the Depression to use as back up for students who are unsuccessful searching themselves. The teacher should also request to have blocked but appropriate sites unblocked. This should help the teacher to be prepared to guide students who are unable to locate sites any without assistance. This lesson will take two days. || (broken into two sessions) || Remind students how to log on to their wiki and how to properly cite photographs from the internet. (This has been covered prior to this lesson.) Have the students begin a web search for photographs from the depression. (The teacher should be ready to guide struggling students to appropriate sites.) The students should place the best photographs that they find on the class wiki with a description of why they chose the photo. The description should include what they feel the photo reveals about life for its subjects and how the subjects could possibly help their families. || Internet connected computers (lab or lap tops) ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Instructional objective(s): **
 * **ACTION** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Before-class preparation: **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Students will have already been introduced to the Depression in their Social Studies class.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; text-align: center;">**During class** ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Time ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Instructional Activities ** || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Materials & Resources ** ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">20 minutes || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Read the book //Leah’s Pony// to the class. Discuss the problems Leah’s family was having and how Leah helped to resolve them. Ask students how they might be able to help their families during the Depression if they didn’t have a pony to sell. Ask students how they might be able to determine how they might help. || //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Leah’s Pony //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> by Elizabeth Friedrich ||
 * 10 minutes || Bring out pictures of your own childhood and ask the students to tell you what your life was like. Help the students see that they can tell what life was like for children during the Depression by carefully examining photographs from the period. || Copies of teacher’s family photographs ||
 * 60 minutes
 * 20 minutes || Look at the photographs the students gathered and discuss the conclusions drawn by the students regarding them. Compile a master list of ways that children in the Depression might help their families. || Internet connected Smartboard or computer with projector ||

Notes: Students will be allowed to communicate with their classmates as they work on this project. =<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">MONITOR = <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Ongoing assessment(s): The teacher should circulate throughout the room to ensure that students are successful locating photographs. The teacher should also monitor postings to the class wiki to assess students understanding of life in the Depression. Accommodations and extensions: This lesson could be taught in the computer lab or on the mobile laptop carts. Students who struggle with the web search will be allowed to work with a partner. Students who prefer to work alone will be allowed to do so. Backup plan: In case the internet is down and for students who are not allowed to use the internet, the teacher should have a collection of numbered photographs from the depression for students to examine. In this case, the students would explain in their Social Studies journal what knowledge of the Depression they gained from each photograph. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Lesson reflections and notes: The formal assessment for this unit will occur in lesson three on digital storytelling.
 * EVALUATE AND EXTEND ||