Learning Activity Template

Title: Famous Minnesotans

Curriculum: Social Studies

Grade-Level Span: Grade 5

Authors Names & School Districts: K. Bloomquist, M. Draskovich, P. Gaasland, M. Pretasky, S. Schroedl- Hibbing ISD #701

PURPOSE: Students will know and understand the roles and contributions made by individual Minnesotans that shaped and impacted the state.

DESCRIPTION: Students will research and create a project depicting how an individual has impacted Minnesota.

ACTIVITIES	Curriculum Standards	Minnesota Technology Standards	ISTE-NETS	Information Power Standard	Big 6
a.) Each student will choose a famous Minnesotan. A list will be provided as guidance. b.) Each student will generate a list of 5-10 questions based on their topic.	Social Studies MN History	I - A	Standard 4, 7		1
a.) Using the media center and technology lab, students will generate a list of possible sources. b.) Students will assess the quality of internet sources using an evaluation form. c.) Students will demonstrate the ability to select sources that are suitable to meet their information need.	Social Studies MN History	II – A III – A III - C	Standard 1, 2		2
3. a.) Students demonstrate the ability to skim to find the answers. b.) Students will be able to locate key words.	Social Studies MN History	IV - A	Standard 2, 3, 6		3
4. a.) Using the trash-n-treasure method of note taking, students will discriminate between needed and superfluous information when taking notes. b.) Students will create a bibliography	Social Studies MN History	IV – A, B, C	Standard 3, 8		4
5. a.) Each student will organize and present the information gathered through a project of their choice such as: living legends, skit, slide show, powerpoint, scrapbook.	Social Studies MN History	III - D	Standard 3, 9		5
6. a.) Each student will fill out a rubrics form evaluating their project and the process for completion.	Social Studies MN History	I - A	Standard 6		6

TOOLS AND RESOURCES:

(List all Web sites, specific software and hardware, and other needs.)

List of famous Minnesotans

Trash-n-Treasure Note Card

Web Site Evaluation Form

Student Project Self-Evaluation Form

Bibliography Template Form- http://www.k12.de.us/teacher/galgano/elemkids.htm

Library Resources – On-line Catalog, Reference books, Biography books, InfoTrac on-line Magazine index, Minitex Research Databases, Grolier On-line Encyclopedia, CD Roms, and other resources

Internet Web Sites – http://www.kidskonnect.com/

http://webquest.sdsu.edu/searching/fournets.htm

http://www.stemnet.nf.ca./CITE/themes.html

http://www2.edc.org/FSC/MIH/i-search.html

http://www.readwritethink.org

http://biography.com

Technological Tools for final Project -- Office XP – Powerpoint, AppleWorks 6, AppleWorks slide show, printer, digital camera, video camera, scanner

ASESSMENT:

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Rubrics – self evaluation

Rubrics – teacher assessment of Big6 lesson

CREDITS (INCLUDING CONTACT INFORMATION):

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COMMENTS:

* This lesson plan could be utilized for any research topic in any curriculum area.

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Used with permission of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) Project (http://www.iste.org or http://cnets.iste.org) Contact: Lajeane Thomas, Louisiana Tech University, P.O. Box 3161, Ruston, LA 71272; Voice: 318 257-3923 Email: lthomas@latech.edu