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This WebQuest is actually a work
in progress. In the actual project assignment each group in the class is
assigned a decade of the 1900s. Because this WebQuest was created as a
WebQuest course requirement, there was not enough time to cover all aspects
of each decade.
Making this project work required
some creativity. Every year Mr. Duncan, the US History teacher and I have
to workout time frames suitable to both of our teaching schedules. Sometimes
his entire class can use my facilities and other times just one group (5
students) can come and work together at a single computer. The other students
work on their posters and research papers with Mr. Duncan. However, since
all of the computers at our school are networked, the final presentations
are given in the social studies classroom using the teacher's workstation
and a LCD projector.
This WebQuest is a collaborative
effort between the Social Studies department and Career & Technology
Department. Because of interdisciplinary subjects used, a variety
of standards are recognized.
Note: Language Arts Standards
could easily be added to this project. Since we cover MLA format in Career
& Technology instruction, I did not include the Language Arts Standards.
Social
Studies Standards
| 12.1.10 |
12.1.11 |
12.1.14 |
| examine social tensions and their consequences
in the post-World War I era |
analyze the emergence of a modern
capitalist economy in the 1920s |
analyze the causes of the Great Depression
and the way it affected American society |
| 12.2.1 |
12.4.8 |
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| explain the economic boom and the
social and cultural transformations of postwar United States |
evaluate and take and defend positions on issues
in which fundamental values and principles are in conflict, including conflicts
between liberty and equality and conflicts between individual rights and
the need to maintain social stability |
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Technology
Competencies
| Create,Format and Edit Reports |
Demonstrate the use of page formatting features
(margins, justification, vertical placement, orientation, page breaks,
headers, and footers). |
| Demonstrate document editing using spell/grammar
check, thesaurus, search/replace, and other document properties (readability,
word count, and line count). |
Demonstrate document editing using spell/grammar
check, thesaurus, search/replace, and other document properties |
| Demonstrate the use of paragraph formatting features
(tabs, indentations, line spacing, and enumerated items). |
Demonstrate the use of character formatting features
(bold, underline, italics, font styles and sizes, superscript, and subscript). |
| Identify components of a presentation
program (layout views, slide, toolbars, and dialog box). |
Use presentation software to create projects
incorporating effective use of graphics, fonts, builds, preset animation,
and transitions. |
| Deliver presentation. |
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