Online Projects, Collaboration Sites and Publishing Opportunities

Lesson Idea Name: World War II

Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 5th grade
Content Standard Addressed: SS5H4 Explain Americas involvement in World War II.

Technology Standard Addressed:

Standard 1: Empowered Learner
Standard 2: Digital Citizen
Standard 3: Knowledge Constructor
Standard 6: Creative Communicator

Selected Online Project/Collaboration Site/Publishing Opportunity:

WWII Essay Contest
URL(s) to support the lesson:
http://www.nationalww2museum.org/learn/education/for-students/essay-contests/

Describe how you would incorporate an Online Project/Collaboration Site/Publishing Opportunity in your
classroom (Minimum 2 paragraph overview):
I will teach the students about World War 2 and how it helped shape the U.S and the World. Then I will tell
the students about a contest that the WWII museum does every year. I will have all the students write a
rough draft of a persuasive essay. The students will then come to class and read their essay to the class. As a
class we will work together to create a class essay.
The project will be tying all the students essays together. This may make the students feel like they can
create their own project. The class will then submit their work to the museum. This will help the students
understand the lesson and what persuasive essays are.

What technologies would be required to implement this proposed learning activity in a classroom?
A computer with internet access, any type of technology that helps the students writing

Describe how the following features are addressed in this learning experience (note: all of them may not be
addressed in the project, but most should be if you are reaching a high LoTi Level).
a. Collaboration with peers, near-peers, mentors outside their classroom and often beyond their
school: There may be some collaboration with peers after school but the majority of the work will be
done in the classroom.

b. Student-centered learning and knowledge creation (creating original data and or producing original
products as a result of engaging in a project): This project will be producing original work by the
students. They may be able to see their name and work on the website.

c. Higher-order thinking: The students will be asked to create their own essay and it will be about World
War II but all the thoughts should be factual but also have the students own ideas/thoughts.

d. Students publishing their original work to others who will use/care about their product: Some of the
work may be published on the website.

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 Online Projects, Collaboration Sites and Publishing Opportunities

Blooms Taxonomy Level(s):

Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating

Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi Level):

Level 1: Awareness Level 2: Exploration Level 3: Infusion Level 4: Integration
Level 5: Expansion Level 6: Refinement

Lesson idea implementation and Internet Safety Policies:

I will implement the lesson by starting off with a PowerPoint on WWII. Then we will talk about persuasive
essay, then I will talk about this competition. I will have the students write about their essays. After each
student writes their essay I will have the class combine all their writing into a class essay. I will make sure that
the students do not use their name on their essay. I will make the whole class write a essay together after
they write an independent essay. I will not allow the students name or address be published.

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