Transcript America’s Involvement in WW I

America’s Involvement in WW I
Created by Susan Stenzel
Los Angeles Unified School District
Gardena High School
America’s Involvement in WWI
Susan Stenzel, Gardena High School
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At Gardena High where I teach World History, I
presented a lesson for my 10th grade class. The
standard addressed was, World History, Culture
and Geography: the Modern World.
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10.5 Students analyze the causes and the course of
WWI.
a) Understand the nature of the war and its human costs
(military and civilian) on all sides of the conflict.
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America’s Involvement in WWI
Susan Stenzel, Gardena High School
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EXPECTATIONS
 Learn how to integrate my curriculum
with technology
 Learn how to use technology to motivate
my students
 Create a lesson plan that other educators
can use with ease.
America’s Involvement in WWI
Susan Stenzel, Gardena High School
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SKILLS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
 Created various links for my web lesson
 Imported graphics
 Completed web quests on primary sources
 Designed a student survey using Excel
 Downloaded and uploaded Internet files
 Created a Power Point presentation
Successes
Students enjoyed utilizing the Internet in
their lesson
 Students were able to better understand the
nature of war and its human costs
 Students demonstrated knowledge of the
subject
 The lesson was connected to the California
State Standards
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Shortcomings
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Technology was limited on our campus
Not all students had knowledge of Internet
practices
The material was too gruesome for some students
Information from some Internet sites was difficult
to read
Some students gained only limited knowledge
Student Data
The chart compares statistics between the Pre-test
and the Post-tests.
Pre and Post Test Comparison
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10
Points
8
Pre-test
6
Post Test
4
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0
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Student #
REVISIONS
FINDINGS
 Students had very
little knowledge of
WWI prior to the
lesson
 Most students did not
have Internet access at
home
ADAPTATIONS
 Printed copies of the
Internet resource
material
 A summary of the
difficult text
Concluding Statement
I thoroughly enjoyed researching,
developing and designing this web
based lesson plan. I feel teachers need
to be technology savvy to enhance
their lesson plans. Technology is
education’s future.
A SPECIAL THANKS TO
MICHIKO SAKIMOTO FOR
ALL HER HELP AND
PATIENCE