Transcript Beth Roe - Wright State University

Social Studies: Ohio’s
Model Competency-Based
Program
Website and Activity Guide compiled
by: Beth A. Roe
ED 439/Winter 2001
American Heritage
Website and Activity No. 1
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/oahsm/index.
html
Go to this site and find out what happened in
history today!
Website and Activity No. 2
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/oahsm/index.
html
Research the history of Montgomery County by
using this site’s search engine.
Website and Activity No. 3
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/prefire/
Read this essay, and then describe why the fire
was or wasn’t inevitable.
Website and Activity No. 4
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/maps/mapquiz.ht
m
This is a medieval map quiz, complete, and then
email me with the results.
Website and Activity No. 5
http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/speeches/pub
/address_at_march_on_washington.pdf
Listen to the famous “I have a dream speech” and
write a one page response.
People in Society
Website and Activity No. 1
http://archive.comlab.ox.ac.uk/other/museums/fin
d.html
Use this search engine and research your favorite
English Monarch.
Website and Activity No. 2
http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart/toc/countries.html
Using this site, choose one country and prepare a
graphic organizer of its basic demographic facts.
Website and Activity No. 3
http://menic.utexas.edu/menic/islam.html
This site includes information about Islamic
countries, choose one and determine the ethnic,
racial, and gender make-up of the country.
Website and Activity No. 4
http://ccnic15.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/famous/
Choose one of the topics and read about a famous
Japanese citizen, and then tell me why you chose
them.
Website and Activity No. 5
http://www.history.sfasu.edu/BaylorExhibit.html
These are propaganda posters, describe how they
would have impacted those who saw them in
WWI in a one page narrative.
World Interactions
Website and Activity No. 1
http://www-map.lib.umn.edu/news.html
Use this site to supplement our Current Events
assignments. After you watch the news tonight, find the
country that your learned about and print out your findings.
Website and Activity No. 2
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/wildworld/glo
bal.html
Determine which continent has the most
endagered species and what each country is doing
to protect these animals. Then compare and
contrast our own laws.
Website and Activity No. 3
http://geology.about.com/science/geology/library/
bl/maps/world.jpg
Using this map, determine the top five most
seismic areas (earthquake prone) in the world.
Website and Activity No. 4
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
Choose three states that you would like to visit
eventually and determine the key information that
you would find to be beneficial.
Website and Activity No. 5
http://www.indo.com/distance/
Using this distance calculator, find the distance in
miles to the three states you would like to visit.
Decision Making and Resources
Website and Activity No. 1
http://www.bsu.edu/inqsit/signin.cgi/web/classes/e
con581/Econ581?Economic+IQ+Test
Go to this site and take this pre-test on economics,
before we begin the unit on economics.
Website and Activity No. 2
http://www.worldbank.org/html/schools/know.htm
Take this online quiz to determine who much you
know about the world bank.
Website and Activity No. 3
http://www.amex.com/
Choose a local company and keep track of it’s
stock prices for two weeks.
Website and Activity No. 4
http://www.landmark-project.com/eco-market/
Read the guidelines and think of one product that
your group would like to work on.
Website and Activity No. 5
http://www.federalreserve.gov/bios/Greenspan.htm
After having discussed why Greenspan is so powerful,
prepare a one page response using this site as a reference.
Citizenship, Rights, and
Responsibilities
Website and Activity No. 1
http://kidsvotingusa.org/students1a.html
Take this test on the Constitution, and then email
me you score.
Website and Activity No. 2
http://www.youthlink.org/cgi-bin/dyn/build.sh
Review this table, and elaborate on what your
opinion.
Website and Activity No. 3
http://www.speakOut.com/
There are many issues on this site, choose three
and read about them, then participate in the web
polling.
Website and Activity No. 4
http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/
Search this site for an issue relating to George W.
Bush’s stance on three issues of your choice, and
then provide a written two page summary.
Website and Activity No. 5
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overvi
ew.html
Survey this online copy of the Constitution, and determine
where citizen participation is mandated and documented.
Email me with your results.
Democratic Processes
Website and Activity No. 1
http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/Welcome.html
Take the virtual tour of the Whitehouse and
determine your favorite room.
Website and Activity No. 2
http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm
Choose an issue that you are interested in and
email one of your State’s Senators with your
opinions, be sure to be respectful.
Website and Activity No. 3
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/about/biographiescurrent.
pdf
Determine which Justice you feel is the most qualified,
after having read their biographies on this site.
Website and Activity No. 4
http://www.brittanicaonline.com
Give at least 5 examples of the communist
countries that have become democracies in the last
ten years.
Website and Activity No. 5
http://www.ohio.gov/
Using the state’s search engine, type in voter
registration and determine if you are eligible and if
you are, then do so.