General John Stark

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General John Stark

• An exhibit of the Live Free and Compute
• PT3 project

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Introduction

• This website was designed to meet the educational
  needs of fourth grade students. We wanted our
  students to learn about one of the most famous
  New Hampshire historical characters and the
  origin of the State Motto. Our research
  indicated that existing websites that relate to
  John Stark have a readability that is beyond the
  comprehension of most fourth grade students. Our
  team felt it worthwhile to design a website in
  which the content is geared towards an elementary
  audience.

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The Lesson

• Our website incorporates the following pages and
  topics
• Early Life
• Revolutionary War
• Molly Stark
• After the War

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Standards

• Our project incorporates, among others, the
• following New Hampshire Social Studies
• standards
• History (4.16.6.10, 4.16.13, 4.16.6.2, 4.16.6.3)

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Standards

• Our project incorporates, among others, the
• following National Educational Technology
• Standards (NETS) for students
• Basic technological operations and concepts
• Development of social, ethical, and human issues
  that relate to technology
• Use of technology communications tools
• Use of technology research tools
• Use of technology problem-solving and
  decision-making tools

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Assessment

• Student assessment in this project will
  incorporate
• the following elements
• Worksheet, timeline, and writing prompt
• Group participation
• Cooperative learning

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Reflections

• During the design phase of the
• project, we researched the life
• of John Stark in text and
• online sources. The information
• was compiled and rewritten to
• match fourth grade reading levels.
• The team visited the Stark Home, the
• family graveyard and photographed
• various sites in Manchester and then
• created the website.

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Administrative Support

• Building principals can encourage their fourth
• grade teachers to incorporate this website as
• part of their teaching of New Hampshire
• history.

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Research

• There are a number of recently published articles
  and papers
• that link educational success and online
  learning. Such
• sources include the following
• Bauer, A. (2002). Using computers in the
  classroom to support English language arts
  standards.
• Hamm, M. (2002). Collaborative inquiry Working
  toward shared goals. Kappa Delta Pi Record.
  383.
• Milson, A. (2001). Engaging students in
  historical inquiry using internet resources.
• Owens, R. (2002). Where do you want to go today?
  Inquiry-based learning and technology
  integration. Reading teacher, 557.
• Tumbauer, L. (2002). E-activities
  Internet-based activities to expand your history
  curriculum. Instructor, 1115.

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Step Guides

• In order to utilize this educational website,
  students
• should have basic Internet experience. Teachers
• should begin by demonstrating how the website
• functions. For example, a teacher might first
  present
• one page to the class, explain that the
  underlined
• terms are linked to the glossary, and complete
• the worksheet as a group activity in order to
• emphasize the most important aspects of this
  topic.

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Technology

• To utilize this website, a teacher should
• have access to the following technology
• Computers with Internet access
• Printer
• Computer presentation system

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Technology

• What the team used to complete the project
• Computers with Internet access
• Digital camera
• Scanner
• Projection system
• Printer
• Web site design software (Claris Home Page 3.0)
• PowerPoint
• Computer disks/media
• SNHU - Blackboard

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Resources

• The website includes a page of links to various
  sites that pertain to John Stark.
• The website also contains a bibliography of print
  sources that pertain to John Stark.

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Background

• The COOL-PT3 members from Northwest Elementary
  School are Betty Kitsis, Katie Olmstead (Grade
  Four), and Jonathan Lamy (School Librarian).
• The COOL-PT3 members from Webster Elementary
  School are Diane LaRoche, Celeste Ludwig (Grade
  Four).
• The COOL-PT3 project facilitator from SNHU is
  Linda McCabe.

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Our Schools

• Northwest Elementary School
• 300 Youville Street
• Manchester, New Hampshire 03102
• Dr. Robert Duclos, Principal
• http//www.mansd.org/northwest/index.html
• Webster Elementary School
• 2519 Elm Street
• Manchester, New Hampshire 03104
• Mr. Norman Dallaire, Principal
• http//www.mansd.org/webster/index.htm