Social Studies Technology Project

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Social Studies Technology Project

• Erica Boone LeeAnn Hostler
• Education 608
• Wright State University
• Fall 2001

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Table of Contents

• List of Ohio Social Studies Strands
• Description of Project
• Strand I websites and activities
• Strand II websites and activities
• Strand III websites and activities
• Strand IV websites and activities
• Strand V websites and activities
• Strand VI websites and activities
• Strand VII websites and activities

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Ohio Social Studies Strands

• I. American Heritage and People in Societies
• II. People in Societies
• III. World Interactions
• IV. Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities
• V. Democratic Processes
• VI. Decision Making and Resources
• VII. Science, Technology and Society

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Project Description

• This project is designed to match the Ohio
• Social Studies Strands with appropriate
• activities and websites that meet these goals.
• It can be used as a guide for teaching Ohio
• History to Fourth
• Grade Class.

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Strand I

• American
• Heritage

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Web Sites

• Ohio Kids
• http//www.ohiokids.org
• National Air Races
• http//www.whs.org/airrace.index.htm
• CIA Homepage for Kids
• http//www.odci.gov/cia/ciakids/index/htm
• Geology
• www.geology.com
• Ancestry
• www.ancestry.com

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Activities

• Students create a timeline of events
  that happened in Ohio History
• In small groups, students research
  the U.S. presidents that came from
  Ohio and create
  presentations
• Class trip to the Air Force Museum
  to learn more about Orville Wilbur
  Wrights first flight

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More Activities

• Students trace their family line to discuss their
  own heritage via parents, grandparents and the
  previous listed website.
• Students graph the culture groups represented in
  the early settlers with the percentage of
  settlers on the y-axis and the name of the
  cultural group on the x-axis

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Strand II

• People
• In
• Societies

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Web Sites

• Ohio Indians
• www.ohiokids.org/kids/ohc/history/h/indians/
• Educational Web Adventures
• www.eduweb.com/adventure.html
• People Past and Present
• www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/people2/html
• Global Ethics
• www.globalethics.org
• Family Tree Magazine
• www.familytreemagazine.com/101sites/101_american.
  html

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Activities

• Create a map of where Native American tribes
  lived in Ohio
• Ask guest speakers to come to class to discuss
  their local cultural group
• Read biographies of people from various cultural
  groups in Ohios development

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More Activities

• Read the book Mounds of Earth and Shell about the
  early mound builders in Ohio
• Watch the video The Prehistoric Ohioans

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Strand III

• World
• Interactions

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Web Sites

• World Safari
• www.supersurf.com
• Map Quest
• http//www/mapquest.com/
• Going Places
• http//www/pbs.org/wnet/goingplaces3/
• Geographica
• http//www.geographica.com/
• CIA world Fact Book
• http//www.cia/gov/publications/factbook/index.ht
  ml

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Activities

• Create a relief map of Ohio using clay to
  identify different elevations
• Students make posters of various land forms and
  bodies of waters
• Map Exploration-in small groups, students compete
  to find information on a world map

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More Activities

• Students plan a trip through Ohio
• Students create a chart showing goods in services
  produced in Ohio and purchased in other nations

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Strand IV

• Citizenship Rights
• and
• Responsibilities

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Web Sites

• State and Local Government
• http//lcweb.loc.gov/global/state/stategov/html
• Citizenship
• www.timeforcitizenship.com
• American Promise
• www.mccte.org/links/ceurls.html
• Congress Link
• www.congresslink.org/emdoneducation.html
• Character Education Links www.carcas.soehd.csufres
  no.edu/bonnercenter/ce_links.html

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Activities

• Read and discuss current events
• Determine how you would campaign to win rights
  that they were being denied? Students develop a
  peaceful campaign to support their rights.
• Have students investigate opportunities for
  volunteering in their communities

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More Activities

• Ask students to write a short essay describing
  how they might help a new immigrant feel
  comfortable in their school
• Class debate about whether or not the government
  owes the Native Americans anything for the way
  that their ancestors were treated.

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Strand V

• Democratic
• Processes

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Web Sites

• Bens Guide to Government for Kids
• http//bensguide.gpo.gov
• The Constitution
• www.law.emory.edu/FEDERAL/usconst.html
• Government
• www.kidsvista/com/socialstudies/government.html
• Childrens Service Election and Voter Sites
• www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/votewebs.html
• Civis Online
• www.civics-online.org/parents/explore.cfm

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Activities

• List what police officers do then ask an officer
  to visit. Compare these lists.
• Conduct a mock trial
• Write a letter to a government official

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More Activities

• Conduct a class election. Ask students to run
  for positions and include campaign managers and
  speeches.
• Look at census information from your city, county
  and state. Determine what kind of information the
  census collects.

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Strand VI

• Decision Making
• and
• Resources

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Web Sites

• Just for Kids
• www.cyfernet.org/justfor kids.html
• Wired Kids
• www.wiredkids.org
• Economic Education Link
• www.econedlink.org/weblinks/index
• GreatKid/Teen Friendly
• www.akrac.k12.ak.us/HKRAC/programs/fchild/html
• ThinkQuest
• http//www.thinkquest.org/index.html

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Activities

• Students create posters that illustrate Ohios
  six natural resources-water, soil, minerals,
  animals, fuel forests
• Students make a budget of how they will spend
  their money
• Presentations by local businesses about what they
  produce

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More Activities

• make a chart showing what kind of jobs the
  parents have (goods, services)
• Product testing-compare products using a Venn
  diagram

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Strand VII

• Science,
• Technology
• and Society

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Web Sites

• Classroom Connect
• www.classroom.net
• Human Rights and Organizations
• www.afirst.uiuc.edu/human.html
• Educational Tech Top 10
• www.fno.org/techtopten.html
• COSI Homepate
• www.cosi.org
• Ohio on-line zoo
• www.osera.org/awesome.htm

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Activities

• Evaluate different web pages related to a
  particular topic. For example research on Paul
  Laurence Dunbar (http//www.udayton.edu/dunbar/)
• field trip to COSI
• visit an Ohio on-line zoo

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More Activities

• Students create a power point presentation to
  share Ohio research with the class
• Students use a word processor to create a
  research report