America

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Americas Involvement in WW I

• Created by Susan Stenzel
• Los Angeles Unified School District
• Gardena High School

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Americas Involvement in WWISusan Stenzel,
Gardena High School

• 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.
• 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.
• Website http//ctap295.ctaponline.org/sstenzel/
• E-mail sstenzel_at_lausd.k12.ca.us

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Americas Involvement in WWISusan Stenzel,
Gardena High School

• 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.

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Americas Involvement in WWISusan Stenzel,
Gardena High School

• 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

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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

• 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

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Student DataThe chart compares statistics
between the Pre-test and the Post-tests.
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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

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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 educations
  future.

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• A SPECIAL THANKS TO MICHIKO SAKIMOTO FOR ALL HER
  HELP AND PATIENCE