By, Michael Halfond

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Blogging Current Events

• By, Michael Halfond

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Lesson Objectives

• Create a blog in groups
• Review topics about the Presidential Election and
  the Iraq War.

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Introduce Learning activity

• Blogging- what is it
• Blogging using the internet
• Has become a bases of our society

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Presidential ElectionJohn Mccain vs. Barack Obama
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The Iraq War
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Provide Information

• Blogging in classroom and its importance
• Historic election or the Iraq War
• http//scottproctorsarm.blogspot.com/

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Provide Information

• Must Have a title in bold
• Explaniation of the histoical significance
• How the event effects you

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Provide Information

• What the first blog should have
• What last blog should have
• Use of Search engines
• Use news websites

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Provide practice

• Students will decide the topic
• Brainstorm ideas
• One student each day will blog for the group.
• They will have 3 weeks to work on it

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Provide Knowledge of Results

• Present their blog to the class
• Give examples of what they learned

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Rubric
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Review the Activity

• I will observe the blogs
• Ill talk about events in which I deem important.

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Methods of assessment

• They will write a reflection paper
• Assess them on how accurate blog is.