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Google Documents in the Secondary
Social Studies Classroom:
Tools for Teachers and Student
Going Digital in the K-12 Classroom
An Advancing Literacy Workshop
Introductions

Calandra Blount, secondary social studies
◦ Professional Affiliation

Troy Carter, secondary social studies
◦ Gaston Day School

Kathleen D’Avria, secondary social studies
◦ Professional Affiliation

Brent Gulledge, US History teacher
◦ North Mecklenburg High School
Agenda
Presentation Topics:
 Google Documents, a brief introduction
◦ Troy Carter

Using spreadsheets to create battle charts for
World War II
◦ Calandra Blount

Creating review flashcards with Google Docs
◦ Brent Gulledge

Creating a peace conference with Google Docs
◦ Troy Carter

Managing a classroom with Google Calendars
◦ Kathleen D’Avria
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Questions & Answers
A Brief Intro to Google Docs

Google Docs-- A series of web-based, cloudbased tools provided by Google allowing users
to “create, share, and collaborate on the web.”
◦ Web-based: Entirely online. All computers have
access, no software needed.
◦ Cloud-based: Documents retrieved anywhere, no
attachments or flash drives needed.
◦ Multiple users can access and edit the same
documents.
◦ All tools shared today can be accessed for free with
a Google account.
The Learning Activity
Battles of WWII
 Grades 11th US History.
 Time: One week (M-TH, with presentations Friday)
 Materials: Internet, iPad, Googledocs
◦ Students will be assigned a battle of WWII.
◦ I will create a Googledocs spreadsheet for the class and provide
a username/password for the students to access it.
◦ Once students are assigned a battle, they will have one week to
complete the chart.
◦ At the end of the week, I will make copies of the completed
spreadsheets and disseminate them to all students.
◦ I will have students to write two or more paragraphs about facts
that interested them the most and have them share their
writings as well as briefly discuss their battle.
Learning Objectives

Objectives: SWBAT
◦ History students, using the textbook, library, or
Internet, will be able to answer a series of
questions related to a particular elements of key
World War II battles.
◦ Describe the important battles of WWII by filling
out the class Googledoc spreadsheet with their
assigned battles.
◦ Students will be able to identify the strategies of
the Allies and Axis powers and major battles and
describe the importance of the turning points of
World War II
Learning Outcomes

This lesson is part of a large unit on
World War II. It discusses the most
notable battles of the Second World War,
wartime strategies of the warring powers,
as well as the use of technology in the
war. By acquiring this knowledge,
students will have a firm grasp on the key
turning points of the war.
Getting Started with Google Docs
Spreadsheets
Log into your Google account
 At the top left-hand side of screen, click
on “drive” to access Google Docs
 Next, click on create – spreadsheet

Add a Gadget


Once you have your spreadsheet created, click on
“insert”, then “gadget”
You will see a new dialogue box open in the middle of
your screen. Scroll through the gadget options and
choose “Flash Card Gadget” by clicking on “add to
spreadsheet”
Manage Spreadsheet/Gadget
Settings

Now is the time to create the flashcards

After adding the gadget you will see a new window appear

In this window you will enter range (number of vocabulary words) into
the field marked “Range”

Give the gadget a name in the title section

Use the first two columns A & B for your flashcards

If you assign 20 Flashcards, then enter Sheet1!A1:B20 in the “range”
field
Create Flashcard Text



Begin to build your flashcards by entering vocabulary
words and answers
Your vocabulary words will be typed in column “A”
Your answers will be typed in column “B”
Using the Flashcards

Complete all of the fields

The flashcard gadget window
up with all of your vocab words
will fill-

Students can use the flashcards to study
class, quiz themselves
for

You can alter the flashcards to only display
answers, or you can shuffle them, etc.

Instead of collecting notecards, students
can click on the “share” tab in the top
corner to email the doc to you
right-

You can use this to check to see if
students have been reading

This is great as a homework or an extracredit assignment

Having a paperless assignment that allows
for quick feedback and communication is great!

Link to example:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ag0MgQ6DUeypdGtFSjEtWG9LTlJmanF
BcmFncGZFVVE
The Peace Summit Project


Timeline: Approx. one week of class time
Activity #1: Students in small groups with
each assigned a belligerent country
◦ Task: Given their prior knowledge and a set of
documents related to their country, students are
to assemble a presentation outlining a plan for
peace that would be acceptable to their country.

Activity #2: Students are broken into panels
with one member of each country
◦ Task: Taking into account all presentations,
students are to create a composite peace plan that
their nations (mostly) agree on.

Activity #3: All students vote on the best
plans.
Good Applications

The Congress of Vienna
◦ Option for advanced students:
Individual throne claimants

The July Crisis (pre World War I)
◦ Benefit: There is a great collection of
documents that already exists online
for a similar exercise

The Yalta Conference (division of
Germany)
◦ Significant background information
available
Google Docs in Activity #1:
Presentations
Google Docs in Activity #2: Treaty
Writing
Google Docs in Activity #3: Forms
(for ballots)
Overall Google Effect on Peace
Summits

Google Docs replaces
◦ Powerpoint, word, paper ballots
◦ Flashdrives, e-mails, print outs
◦ “Can we go back to…” “Wait, which group
said…”

Google Docs reinvents
◦ Collaboration: students can work collaboratively
and simultaneously, even outside of class
◦ Feedback: Feedback can be given during the
constructive process, directly where it is needed
Google Calendar – Creating an
Event
Google Calendar – Creating
Multiple Calendars
Google Calendar – Embed in
Website or Wiki
Google Calendar – Embed (cont.)
Google Calendar – Coding Events
Google Calendar – Adding
Attachments
Google Calendar - Appointments
Google Calendar – Appointments
(cont.)
Questions & Answers
Next Steps

Over the next two days try out some of
the tools we’ve shared with you here and
think about how you can use them in
your classroom with your students.
Next Steps

That discussion is at the Teaching &
Learning in the 21st Century Blog at:
http://teach-learn21.blogspot.com/
Scroll down the page to find the
discussion forum for this presentation
titled:
Google Docs in Secondary Social Studies
 Information about this is included in the
workshop packet we sent out in an email.

For More Information
For more information about this workshop and
others go to the Center for Adolescent Literacies
website at:
http://literacy.uncc.edu/
Presentation materials including this Power Point are
posted at:
http://literacy.uncc.edu/professionaldevelopment
Thank You!
Thank you for joining us today. In about a
week, you will receive a short survey that
helps us evaluate these workshops. Thanks in
advance for filling that out.
For additional questions contact:
Bruce Taylor
Director, The Center for Adolescent Literacies
at UNC Charlotte
bruce.taylor@uncc.edu