POWER POINT PROJECT
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BY: Karen Huguenot
June 27, 2001
Dr. Helms
ED 617
TABLE OF CONTENTS
*American Heritage
-activities
-websites
*People in Societies
-activities
-websites
*World Interactions
-activities
-websites
*Decision Making Resources
-activities
-websites
*Democratic Processes
-activities
-websites
*Citizenship Rights and
Responsibilities
-activities
-websites
*Technology and
Science
-activities
-websites
AMERICAN HERITAGE
• This is about the
things of the past that
makes us what we are
today.
• Tells us what we have
in common with other
people of the world.
• How other cultures
influence us.
ACTIVITIES
• Make a multiple-tier time
line of important events
that happen to United
States and another country
from pre-history until
1490.
• Look at the rise and fall of
the Hopewell civilization
and the crusaders. Write
down the causes of the
rise
• Write a paper on what
would life be like in the
United states without the
migrations of Asian
People.
• Make a chart of
geographic themes
showing United States and
three other countries of
your choice.
WEBSITES
• 1. www.americanheritage.com
• 2. www.acacia-africa.com
• 3.
http://encarta.msn.com/find/concise.asp?ti=
761560280.sid=89
• 4. http://www.abtp.org/
• 5. http://www.proxsa.org/immigration/
PEOPLE IN SOCIETY
• This strand shows the
difference between us
and other nations.
• That gender and class
see things in different
ways.
• How the different
classes contribute to
each other.
ACTIVITIES
• Compare the
development of USA
and Germany
Government.
• Compare the art of
USA and China.
• Compare the religious
ideas of USA and
Africa.
• Find examples of
contacts between USA
and Asia. Tell what
was the consequences.
• Compare the
philosophy of
education in the USA
and Japan.
WEBSITES
• 1. www.archives.gov
• 2.
http://www.delart.mus.
de.us/education.htm
• 3.
http://pasture.ecn.purd
ue.edu/~agenhtml/age
nmc/china/art.html
• 4.
http://americanreligion
.org/
• 5.
http://www.sas.upenn.
edu/African_studies/a
boutafrican/ww_relig.
html
WORLD INTERACTIONS
• This strand shows
interactions with other
parts of the world.
• How the different
parts of the world
solve common
problems.
• Living in an
interdependent world.
ACTIVITIES
• Interpret information
from almanacs, maps,
and atlases.
• Find out how people
borrow cultural
characteristics.
• Describe patterns of
trade that links
different countries.
• Make a map with
symbols that show the
triangle trade route.
• Make a list of things
that USA trades and
what the USA receives
from other countries.
WEBSITES
• 1. http://www.maps.com/
• 2.
http://www.ukans.edu/heritage/trails/sfthist.html
• 3.
http://www.esc20.net/etprojects/formats/webquest
s/fall99/slavetrade/
• 4. http://foreighnpolicy-infocus.org/
• 5.
http://pcbso42.open.ac.uk/future/millennium/757.h
tm
DECISION MAKING AND
RESOURCES
• This strand shows the
decisions individuals
and societies make in
addressing wants and
needs.
• Potential resources
and where to find
them.
• How are resources
used.
ACTIVITIES
• Discover why nations
don’t want to be
dependent on one
another.
• Describe the difficulty
of trading with other
nations.
• What are the barriers
of trading?
• Discover a historical
example were a nation
depended on another
nation for resources.
What were the
consequences?
• Find out if the USA
had to depend on the
nation for a resource.
WEBSITES
• 1. http://www.ndpa.org/pd/trade/pd061400f.html
• 2.
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/sprr_e/egypt_
e.htm
• 3. http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/
• 4.
http://www.esc20.net/efprojects/formats/webquest
s/fall99/slavetrade/
• 5.
http://encarta.msn.com/find/concise.asp?ti=03cea0
00
DEMOCRATIC PROCESSES
• This strand finds out
what democratic
means.
• Principles of
democracy.
• How the government
reflects those
principles.
ACTIVITIES
• To learn about each
type of government
and the purposes of
each government.
• Look at how the
democratic
government developed
over time.
• Make your own Bill of
Rights.
• Compare the
Constitution to the
Code of Hammurabi
and the Magna Carta.
• Find out what the
Government does to
protect individual
rights.
WEBSITES
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1. http:www.usaid.gov/democracy/
2. http;//live.looksmart.com
3. http://www.stoa.org/diotima/
4. http://www.inconnect.com
5.
http://web.utk.edu/`dhouston/amergovt/nght
s.html
CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES
• This strand shows how
the USA accomplishes
goals.
• What to expect being a
USA citizen.
• How to be more
effective in a public
setting.
ACTIVITIES
• Do a research paper
about a civil rights
leader.
• Find out about civil
issues and how they
effected peoples lives.
• Make a list of things
you can do to be a
good citizen.
• Write to local
government about a
concern you have in
the community.
• Have a person from
local government
come and talk about
what they will do to
protect individual
rights
WEBSITES
• 1.
http://immigration.about.com/newissues/immigrati
on/
• 2. http://www.wmich.edu/politics/mlk/
• 3. http://cweb2.loc.gov/ammem/aachtml/exhibit/
• 4. http://encarta.msn.com
• 5. http://www.crmvet.org/
TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE
• This strand shows how
technology is used in
everyday life.
• Prepare for future
careers.
• How to look up
information and
discern from facts and
opinions.
ACTIVITIES
• Have someone come in
who uses computers in
their careers.
• Brainstorm as many things
as you can think of that
deals with computer.
• Have students do a
research paper about a
president using the
computer for their info.
• Write an essay on
what life would be like
without the invention
of computers.
• Have students create a
Power Point
presentation of the
importance of
computers in their
lives.
WEBSITES
• 1. http://www.popsci.com/
• 2. http://www.discover.com/
• 3. http://www.cs.vale.edu/homes/tap/historicalrefs.html
• 4. http://www.discover-center.org/
• 5.
http://homepages.rhug.co.nz/~webschool/future.ht
ml
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