TECHnologyLITeracy curriculum LESSON PLAN
Teacher
/Mr. Rivera
Subject
/Technology Literacy and Language Arts Social Studies Math Science
Grade
/5th
Title
/Lost Cities of the South
Unit Description
/African American History
Estimated Duration
/30- 45 minutes.
Key Focusing Question
/Why is researching the Internet important? Why is it necessary?
Student Technology
Literacy Standards
/1. Basic operations and concepts
2. Social, ethical, and human issues
3. Technology productivity tools
4. Technology communications tools
5. Technology research tools
6. Technology problem-solving and decision-making tools
Content Area Benchmarks
/S.S. D. 2. 2. 1 -
Resources Needed
/Number of computers:1
Number of Internet Connections: 1
Projector PrinterFiles will be stored (saved) on:
/
Software:
/Websites: http://www.pbs.org/
www.hartford-hwp.com//
Other:
Title
/Lost Cities of the South
Activity Description
/As students become adults, they will be getting more and more information crucial for daily living from the Internet. It is important that students learn, practice, and maintain productive and efficient Internet searching skills.
Key focusing Questions
/How can research be essential on the Internet? What products do Africa supply the United States?
Activities Outline
/Students write down one or two questions they may have about Africa. Explain that they will be using the Internet to find the answers to those questions and others.
1. Define the word "search engine."A search engine uses software to help scan documents on the Internet for key topics or words. It indexes those words in a database. When a user of the search engine enters the key words, the URLs of the pages with those words, appear on the screen as links.
2. Describe the different types of search engines and the different methods of searching.
Question-based searching: Type in a question, as if you were asking somebody to answer it. A good search engine for questions is AskJeeves.com
Narrowing your search: Enter the broad category, the search engine will gather all information in that category. Narrow the search by typing in more specific words in that category and by clicking on the radio button that says "Narrow your search." It will search the broad category for the information just entered. This will allow further narrowing of the topic if needed.
Assessments
/ At the end of the searching period, go through the questions and have students compare their answers with the class. Discuss searching techniques and what method they found to be most useful to them. You may choose to grade on how many responses were correct, or how the students collaborated on the project. Having the students reflect back on the activity is also a good way to find out what students learned about Africa and also about searching.Crafted by Miami-Dade public school teachers – illuminating the curriculum with technology