As I make my last post I wanted to reflect back on the project with a few things I have learned along the way.
1) It is better to be a lifelong learner, then to have a lifelong checkoff list. The AASL Standards 4.4.1 "Identify own areas of interest", 4.4.3 "Recognize how to focus efforts in personal learning", and 4.4.5 "Develop personal criteria for gauging how effectively own ideas are expressed" help to express what you can do to be a lifelong learner.
2) Make sure that you have narrowed your topic so you can focus all of your attention in one area.
3) Use as many different resources as possible so you can make sure that you are receiving the best information. AASL Standard 2.1.4, "Use technology and other information tools to analyze and organize information."
May you all be lifelong learners!!
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Curriculum and Personal Connections
As a teacher I know that there are many different lessons that could be planned on the Holocaust. Due to the nature of the topic I feel that it is more appropriate for the older kids, however there are many aspects from the Holocaust that can be taught to all children.
For younger children (grade 4) I would have the children read exerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank. We would have an open class discusion on the story and then I would ask the students to do their own diary entries. Indiana's Academic Reading Standards 4.3.3, 4.3.9, 4.4.2, 4.5.6, 4.5.7, 4.6.4, 4.6.5 are accomplished through this activity.
For the older children (grade 8) I would do more of a project. I would have the children research a specific part of the Holocaust using different types of sources and have them present their findings to the class. Indiana's Academic Social Studies Standards 8.1.27, 8.1.28, 8.1.29, 8.1.30, 8.1.31 are accomplished through this activity.
Before starting this project I thought I am going to find the information I need, put together what needs to be done, and finish the project. I looked more at this project as one more thing to do on my checklist instead of looking at it as a learning experience. I am happy to say that throughout the process of this project I feel that I have grown as a learner. I enjoyed looking for information on this topic and kept thinking of more things that I could be looking for or what else could I do with the information I had found. I hope to share all of my findings with my sister, as she teaches high school history and any other people who are interested in this topic. Thank you for assigning this project Dr. Lamb! It really helped me grow as a student and learner!
For younger children (grade 4) I would have the children read exerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank. We would have an open class discusion on the story and then I would ask the students to do their own diary entries. Indiana's Academic Reading Standards 4.3.3, 4.3.9, 4.4.2, 4.5.6, 4.5.7, 4.6.4, 4.6.5 are accomplished through this activity.
For the older children (grade 8) I would do more of a project. I would have the children research a specific part of the Holocaust using different types of sources and have them present their findings to the class. Indiana's Academic Social Studies Standards 8.1.27, 8.1.28, 8.1.29, 8.1.30, 8.1.31 are accomplished through this activity.
Before starting this project I thought I am going to find the information I need, put together what needs to be done, and finish the project. I looked more at this project as one more thing to do on my checklist instead of looking at it as a learning experience. I am happy to say that throughout the process of this project I feel that I have grown as a learner. I enjoyed looking for information on this topic and kept thinking of more things that I could be looking for or what else could I do with the information I had found. I hope to share all of my findings with my sister, as she teaches high school history and any other people who are interested in this topic. Thank you for assigning this project Dr. Lamb! It really helped me grow as a student and learner!
Wishing
I feel that my time with this project has been very fulfilling! I was able to find many different types of resources with excellent information. I used the internet, the library, ask-an-expert, and documentaries. The AASL Standards For the 21st-Century Learner states under 2.1.4 skills, "Use technology and other information tools to analyze and organize information". I feel that I applied this standard throughout the entirety of my project as well as in my final presentation of my topic. I used four different types of technology throughout this project: a concept map, a web-based tool such as ask-an-expert, a pathfinder, and my final product was a power point presentation. Using different types of technology really enhanced what I was able to do with this project.
Throughout this process I did struggle with what I should do with all of the information I had found. I felt overwhelmed at times and had to change the questions I posed due to the amount of information I found. If I were to do this project again I would make my questions more specific and focus on just one part of the Holocaust. For instance the concentration and death camps. There is more then enough information out there that I could have done my project on that alone!
Thinking back on this project I feel that I will be able to be more open when students come into my media center with a topic they would like information on. They are eager to learn information just like I was. I hope that I will be able to help them narrow their focus down to something managable.
At times students may come in and want to find just enough information to get their project finished. Hopefully, I can help them look at the whole picture and become a little more excited about finding information on their topic. By using different types of resources, including technology, maybe I can show them how interesting learning can be!
Throughout this process I did struggle with what I should do with all of the information I had found. I felt overwhelmed at times and had to change the questions I posed due to the amount of information I found. If I were to do this project again I would make my questions more specific and focus on just one part of the Holocaust. For instance the concentration and death camps. There is more then enough information out there that I could have done my project on that alone!
Thinking back on this project I feel that I will be able to be more open when students come into my media center with a topic they would like information on. They are eager to learn information just like I was. I hope that I will be able to help them narrow their focus down to something managable.
At times students may come in and want to find just enough information to get their project finished. Hopefully, I can help them look at the whole picture and become a little more excited about finding information on their topic. By using different types of resources, including technology, maybe I can show them how interesting learning can be!
Thursday, September 17, 2009
new power point URL
OOPS!!! My power point notes would not show up in the pdf form. I have posted the original power point presentation at this URL:
https://oncourse.iu.edu/access/content/user/mscline/The%20Holocaust%20powerpoint.ppt
I hope this one will work for you!!
thanks, Megan
https://oncourse.iu.edu/access/content/user/mscline/The%20Holocaust%20powerpoint.ppt
I hope this one will work for you!!
thanks, Megan
Wrapping and Waving
With all of the information I have compiled over the last few weeks there are numerous ways I could use it. I could post it as I have and give the blog address to people who are interested in learning more about this topic or I could give the information as well as the resources to my sister who is a world history high school teacher. I know that she teaches about the Holocaust and the information I could provide for her as well as the pictures may really make a difference for her students.
I hope to find something useful to do with this information. I feel that this period in time is a very important piece of our history. As a society we learn from our past. The more that we know and can teach our future generations about our past may keep these events from reoccuring.
I have decided to put together a power point presentation. It is more of a picture slide show with notes attached to tell about each picture. I feel that I can best communicate all of the things that I have learned using pictures. Pictures speak louder then words at times, and I believe that all of the pictures I have used tell the story of the Holocaust. The notes I have provided give specific information about each picture. All of the information used to compile this power point came from the resources listed on my pathfinder.
I hope you enjoy looking through the power point and gain some insight about the Holocaust.
You can find my final project as a power point saved and posted in pdf form at:
https://oncourse.iu.edu/access/content/user/mscline/The%20Holocaust%20powerpoint%20_Compatibility%20Mode_.pdf
I hope to find something useful to do with this information. I feel that this period in time is a very important piece of our history. As a society we learn from our past. The more that we know and can teach our future generations about our past may keep these events from reoccuring.
I have decided to put together a power point presentation. It is more of a picture slide show with notes attached to tell about each picture. I feel that I can best communicate all of the things that I have learned using pictures. Pictures speak louder then words at times, and I believe that all of the pictures I have used tell the story of the Holocaust. The notes I have provided give specific information about each picture. All of the information used to compile this power point came from the resources listed on my pathfinder.
I hope you enjoy looking through the power point and gain some insight about the Holocaust.
You can find my final project as a power point saved and posted in pdf form at:
https://oncourse.iu.edu/access/content/user/mscline/The%20Holocaust%20powerpoint%20_Compatibility%20Mode_.pdf
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Still Weaving...
Throughout this process I have found a number of resources on this topic. Most of them have been very reliable and thought the best way to organize the materials I have used was to put them into a pathfinder. I have found websites, books, and documentaries that capture this historic period. You can view my pathfinder at: https://oncourse.iu.edu/access/content/user/mscline/The%20Holocaust%20Pathfinder.pdf
While reading through all of the resources I came up with a few more questions that I wanted information on:
*What are Ghettos?
*How did the deportation of the Jews to concentration camps happen?
*What are the statistics of the atrocities during this period of time?
I have also decided that with the information I have learned from these resources I am going to put together a power point describing this period in time with pictures and notes. Sometimes pictures can speak louder then words. Authors Callison and Preddy define visual literacy as, "the ability to understand and use images, including the ability to think, learn, and express oneself in terms of images [...]" (423) I plan to apply all of the information I have learned by organizing my power point by topic.
Enjoy the pathfinder, I hope you will find the resources helpful!
Works Cited:
Callison, Daniel, and Preddy, Leslie. The Blue Book on Information Age Inquiry, Instruction and Literacy. Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited, 2006.
While reading through all of the resources I came up with a few more questions that I wanted information on:
*What are Ghettos?
*How did the deportation of the Jews to concentration camps happen?
*What are the statistics of the atrocities during this period of time?
I have also decided that with the information I have learned from these resources I am going to put together a power point describing this period in time with pictures and notes. Sometimes pictures can speak louder then words. Authors Callison and Preddy define visual literacy as, "the ability to understand and use images, including the ability to think, learn, and express oneself in terms of images [...]" (423) I plan to apply all of the information I have learned by organizing my power point by topic.
Enjoy the pathfinder, I hope you will find the resources helpful!
Works Cited:
Callison, Daniel, and Preddy, Leslie. The Blue Book on Information Age Inquiry, Instruction and Literacy. Westport, Connecticut: Libraries Unlimited, 2006.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Wiggle and Weave
The past few days have been very busy with weeding through information and trying to organize it all. I have found answers to all of the questions that I wondered about during my webbing posting. I judged each site that I gathered information from, from the skills I learned in S401. I looked at the end of each URL to make sure that it was a reliable source. I knew that if the URL ended with org., html., or edu that it was a pretty reliable source. I judged the books that I read by looking at the date they were last copyrighted. I wanted to make sure that I used the books that were most up to date.
I first went to the website http://www.ushmm.org to look for information. This site led me to http://isurvived.org/cronolgy.html to find the information I needed about when the Holocaust started. This site gave me information in a timeline manner that started in January of 1933 all the way through the end of May 1945. I found out that in January of 1933 the Nazi party took power in Germany and Hitler became the Chancellor. By March the Concentration Camp at Dachau was established and in May books declared contrary to Nazi beliefs were publicly burned. This was just the start of a 12 year tragedy.
I also learned from this site that in May of 1945 U.S. and Allied forces defeated the Nazis and liberated the remaining concentration camp survivors.
I moved to the site http://frank.mtsu.edu/~baustin/holocamp.html for information on the death and concentration camps. This site is specifically set up for information on death and concentration camps. I learned the answer to my question, What were the main concentration camps? Almost immediately following his rise to power, Hitler began the creation of death camps. Of the approximately 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, more then half were systematically exterminated in the highly rationalized gas chamber/crematorium system of the Nazi Death Camps between 1942 and 1945. 7 of the death camps that are best known are Treblinka, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Dachau, Chelmno, Sobibor, Belzek, and Majdanek. Another site that you can go to for information regarding concentration camps is www.auschwitz.dk .
The last thing that I questioned were what are some documentaries and books that may give personal experiences. I found quite a few books from my public library, Bartholomew County Public Library. Night by Elie Wiesel, Dawn by Elie Wiesel, and Diary of Anny Frank by Anne Frank. These books are all told by first person experiences and offer a real glimpse into the Holocaust period. Many other informational books can be found under a 940 call number. I found documentaries on the www.ushmm.org site. The most known documentary about this time in history is Schindler's List directed by Steven Spielberg.
As it says in the AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner "Organize knowledge so that it is useful." (2.1.2) With all of the resources that I have been able to find for this topic I have decided to put together a pathfinder. This follows 2.1.4 from AASL, "Use technology and other information tools to analyze and organize information." I have listed all of the sources that I have found in order of informational books, fiction books, non-fiction books, websites and documentaries. I hope to finish the pathfinder by tomorrow and will post a blog about where you can find it.
I am feeling a little overwhelmed with all of the resources I have found and trying to gather the information needed. Also putting together the pathfinder and trying to think of a final product all within the next week....wow maybe I should have done a little more last week! Though this process is a little overwhelming I am enjoying finding the information and learning about this very interesting piece of time.
I first went to the website http://www.ushmm.org to look for information. This site led me to http://isurvived.org/cronolgy.html to find the information I needed about when the Holocaust started. This site gave me information in a timeline manner that started in January of 1933 all the way through the end of May 1945. I found out that in January of 1933 the Nazi party took power in Germany and Hitler became the Chancellor. By March the Concentration Camp at Dachau was established and in May books declared contrary to Nazi beliefs were publicly burned. This was just the start of a 12 year tragedy.
I also learned from this site that in May of 1945 U.S. and Allied forces defeated the Nazis and liberated the remaining concentration camp survivors.
I moved to the site http://frank.mtsu.edu/~baustin/holocamp.html for information on the death and concentration camps. This site is specifically set up for information on death and concentration camps. I learned the answer to my question, What were the main concentration camps? Almost immediately following his rise to power, Hitler began the creation of death camps. Of the approximately 6 million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, more then half were systematically exterminated in the highly rationalized gas chamber/crematorium system of the Nazi Death Camps between 1942 and 1945. 7 of the death camps that are best known are Treblinka, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Dachau, Chelmno, Sobibor, Belzek, and Majdanek. Another site that you can go to for information regarding concentration camps is www.auschwitz.dk .
The last thing that I questioned were what are some documentaries and books that may give personal experiences. I found quite a few books from my public library, Bartholomew County Public Library. Night by Elie Wiesel, Dawn by Elie Wiesel, and Diary of Anny Frank by Anne Frank. These books are all told by first person experiences and offer a real glimpse into the Holocaust period. Many other informational books can be found under a 940 call number. I found documentaries on the www.ushmm.org site. The most known documentary about this time in history is Schindler's List directed by Steven Spielberg.
As it says in the AASL Standards for the 21st-Century Learner "Organize knowledge so that it is useful." (2.1.2) With all of the resources that I have been able to find for this topic I have decided to put together a pathfinder. This follows 2.1.4 from AASL, "Use technology and other information tools to analyze and organize information." I have listed all of the sources that I have found in order of informational books, fiction books, non-fiction books, websites and documentaries. I hope to finish the pathfinder by tomorrow and will post a blog about where you can find it.
I am feeling a little overwhelmed with all of the resources I have found and trying to gather the information needed. Also putting together the pathfinder and trying to think of a final product all within the next week....wow maybe I should have done a little more last week! Though this process is a little overwhelming I am enjoying finding the information and learning about this very interesting piece of time.
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