POWER POINT PROJECT

• 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.purdue.edu/~agenhtml/agenmc/china/art.html

• 4. http://americanreligion.org/

• 5. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_studies/aboutafrican/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/webquests/fall99/slavetrade/

• 4. http://foreighnpolicy-infocus.org/• 5.

http://pcbso42.open.ac.uk/future/millennium/757.htm

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/webquests/fall99/slavetrade/

• 5. http://encarta.msn.com/find/concise.asp?ti=03cea000

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

• 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/nghts.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/immigration/

• 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/historical-

refs.html• 4. http://www.discover-center.org/• 5.

http://homepages.rhug.co.nz/~webschool/future.html

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