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Japanese-American InternmentWho I Am
• I am a history teacher at Oroville High School, in Oroville, CA.
• I have taught at Oroville High School for 22 years.• My e-mail address is: [email protected]• My school address is: 1535 Bridge Street,
Oroville, CA 95966• This is an 11th grade U.S. History lesson that deals
with the constitutionality of the treatment of the Japanese-Americans in World War II.
Japanese-American InternmentExpectations
• Learn how to create a web page and put a lesson on a web page.
• Create a standards based lesson to use in my classroom.
• Use Microsoft Power Point to present final project, for myself and for my students.
• Use Excel to create graphs of student assessment.
• Become more proficient in the use of different computer programs.
• Expected this class to be completed without too much difficulty.
Japanese-American Internment
Outcomes
• Learned many of the problems of web page design.
• Gained rudimentary knowledge of web page design.
• Gained rudimentary knowledge of downloading and uploading using ftp programs (cute, leech, and fetch).
• Expanded knowledge of power point, excel, and use of the internet.
• Gained rudimentary knowledge of linking pages and projects.
• I am beginning to feel more comfortable using technology in my teaching.
Japanese-American InternmentSuccesses
• I gained interest in making standards based lessons.
• Became more familiar with history standards.
• Greatly improved my skills with different computer programs.
• Gained more knowledge of what is available on the internet.
• Increased my interest in developing lessons that will include technology.
Japanese-American InternmentSuccesses Continued
• Lesson meets California standards and framework.
• Students gain experience using the internet and power point program.
• Students gain experience working with others.
• Students improved their knowledge of the treatment of Japanese-Americans in World War II.
• Students showed more empathy towards this controversy, than in the past.
Japanese-American InternmentShortcomings
• Difficulty in getting class into library to use computer lab.
• My lack of expertise in using power point, and ability to teach it to students.
• Getting enough time for students to type their projects, having only one computer in class.
• Differences in skill levels of students in using computers and different programs.
• My own frustrations with the setup of this particular CTAP course.
Japanese-American InternmentShortcomings Continued
• This lesson took more time than I had originally planned.
• Compare more on the Japanese-American internment to Nazi treatment of the Jewish people.
• Need some kind of assignment to get students to express feelings about the Japanese-American internment.
• Lesson needs more refinement!
Japanese-American InternmentStudent Data
• Students were given pre-test to determine their knowledge of the Japanese-American internment.
• Students were given an introduction note/lecture lesson on the internment, as an introduction to this event.
• Students were divided into pairs and given a worksheet to be completed using internet research.
• Students were to create a power point presentation using their research on some aspect of the event.
• Students were given post-test to determine the growth of their knowledge of the Japanese-American internment.
Japanese-American InternmentStudent Data
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Student Pre-Post Quiz
Pre-Quiz 15 10 10 10 5 7 7 9 9 10 7 15 9 8 11 8 12 9
Post-Quiz 21 22 23 15 15 17 18 17 16 24 19 20 23 21 19 21 15 20
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Japanese-American InternmentRevisions
• Need to limit the size of the power point presentation that the students are to accomplish.
• Students need more time in the computer lab, both for use of the internet and putting together power point project.
• I need to do more of these types of projects, in order to become more proficient at teaching and grading students.
• I need to figure out how to make the total lesson on the Japanese-American internment take less time.
• Need improvement of worksheet given to students that guides them in their internet research.
Japanese-American InternmentSummary
• This course had many frustrations for me, but I feel that some learning did take place.
• I feel that the students learned more about the Japanese-American internment this year than in the past.
• They seemed to have gained more insight into this event and the controversy than past students have.
• My knowledge and desire of how to set up standards based lessons has increased.
• My interest in using technology has increased.• My knowledge and use of different computer programs has
increased.
Japanese-American InternmentSummary Continued
• Learning how to take a standard and create a lesson around it is a skill I need to continue to improve.
• This class has shown me that there is a lot of work I need to do with my own curriculum, in order to meet the state standards.
• With the new direction towards standards based testing, I need to do more work on creating this type of lesson.
• This will help me in creating new standards based lessons.
Japanese-American InternmentSummary Continued
• I now have a greater appreciation for the amount of time it takes to create these types of lessons.
• I now have a greater desire to learn and use different computer programs in teaching my classes.
• I believe that this has helped me to know that “you can teach an old dog new tricks.”