Bryan Ensel

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Bryan Ensel

• Grade 5 Social Studies
• Fort Ticonderoga

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Objectives

• In this lesson I want students to do research
  about the battles that occurred at Fort
  Ticonderoga and have them develop a better
  understanding of Champlain Valley History.
• Students will be using Microsoft Publisher to
  create newspaper articles based on their research
  of the battles that occurred at Fort Ticonderoga.
  Within publisher, students will develop an
  understanding of how to type text in the program
  in addition to successfully inserting pictures
  that pertain to the topic. Students will then
  print their articles to a Color Laser Jet printer
  and compile an entire newspaper on the battle. I
  will then make copies of the finished piece and
  distribute.

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Introduction Learning Activity

• I would start by explaining to students that this
  is the beginning of a unit that will end with a
  field trip to Fort Ticonderoga. In this lesson,
  students will be provided with why it is
  important to study local history and the impact
  it has on them.

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Provide Information

• I want students to work individually on this
  lesson. We will go to the computer lab and every
  student will pick a topic that falls under the
  category of Fort Ticonderoga. This could be
  anything from battles that occurred, important
  people, or anything that interest them about this
  time. Students will be working on this project
  for approximately a week.
• Monday will be an introduction to the unit and I
  will take the students to the computer lab and
  start teaching the basics of web searching and
  how to use Microsoft Publisher.

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Provide Information (cont)

• On Tuesday and Wednesday, students will continue
  to research their topics and start creating their
  newspaper article. Thursday students should have
  their research complete, and be working on their
  newspaper articles.
• Thursday students should have their research
  complete, and be working on their newspaper
  articles. On Friday students will be making final
  touches to their articles, printing them and
  handing into the teacher. On the following
  Monday, the teacher will compile the newspaper
  articles and make copies for distribution to the
  class.

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Provide Information (cont)

• On Tuesday, students will set up a 5 minute
  meeting with me to go over their work. This where
  I will evaluate their performance and suggest
  areas of improvement and areas that were well
  done. On Wednesday, students will take a field
  trip to Fort Ticonderoga and be able to apply
  their research with real reenactments, and get a
  tour of the Fort.

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Provide Practice

• I have already built in practice for this lesson.
  The first day of this lesson is dedicated to
  practicing and learning Microsoft Publisher, as
  well as how to search for articles on the
  internet. Students will learn how to create text
  boxes and insert pictures in Microsoft Publisher.
  During this time students will explore resources
  such as jstor and proquest to gather research on
  their topics.

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Provide Knowledge of Results

• I will be keeping a copy of all work submitted
  for this presentation. I have built in a time and
  day for evaluation of the student. This is the
  time where I will share my thoughts, feedback and
  things that could use improvement. I will also
  share the results from their practicum. I feel
  that meeting with every student individually is
  more efficient.

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Review Activity

• This would be a time where I would ask students
  what they learned and was it fun. I want this to
  be a fun activity and not want it to seem like
  students are doing work .I feel that
  incorporating a field trip at the end of the unit
  is a great way to come to a close. Seeing
  everything that they have been researching for
  the past week will help them make those
  connections with the material they have been
  researching.

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Methods of Assessment

• Students will use the internet in addition to
  their Social Studies text book to research the
  many battles that took place at Fort Ticonderoga.
  With this information they will create featured
  stories about people, places, and events that
  happened at Fort Ticonderoga. I wants students to
  furthers develop an understanding of these topics
  by doing their own research.

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Methods of Assessment (cont)

• To make sure students have an accurate
  understanding of Microsoft Publisher, I will
  require each student to sit down one on one with
  me and go through a proficiency using the
  program. They will be required to open the
  program, create a new text document, and then
  successfully insert a piece of clipart.