I Want to be an American Citizen
Project Presentation
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Social Studies - American History, American Government; ESL- translations, vocabulary; Language Arts - reference skills, writing paragraphs.
A collaborative four to six week project that includes: research on American History and Government; learning a web page editor program (PageMill) and the use of the Internet that will result in the creation of students' web pages. The web page will help future US citizens to study for the US citizenship test.
Alignment with National Standards:
This project demonstrates elements of the National US History, Government/Civics and Language Arts Standards:
Standard 4 Level II
Standard 6 Level II
Standard 8 Level II
- National Standards for US Government/Civics.
Standard 8 Level II
Standard 9 Level II
Standard 15 Level II
- National Standards for Language Arts.
Standard 3 Level II
Standard 4 Level II
Time Frame for Carrying Out Project:Students spend four to six weeks in 45 minute periods, five days a week, researching, learning a web page editor program, and creating a web page. The project lasts one month and up dating the web page occurs throughout the academic year.
The fourth,fifth, and sixth grade bilingual students at Turner Elementary School in West Chicago, Illinois will participate. They all are ESL students. Their first language is Spanish and it is also the language they speak at home.
The 5th grade bilingual students will learn information about American history and Government -see Alignment with National Standards- They will learn to gather information using different sources (CD ROMS, Internet, Library, etc.) They will be able to use decision-making skills to evaluate this information. Students will write or translate paragraphs from English to Spanish and vice versa. As an additional learner outcome the students will learn to create web pages by learning Adobe PageMill a web page editor.
The students are evaluated daily and the evaluation is based on their portfolio contained in a computer disk. The disk portfolio contains the student's work which includes web pages, e-mail (sent and recived), HyperStudio cards, translations, research, and any other information they may use.