The “FUN” part of the course: The Game Students will play a game to review important characters, terms, and facts. Students practice READING & SPEAKING Encourage friendly competition amongst students The Storyboard Items received from the game will be used by the students to help build a story of their own. Students practice all language skills, including vocabulary, grammar, sentence structure, speaking, and develop creative thinking skills. The Sing-along or Karaoke - Some lessons may be enhanced by singing the lyrics (using vocabulary) Other sample Web 2.0 tools Google Earth (Geography - interactive) YouTube (Storyboard video upload) Blog (Student journal)

Note: For full effect (animation), please view the following pages in SLIDE VIEW (full-screen) mode. Click mouse button to move on to NEXT page ONLY when you see this icon: CLICK *Please DO NOT copy, reproduce or distribute any images*

History Lesson: Once students complete and pass a test, they receive new crates. A sealed package has arrived. Open it Leave it CLICK

The Declaration of Independence Students will receive an item that they learned in the lesson and review description. Then, they record & analyze their READING ability via voice recognition technology. Good! The Declaration of Independence Written mainly by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. The Declaration of Independence Written mainly by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Excellent! The thirteen colonies declared independence from Great Britain. The thirteen colonies declared independence from Great Britain. CLICK record and analyze voice

Declaration of Independence Once the student reads successfully, they obtain the item. You got a new item! Declaration of Independence Adopted on July 4, 1776 and the thirteen colonies declared freedom from Great Britain. Fame +3 CLICK

The American Flag (“Betsy Ross” flag) Students will repeat these steps until all items in the unit have been opened. The American Flag (“Betsy Ross” flag) Flag Resolution, 1777: “the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation." CLICK

The original American Flag with 13 stars was created by Betsy Ross. Items get stored and their scores would go up accordingly. You got a new item! 13 Colonies Flag The original American Flag with 13 stars was created by Betsy Ross. Fame +5 CLICK

Students will accumulate items from the lesson Students will accumulate items from the lesson. Items get stored and the students’ scores would go up accordingly. You have reached 400 fame! Level up to 8 A famous archaeologist You have mastered the Revolutionary War. Fame +25 Fame +50 Fame +45 Fame +20 Fame +15 Fame +10 CLICK

Philadelphia July 4, 1776 Philadelphia July 4, 1776 To: Date: To: Students will also need to know details of the items they have obtained. They must send them to the correct location and time. To: Date: Philadelphia July 4, 1776 To: Date: Fame +65 Philadelphia Excellent! You have sent the Declaration of Independence to the right place at the right time. Student would type in the recipient address (city, state) here. July 4, 1776 CLICK

The British are coming! The British are coming! CLICK Students can also view historical pictures on the wall and click on it. It would allow them to learn more about the character through pictures & animation. Paul Revere picture frame. Who is this historical figure? Open it Leave it Students can either record their voice or type answer. Paul Revere The sound would be played here. Fame +15 The British are coming! The British are coming! CLICK

Once items have been obtained, they will use them to make a story of their own version. Using their own storyboard, students will practice SPEAKING and SENTENCE MAKING skills. Voice Tools Page Tools When the recording is complete, students can stop, playback, or re-record. Students can make multiple pages for recording. Once done, student can begin recording their version story. Students can easily move characters using mouse. CLICK

Declaration of Independence Geography Lesson: Students will continue with the game to learn geographical location. Restoration of Declaration of Independence Help K place this document in its original location! CLICK Students would also use maps to learn location using characters and items obtained from the game.

Geography Lesson: Learning to travel with a map (can be a map-based lesson without instruction where students would “search” for items & characters) My current location Where are we now? Open CLICK Students will use the map to find & learn locations. For example, after learning about the 2nd Continental Congress, students would have to travel to Pennsylvania, and then to Philadelphia. Once students click on the state, they would get the state map with major cities (not shown on demo).

Vocabulary & Sentence Lesson: Students will learn by association using the Flash animation Learning through visualization would more effective than plainly memorizing vocabulary. CLICK

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Sing-along (Karaoke) Lesson to learn Star-spangled Banner Voice Tools Page Tools The students will practice their English skills and the contents of each lesson by incorporating sing-along (w/ background music). In this example, students will sing along Star-spangled banner after learning about the Revolutionary War. Contents learned can be shown as visual here. CLICK What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Oh say can you see by the dawn’s early light Oh say can you see by the dawn’s early light

We believe students being engaged and having fun while learning combined with structured curriculum would be the most effective method to deliver history & geography online course. The End