Lesson Plans Using Technology By: Stacy Hanson

Timeline of Revolutionary War  Students will summarize main events of the Revolutionary War by using nonlinguistic representation in Kidspiration.  Students will later have to retell the main events using the visual cues they chose to use.

Genre Classification  Students will gather information to show differences and similarities of various literary genres and organize this information using Word Processing Strategies via Microsoft Word.  Many times students use Kidspiration, using Microsoft Word will give them experience using a more widely used program.

Trader’s Time Chapter Summary  Students will understand that a summary is not repetitive, but rather is concise and includes all main events.  Students will demonstrate knowledge through classroom analyzing and discussion using Auto Summarize.

Tornado Safety  Students will use a variety of resources to create a multimedia project.  Students will find information about how tornados form, what effects that can have on the environment, find a true-life tornado story, and how to stay safe during a tornado.  Students will then put this information into a script that should mimic a news broadcast.  Students will tape their “broadcasts” and present to the class.