Social+Studies

=**Teaching the Civil War **= = =  Go to the following web address [] to find MULTIPLE activities that you could use with your students. 

=** Dipity--A collaborative timeline **= = =  This is an excellent way of doing a collaborative project with your students. You could use this timeline web 2.0 tool on any topic; however, here is an example using this tool with the Civil Rights Movement.

[|Timeline Example]

=**History Tours **= = = [|http://historytours.wikispaces.com.]  Have students create a Google Earth tour of events in history. Examples of Tours created below. U.S. History Tours World History Tours

**Demonstration of How Students can create tours. **Creating Tours

=**Presidential Campaign Commercials **=

Students should preview the following [|website] to get ideas of actual Presidental Campaign Commercials. Students will then complete campaign commercials using Imovie08. The commercials should be 60 seconds in length and demonstrate in depth knowledge of campaign strategies in a creative way.


 * Democratic Ideals vs. American Reality **

Students will analyze issues related to disparities between American ideals and the realities of governing in an American society. View the description of this activity at the following web address: [] The activity suggests creating a photostory; however, if using a Mac, I would suggest using garageband. If you are using a PC, you could use moviemaker. = = =The Life of a Late 19th Century Immigrant = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Matt Johns, Tom Rutledge, Wayne Kantz <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Students will create a graphic organizer outlining the life of a typical immigrant experience in 1886. The students will do this activity using Inspiration. Assignment Instructions [|Opening week assignment.doc] Rubric [|Tweaked US II Opening Assignment Rubric.xls]

=**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Investment Activity--Part 1 **=

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">This<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 96%;"> activity can be found at [] = = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">"A<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">lthough many people use the words saving and investing interchangeably, they have different meanings. To save money is to put money aside for use in the future. Investing is using one’s money to try to make more money. Students take a trip to Investor Island on the imaginary Planet Orange where they are introduced to the concepts of investment, risk, and return. With residents of the islands, they explore stocks and bonds as investment options. In learning about these two investment options, they discover there is a trade-off between risk and return." (EconEdLink) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> =**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> Investment Activity--Part 2 **= = = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">This activity can be found at [] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 96%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> "Part II of a three-part series, this lesson provides students with an overview of popular investment options in terms of risk, return and liquidity. Students also take a trip to Investor Island on the imaginary Planet Orange where they are introduced to diversity and mutual funds as a means for spreading risk." (EconEdLink)

=**<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">Investment Activity--Part 3 **=

This activity was found as [] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> "The students analyze their personal level of risk tolerance in Part III of this three-part series. In a culminating activity, the students are given a hypothetical $5,000 to invest. They are asked to write a short essay telling how they would invest the $5,000 and explaining the factors that would influence their decision. The factors they must consider include their investment goals, risk, return and liquidity." (EconEdLink)