Subject+-+Social+Studies+(Project+4)

= Subject: Social Studies (Jamie Riley) =

Examples of sites that include photos related to the history of Dublin, Ohio:
[|Ohio Pix] [|Ohio Memory (Dublin Memories Page)] [|Explore Ohio] [|Ohio History Central] [|Dublin Historical Society] [|City of Dublin-Bicentennial Page]

** Description: **
===To show how their community has changed over time, students will gather images and other media, using websites provided by the teacher, that demonstrate what life was like in their community in the past. Students will be grouped into cooperative learning groups according to the following categories listed in the history standards for third grade: business/ employment, education, transportation, technology, and recreation. Each group will use the provided websites to find media to input into a class wiki page that the other groups will view in order to learn about each category. On their wiki page each group will be responsible for defining their history term and will provide at least 10 examples of how life was different in their specific area in the past. For example, a group may post photos of different types of transportation from the past, such as a horse and buggy, a bicycle, a canoe, or a flat boat.===

Supporting Research:
===In an article published in Social Studies (2010), Frye, Trathen, and Koppenhaver advocate for the use of Internet workshops as a structure to meaningfully research social studies content. They define Internet Workshop (developed by Leu) as as a framework in which teachers create a research activity that directs students to specific websites to gather information. Students use the websites to complete the research activity and share the information gathered with their classmates. Frye, Trathen, and Koppenhaver also use blogs as a technological tool for students to use to publish and showcase their work, to connect with others, and to "participate in real-life applications of literacy, social studies, and technology integration."===

Tried & True or New & Innovative:
===The use of websites to gather information, including primary sources, is tried and true in terms of students doing research. Working with primary resources from the internet would be new and innovative for third graders. In addition, the use of a wiki to share information is new and innovative for third grade students, as they will have to work collaboratively to decide how to present their primary source information and will have to learn to use a new technology (the class wiki).===