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  Student-made Web Pages...Show Off Their Work! Designed to teach students how to create a web page using Netscape Communicator's Composer and can be used by students in grades 3-12 to present their projects or research on their school's web page. Designed to be taught in a lab setting and will be used by the technology teacher in coordination with the classroom teacher.
  It's a Zoo Out There Designed to integrate the disciplines of English 10, Biology and Technology. Students generate a professional fundraising brochure to demonstrate their technical writing skills, their understanding of ecosystem bio-diversity, and skills associated with the use of Publisher ’97 software. Requirements for the project are presented to students using a brochure that contains necessary directions. The process and topic outlined here could easily be adapted to other grade
  Parliamentary Procedure This lesson will allow the student to participate in a meeting that is run using parliamentary procedure.
  Creating a Web Page The focus of this unit is to create a web page.
  A Personal Identity To introduce the study of Buddhism in Global Studies, the teacher will blindfold a student and have student walk through classroom maze in search of particular object. To introduce text Siddhartha in English class, students write a journal entry about a time student was lost. Did student ask directions or keep searching?
  Ecology and the St. Lawrence River This unit presents the knowledge base and understanding requirements of biotic and abiotic factors of an ecosystem.
  Hero Research Cont. Project continued.....The Hero Project is an opportunity for students to research and write a research paper about an abstract idea: the qualities and characteristics of a hero. The focus is on the idea of heroism rather than on a particular hero. The project includes an emphasis on using computers to do research, to help organize information, and to present information.
  Swallowing Stones This literary novel, Swallowing Stones, by Joyce McDonald is written using dual perspectives which give students a unique forum for the discussion of grief, death, gun violence, and ethical responsibility.
  Her story: Women's Sports and Title IX Focuses on women and thier impact on literature and history.
  Where On Earth? Purpose is for students to be able to estimate the size and shape of the earth. They will create and understand representations of the earth's surface (mapping, profiling, gradient, . . .) and describe what activities created the surface features that are observed. They will also reflect on human activity with regard to the earth's surface. This will be accomplished through in-class activities and laboratories, as well as independent projects.
  Yeas and Nays: Parilamentary Procedure Essential Questions: What internal structure enables officers of varied groups to conduct business in a consistent and orderly manner? Which international, national, local groups apply the principals of parliamentary procedure? What are the ingredients necessary for a smooth running meeting? What vocabulary is associated with parliamentary procedure? What are the established authorities on parliamentary procedure?
  "THE LIFE AND TIMES OF......" Cultural, political and social influences can shape an artists experience. To understand why a paricular artist creates in a particular manner, one needs to explore environmental influences. Students will assume the role on an investigative reporter and research an artist and the world in which they worked, in preparation for the creation of a 2-page newspaper using MS Publisher.
  Discovering Dynamic Decades Students will know/understand cultural, social and political aspects of the 40’s and 60’s (WW II and Vietnam)through research using electronic media and print resources. Various artists of these decades and impact on shaping the direction of art, major writers of the 40’s and 60’s and how their works influenced the period and the mood of popular culture, major musicians of the two decades, styles, and how they echoed mood of the decades. Will learn how to use Power Point, write questions for interviews and conduct interviews.
  Collecting Poems Tied to a Short Story Theme ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What literary techniques and elements must a poem possess to be able to compare/contrast it to another piece of literature?
  Powerpoint Presents: Poetry Builds students' knowledge of poetic devices, exercises library research skills. They work in collaborative pairs to prepare/present oral interpretation/analysis of poem, biographical information about poet, enhanced by Powerpoint presentation. Integration of English, library, and technology skills provides evidence of having achieved several NYS Learning Standards. (ELA #1-Using Language for Information/Understanding: Speaking/ writing to acquire and transmit information; MST Standard #5-Technology-Using technological knowledge/skills to design, construct, use, evaluate products and systems to satisfy human and environmental needs.
  Julius Caesar Research in the life and times of Julius Caesar
  Holocaust Research Project Create background knowledge of the Holocaust to support other units while learning the skills for writing research papers and public speaking.
  What If It Happened to Me? A Look at the Disabled Essential Questions: What can I do well? How do society and disabled people relate to each other? How should parents of disabled children challenge as well as protect their children to help them reach their full potentials? What resources are available for disabled people? What rights, if any, should be denied to people who are disabled?
  Responsibilities of a Working Citizen Designed to align/integrate study of computer applications with acquisition of vocational knowledge/academic knowledge. Students use basic computer applications in as word processing, database, spreadsheet, desktop publishing, and presentation capabilities to demonstrate knowledge they acquire about themselves as potential employees, new perspectives on the workplace, and understanding of how academic knowledge is used in the workplace.
  Honorable Men or Are They? Julius Caesar Comparing modern day politicians with characters from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar./ To extend the students' knowledge about characterization and to familiarize them with modern day politicians.
  Linear Equations Essential Questions: What will I ever use this math for? How can the use of patterns help me to understand the physical world? How does the physical world relate to mathematics and mathematics to the physical world?
  Going My Way Geography/Writing/Adventure Education
  You are the Star! The purpose of this learning experience is to give the students the opportunity to be a participant of an online course as well as the tools to use a digital camera.
  Teacher's Cheat Sheet: Good Research Papers! For teachers of any subject: this is a guide to assisting your students in developing thier research papers. A soup to nuts description applicable in any subject!
  Muckraking Literature Students will learn of Mark Twain's phrase "Gilded Age" in reference to the late 19th Century in America.
  Bridge Design This learning experience is integrated into Mohawk Central Schools Mathematics Course II curriculum in the laboratory setting. Students having developed a physical model using geometric concepts will use the Interactive Physics program to redesign or improve their designs. Additional components include a demonstration of computer skills, writing skills, and interpersonal skills.
  Remember when....???? Students will research a decade in the 20th century and will prepare a research paper and a PowerPoint presentation.
  Author Brochures The purpose of this experience is for students to gain better exposure to authors of literary works. This will be achieved through construction of a visually appealing tri-fold author brochure using Microsoft Publisher and Internet research.
  So Much Can Happen In A Night! The purpose of this unit is to familiarize students with Shakespeare’s comedy. Most students only get exposure to either history or tragedy. The theme for this unit is humor and its relevance, as well as Shakespeare’s impact and relevance on our world today. The unit takes approximately 4-6 weeks of 42 minute classes.
  To Be Or Not To Be... This is a unit focusing on Hamlet. It contains in depth analysis of the plot, themes, and characters.
  The Unraveling of a Poem Students will focus on poetical analysis with the goal of understanding the theme of a poem.
  Frederick Remington: His Life and Times Document based research, Internet Research project studies on Frederic Remington, planned and delivered in collaboration across standards areas.
  Frederick Remington: His Life and Times Essential Questions: What is the correlation between America's art and it's foreign policy? Can one artist control an entire nation's perception of an era? Is the Internet a useful research tool? Does art imitate life? Are American culture and politics related in any way?
  Career Exploration/Job Shadowing This unit is designed to guide students in making career decisions. They will begin by examining their interests, matching their interests to a career, exploring how to attain that career and finally job shadowing a person in that occupation.
  Letters to the Government-Powerpoint The students become active participants in their government.
  Good for Business? Global Studies students will examine an assigned country guided by a series of worksheets and exercises to determine; (1) if Oneida Limited should expand its market into this country and (2) if the student would like to represent the company in this country. Through a series of data collec- tion and examination exercises the students gain insight into how to use the gathered information for decision-making in the culminating writing activity. Additionally, the unit gives students an opportunity to see how the content of Global Studies is relevant in today's inter-dependent business world.
  Young Love: Studying Shakespeare's Romeo and Juli Students will study William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. In addition to the play, students will focus on Elizabethan England, the life of William Shakespeare, and how the themes of the play are both prevalent and relevant in society today.
  An Introduction to Literature and Tolerance This experience has been created to introduce students to the novel, Flowers for Algernon, written by Daniel Keyes. As well as introducing the novel, it is my hope that students will come away with a better understanding and tolerance of individuals with disabilities. In this experience, students will experience and display an understanding of English Language Arts and Career Development and
  West Side Story: An Interdisciplinary Analysis This unit focuses on encouraging students to appreciate and understand the musical West Side Story by analyzing the musical from different perspectives. The unit prepares Band and Voice class students to expressively perform West Siode Story at a public concert and English students to write a critical essay comparing the musical's plot to the plot of Romeo and Juliet.
  Do I Have Spinach in my Teeth? What makes some people more popular and accepted than others? How would you define a socially acceptable and a socially unacceptable person? How and where do social skills affect your life? If you had to plan and execute an evening out at a fancy restaurant, what skills would you need to know in order to be socially acceptable? What are some etiquette/social skills you want to learn more about? If presented with a social skill/etiquette dilemma, how would you solve the problem? What are some ways that you, as a class, could raise money for a field trip?
  Understanding Poetry Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.
  The Revolutionary War * The Revolutionary War: A Timeline
  This Isn't Your Little Sister's Poetry: Analyzing This unit actively pursues student comprehension of poetry and poetic terminology for application on part three parallel tasks of the NYS English regents. A variety of techniques to acquire the terminology and analytical skills needed for both the regents and intelligent discourse are utilized. Technology is integrated by having the students synthesize information in electronic presentations.
  Process Writing with Powerpoint English students combine a process essay and speech with a Powerpoint presentation
  Celebrate the Arts Advertising Design Class, students are expected to complete assignments using different mediums, and will understand the roles a person in the Advertising Field has, includes meeting deadlines, being creative, working toward a specific goal and presenting completed projects in a professional manner. Students are upperclassmen, most have had some art courses and been introduced to the basics. Assignments are challenging, but allow students to succeed and see personal growth, allows students to create an Advertising Campaign in which they are able to support the arts program, creating T-shirts, designing posters, billboards, and videotaping commercials created from original storyboards. Theme of this campaign is "Celebrate the Arts."
  Ceasar II The program itself has built into it an overall usage of the learning standards. By the students interaction with the game, they will interact with each other as they work together to build an empire. They will be adhering to the standards without being aware they are attaining this goal. This reflects best practice in that all the students are engaged in learning are creating their own best learning environment, they are meeting standards, and there is a tangible end-product.
  Peace While the World is in Pieces This following learning unit and learning experiences serve as a CULMINATING EXPERIENCE to help students draw connections between a piece of literature in English Language Arts and the content taught in World History 10. All necessary classroom course work needs to be taught prior to using the activities listed here. The materials are laid out in the "Dimensions of Learning" model and reference specific strategies from that model. The specific text studied is A Separate Peace by John Knowles. The historical information centers on the world at war during the first 50 years of the 1900's.
  Brute Force Character development: Identify steps in a process of decision making steps and occurrences necessary which leads Brutus from Caesar's friend to leading the conspiracy with specific events (act, scene, line number) that leads to Brutus' conversion.
  Writing an ecology children's book This is an activity packed unit with laboratory skill, cooperative groupings and lecture formats intermingled together. The purpose of this unit is to get students to learn about ecology in a fun and interesting way. Using technology, science skills, their imagination, and creativity,the students will produce a children's story book about food chains and food webs.





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