Journal+Entries


 * Fiesta 7-Benjamin Dickerson**

I decided to create a PowerPoint sidekick to enhance some reasearch projects that are currently being completed by 5th graders in my school. Through using PowerPoint, clip art and one of Annette Lamb's notepad graphics, I was able to make a slide that students could add to and stretch their thinking and try to relate to a certain time period in American history. Here are the examples:
 * [|The California Gold Rush] and [|The California Gold Rush Example]
 * [|Exploring the New World]


 * Multimedia Journal Starter for Spanish Students** -- by Katy Balma

I wanted to create something that would get students thinking about multiculturalism as a global phenomenon, not just an American one. I also wanted to get them thinking about bilingualism as a concept, and how and why language becomes the topic of such fierce culture wars, not just in Spanish-speaking portions of the US, but throughout the world. In addition, I wanted to tie this all in to pre-Columbian civilizations, so that students will end up learning a little something about ancient civilizations in the process of exploring current events/issues. This is what I came up with:

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 * [|Bilingual Regions of Mexico] (Sample included.)
 * [|Bilingualism in the Andes] (Sample included.)