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United States Constitution By Daniel Zeman 8 th Grade U.S. History

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United States Constitution

By Daniel Zeman

8th Grade U.S. History

Technology Rationale

• The majority of us at some points in our lives will be participating in government, whether it is voting, serving in a government office, exercising your natural rights (through the Constitution and Bill of Rights), or obeying the laws that the President signs in. How do we begin to understand the complex system of the United States government and how will the use of technology help students understand what the U.S. Constitution is.

• This presentation will show you that teachers can use podcasts, educational videos, apps, and many other interactive websites into their lesson plans in or order to create fun, exciting, technology driven classes.

Click the video to play!

Internet Content

• All the websites used during this presentation are from reliable sources. The information coming from the websites are history related and will allow the teacher to incorporate them into lesson plans, and will also be useful for the students.

• The links included in this Powerpoint will take you to the websites.

Images• There are many images on the internet that

can help students to understand how the Constitution works and the breakdown of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches, and what tasks they have to perform.

Image OneBelow: This image shows the basic responsibilities of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches. http://www.oakland.edu/?id=7681&sid=200

Image 2

• This image and map helps students understand the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

Images 3,4,5

Image 3 Upper Left: Shows the U.S. Constitution, The Bill of Rights, and the Declaration of Independence.

Image 4 Upper Right:Shows where the documents are held at in the National Archives in Washington D.C.

Image 5 Middle:Shows the National Archives building.

Kidspiration

Podcast

• This Podcast by Constitution Study Radio, explores the United States Constitution and it’s Articles. • This is good for teachers to use because it allows students to explore another method of learning.• This podcast is also effective for a teacher to use because it explores different ideas surrounding the Constitution and allows students to think about the Constitution in a different view. It may also challenge their views on what the purpose of the Constitution is, and whether or not it creates a fair government.

Click to play!!

Blog• U.S. History Ideas for Teachers is a great website that

gives teachers access to many different resources.

• It also gives the teacher examples of lesson plans, graphs, and ways to involve the students in active learning.

• Not only does this blog help the teacher, but it is also a good resource that consists of excellent government resources and websites for your students to access.

• It also explains what students should be learning, and how to help them retain what is the “more important” topics.

Educational VideoSo how does the Constitution come about? Click to play video.https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/history/1600s-

1800s/declaration-of-independence/v/birth-of-the-us-constitution

Left: The Adoption of the U.S. Constitution at Independence Hall.

http://teachingamericanhistory.org/convention/froehlich/

Internet Resources

National Constitution CenterThe National Constitution Center is devoted to educating the people about the United Stated Constitution. It provides explanations, Lesson Plans for teachers, and includes games so younger kids may learn by playing. http://constitutioncenter.org

Teaching American HistoryThis is an organization that is designed to help teachers of American history. They have many unique key features such as important documents to American history, special events for teachers to attend, and online seminars teachers can watch in order to improve their classroom and teaching skills. http://teachingamericanhistory.org

Teaching HistoryTeaching History Is devoted to helping the teacher in the classroom. It provides lesson plan reviews, Q and A blogs, historical thinking, methods to approach technology, as well as lecture and using documents in the classroom. The best part about it, is that it provides teachers support and information for Elementary School, Middle School, High School, and for online classes. http://teachinghistory.org

• Using Web 2.0:

Historypin is a website that can be used by both the teacher and the students.

• It allows the Teacher to map out a historical event or the students to create fun projects with while using Google Maps to show where events took place.

• It also allows the students to save their information and documents they have used to create the project, and allows users all over the world to view the projects and to learn something new!

Brain PopBrain pop is a fun website that gives teachers the ability to let students watch fun interactive videos, play games, and take quizzes that are all based around your subject area, and in this case History!

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Puzzle Maker

Using Puzzle Maker I was able to create this word search to allow the students to be able engage in a fun activity that will allow them to learn the words of the Constitution. It allows the students to have fun while they learn and will allow the teacher to create a puzzle that is ideal for the students learning level.

Try making your own:http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/WordSearchSetupForm.asp

The National Constitution Center

• The national constitution center is a great way for teachers to see lesson plans, documents, and to see curriculum surrounding the US Constitution.

• It is also a great place for students to go to watch videos, play games, do puzzles, and gain a better understanding of what the Constitution is and what is does for America.

The National Constitution Center Continued

• Here is one example of a video for students to watch in grades 5-12. http://constitutioncenter.org/learn/hall-pass/tax-day/

• There are also resources for teachers to use such as these lesson plans. http://constitutioncenter.org/learn/educational-resources/lesson-plans/

Uses of The Internet

• The Library of Congress is a great tool for teachers to use when teaching about History. It gives them access to government documents, classroom materials, as well as information and ideas for teachers to use in lesson plans. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/index.html

• Another great use of the internet is The Library of Congress American Memory. It allows both the teacher and the student to utilize the website for research projects, lesson plans, or reading assignments and discussion. http://rs6.loc.gov/amhome.html

Slideshare

• This Powerpoint can also be viewed on Slideshare.