Past+Fourth+Grade

=Internet Research Skills=


 * Week of September 17, 2007**

Internet Research Skills: Lesson 1

Students will:
 * create a search engine bookmark
 * open Microsoft Word
 * save a Word file
 * create a table
 * insert data into a table


 * Week of September 24, 2007**

Internet Research Skills: Lesson 2

Students will:
 * search for animal images
 * drag image files into Word
 * label image files in Word
 * change font and size of text


 * Week of October 1, 2007**

Internet Research Skills: Lesson 3

Students will:
 * change size of animal images
 * add a column
 * add in animal facts using [|National Geographic's] animal website
 * format to fit on one page


 * Week of October 9, 2007**

Internet Research Skills: Lesson 4

Students will:
 * site a webpage resource
 * use cut and paste between Word and Safari
 * finish animal fact research
 * practice touch typing skills

=Colonial Life in the Northeastern United States=

Week of November 5, 2007
Colonial Life Unit: Lesson 1

Students will:
 * use [|Portaportal] to find a link to [|A Colonial Family and Community website]
 * learn about colonial farm jobs and responsibilities
 * make comments on a [|class blog] about colonial jobs and responsibilities

Week of November 19, 2007
Colonial Life Unit: Lesson 2

Students will:
 * use [|Portaportal] to find a link to [|A Colonial Family and Community website]
 * learn about colonial farm jobs and responsibilities
 * make comments on a [|class blog] about colonial jobs and responsibilities

Week of December 3, 2007
Colonial Life Unit: Lesson 3

Students will:
 * use [|Portaportal] to find link to [|Colonial Life]
 * view slides of [|Colonial Trades]
 * pick a trade to present on our [|class blog]

Week of December 10, 2007
Colonial Life Unit: Lesson 4

Students will:
 * use [|Portaportal] to find link to [|Colonial Life]
 * view interactive presentation about a [|colonial household]
 * document the responsibilities of a colonial housewife of middle class on our class blog

Week of December 17, 2007
Colonial Life Unit: Lesson 5

Students will:
 * use [|Portaportal] to link to [|Colonial America online games]
 * play these four games: Brick Maker, Tools, Cooper, and Hats
 * on our [|class blog], document what facts they were meant to learn while playing the games

=Transportation in 1800s New York=

Week of January 7, 2008
Transportation Unit: Lesson 1

Students will:
 * participate in a discussion about present day transportation
 * create a new PowerPoint slideshow
 * name and save slide show
 * create title slide
 * create a present day NYS transportation slide
 * download image from google, cite it

Week of January 14, 2008
Transportation Unit: Lesson 2

Students will:
 * participate in a discussion about past transportation in New York State
 * view online resources about horse and carriage transport
 * create a carriage travel slide
 * fill in a fact slide about carriage travel
 * insert a table showing carriage speed

Week of January 28, 2008
Transportation Unit: Lesson 3

Students will:
 * view online resources about the Erie Canal
 * create an Erie Canal slide
 * fill in an Erie Canal slide researched from online resources (citations)

Week of February 4, 2008
Transportation Unit: Lesson 4

Students will:
 * view online resources about NYS railroads
 * fill in a NYS railroads slide researched from online resources (citations)

Week of February 11, 2008
Transportation Unit: Lesson 5

Students will:
 * review transportation ideas and concepts
 * create a final slide answering comprehension questions about NYS transportation