Sunday, October 02, 2005
Curriculum Connection
As I stated in the webbing phase this project would connect well with both Indiana standards as well as AASL standards.
I previously listed the AASL standards first these would connect with middle and secondary students. They are as follows:
AASL St. 1-the student's ability to find appropriate information
AASL St. 2-the student's ability to weed out false information from factual information
AASL St.3-the student's ability to utilize the found information and organize it accordingly
In other words, these three AASL standards will require the student search out information, make sure it is factual and without bias, be able to decipher the information, and then organize the information in an appropriate manner.
As one can also see, I found Indiana Academic Standards at the middle school level, sixth grade to be exact.
These standards would apply to my project with a little adaptation.
These standards include:
History
St 1 and St 5
St 1 states: Students will examine the key historic movements, events, and figures, that contributed to the development of the modern American and European from early civilizations to early modern times.
St 5 states:Students will examine the role of individuals and groups in societies of Europe and the Americas, identify connections, among cultures, and trace the influence of cultures of the past on present societies.
The topic of Halloween can fit basically several standards dealing with historical, social, cultural, even geographical backdrops.
For example, when looking at standard 5 a teacher can create a unit/lesson plan dealing with the connection of cultures. For example, we see in my project that Romans merged with the Celts in creating one single holiday, (later Halloween), with both cultures traditions.
In ST1, a unit on Halloween is one key development that spanned early Europe and then traveled to the Americas where it is prevalent today. Thus, Halloween can definitely be a lesson plan that a teacher could adapt to standards.
At the high school level, this topic can be fine tuned and also can meet several standards in history and sociology.
Sociology
St 2 Culture
Sutdents will examine the influence of cultureon the individual and the way cultural transmission is accomplished.
St 2.1 Students will define key components of a culture including knowledge, language, communication, customs, values, norms, and physical objects.
Thus, one can see that the Halloween can be used at all grade levels and in several disciplines.
The project that I have completed could be adapted to a lesson plan in the classroom. With Halloween approaching, it could be a planned unit in either a history or sociology class. It also could be a project developed in elementary school. At the higher levels, a teacher could give the students a broad topic of Halloween. Through brainstorming as a class subtopics would be discussed. Staying within the boundaries of the standards of the particular subject, (history), a student could choose a subtopic and possibly discuss either the historical background or if in sociology could discuss how customs of Halloween influence society. To stay in the guidelines of AASL standards, the teacher can give the students options on research by implementing one of the information search process models. Giving the students guidelines and worksheets on the process of these models would be most helpful to the overall process. Also, it would be fun to allow the student a wide range of choices when creating their final projects. For example, the list of choices that Dr. Lamb displayed on the waving page. Some of those were hyper studio, power point, posters, skits,web pages, etc.
Having the students create diverse exciting and fun projects leading up to Halloween would be great. It not only would incorporate necessary standards but would keep the classroom alive and fun.
The teacher and media specialist could collaborate and create a positive learning experience for the student.
Sources:
Indiana Department of Education: C. 2005. Indiana Academic Standards. http://ideanet.doe.st.us/
I previously listed the AASL standards first these would connect with middle and secondary students. They are as follows:
AASL St. 1-the student's ability to find appropriate information
AASL St. 2-the student's ability to weed out false information from factual information
AASL St.3-the student's ability to utilize the found information and organize it accordingly
In other words, these three AASL standards will require the student search out information, make sure it is factual and without bias, be able to decipher the information, and then organize the information in an appropriate manner.
As one can also see, I found Indiana Academic Standards at the middle school level, sixth grade to be exact.
These standards would apply to my project with a little adaptation.
These standards include:
History
St 1 and St 5
St 1 states: Students will examine the key historic movements, events, and figures, that contributed to the development of the modern American and European from early civilizations to early modern times.
St 5 states:Students will examine the role of individuals and groups in societies of Europe and the Americas, identify connections, among cultures, and trace the influence of cultures of the past on present societies.
The topic of Halloween can fit basically several standards dealing with historical, social, cultural, even geographical backdrops.
For example, when looking at standard 5 a teacher can create a unit/lesson plan dealing with the connection of cultures. For example, we see in my project that Romans merged with the Celts in creating one single holiday, (later Halloween), with both cultures traditions.
In ST1, a unit on Halloween is one key development that spanned early Europe and then traveled to the Americas where it is prevalent today. Thus, Halloween can definitely be a lesson plan that a teacher could adapt to standards.
At the high school level, this topic can be fine tuned and also can meet several standards in history and sociology.
Sociology
St 2 Culture
Sutdents will examine the influence of cultureon the individual and the way cultural transmission is accomplished.
St 2.1 Students will define key components of a culture including knowledge, language, communication, customs, values, norms, and physical objects.
Thus, one can see that the Halloween can be used at all grade levels and in several disciplines.
The project that I have completed could be adapted to a lesson plan in the classroom. With Halloween approaching, it could be a planned unit in either a history or sociology class. It also could be a project developed in elementary school. At the higher levels, a teacher could give the students a broad topic of Halloween. Through brainstorming as a class subtopics would be discussed. Staying within the boundaries of the standards of the particular subject, (history), a student could choose a subtopic and possibly discuss either the historical background or if in sociology could discuss how customs of Halloween influence society. To stay in the guidelines of AASL standards, the teacher can give the students options on research by implementing one of the information search process models. Giving the students guidelines and worksheets on the process of these models would be most helpful to the overall process. Also, it would be fun to allow the student a wide range of choices when creating their final projects. For example, the list of choices that Dr. Lamb displayed on the waving page. Some of those were hyper studio, power point, posters, skits,web pages, etc.
Having the students create diverse exciting and fun projects leading up to Halloween would be great. It not only would incorporate necessary standards but would keep the classroom alive and fun.
The teacher and media specialist could collaborate and create a positive learning experience for the student.
Sources:
Indiana Department of Education: C. 2005. Indiana Academic Standards. http://ideanet.doe.st.us/
