Yael Arieff

SLM521

Web Index

Web Index Page

Electives:

Elective 1- Teaching Analogies – From lesson plans to worksheets, games, and quizzes, this elective can direct you to websites that can help you create a highly stimulating unit on analogies.

http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/arieffy/elect1.htm

Elective 3- Civil War Lesson Plans – This elective is filled with links to creative Civil War lesson plans, using resources such as diaries, letters, documents, internet activities, collaborated quizzes, and even discussion boards.

http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/arieffy/elect3.htm

Elective 4- Newsletters - This elective can direct any Social Studies teacher to two very useful newsletter circulations that can provide information for interactive learning in the classroom and out.

http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/arieffy/elect4.htm

Elective 5- Civil War Collaboration – Websites that lead you to collaborative projects, lesson plans, ideas, and activities can be found in this elective. Students can interact with students all over the globe; teachers can do the same.

http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/arieffy/elect5.htm

Elective 8- Instructional Modifications – This elective provides a list of useful modifications for teachers with students who have ADD or Dyslexia with regards to web-based lessons.

http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/arieffy/elect8.htm

Web Dropins:

Dropin 1: Civil War Battles – This activity gives students an opportunity to get a feel for the mass numbers of casualties in both the North and South, compare them, and develop their reasoning skills.

http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/arieffy/drop1.htm

Dropin 2: Passover Customs – Students use the URLs provided to explore their heritage further and briefly describe what they have learned.

http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/arieffy/drop2.htm

Dropin 3: Women in the Civil War – Often left forgotten and unknown, this activity provides for students’ discovery of the realities of the lives of several women living through the Civil War. A website that leads to primary sources gives students a true feeling of their existence. Their understanding of the information is displayed on a convenient chart.

http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/arieffy/drop3.htm

Dropin 4: The Great Slavery Debate - This dropin gives students a chance to read about the different views regarding the issue of slavery during the Civil War. They are required to come with an understanding of both sides, and be prepared to debate in class.

http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/arieffy/drop4.htm

Dropin 5: Tracing Passover Customs: - Students have already found customs and traditions which are new to them, and in this dropin, they are required to use the listed websites to trace them back to where they originated.

http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/arieffy/drop5.htm

Other Assignemnts:

Web Link Bibliography – This bibliography lists links to Civil War websites that include information about battles, slavery, generals, and artillery. Included are personal annotations that describe more specific information about each site.

http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/arieffy/biblio.htm

Copyright – This page is the display of my knowledge of the copyright laws that I read up about on the provided website, using two scenarios and their ramifications.

http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/arieffy/copright.htm

My Course Module – This is my course module about internet privacy. Adult learners are asked to explore the listed websites and develop a list of eight guidelines for internet privacy for adults and children.

http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/arieffy/coursmod.htm

Search Engine – This is the list of my favorite search engines for the following categories: kid safe, news, medical, shopping, and travel.

http://www2.mcdaniel.edu/slm/student/arieffy/srcheng.htm