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Required Assignments
 

Web Link Bibliography: The following sites will help in creating and gathering information for
                                        a unit on the nervous system.

Internet Course Module #1:    An assignment that examines purchasing sites for textbooks
                                                related to the Social Sciences.

Internet Course Module #2:     An exploration of the Library of Congress website and all
                                                its potential as a resource for any level and any subject.

Copyright Activity:    An examination of various situations and whether they violate copyright
                                    laws.

Search Engine: An evaluation of the search engines available on the web today.

WebQuest: An exploration of the Industrial period and the question "Were the leaders of this
                    period Robber Barons or Captains of Industry"

Article Reviews:  Discusses the issues of technology in the educational process

    Article #1 - Overcoming Barriers to On-Line Collaboration
    Article #2 - PEW Charitable Trusts Internet Study
 

Elective Assignments

Elective 1 - Lesson plans
Elective 2 - Web citations
Elective 3 - School Library Media Sites
Elective 4 - Filtering
Elective 5 - Viruses
Elective 6 - Publications
Elective 7 - Games On-line
Elective 8 - E-mail Distribution List - this has no link because it required no web page
Elective 9 - Safety
Elective 10 - Newsletters
Elective 11 - E-mail
 

Drop-in Assignments

Drop-in 1 - Nullification Assignment - compares states' rights and federalism arguments over the
                                                           Tariff of 1828

Drop-in 2 - Reconstruction Activity - examines condition of Freedmen after the Civil War

Drop-in 3 - World War I Propaganda Exercise - studies use of propaganda posters to explain
                                                                            how anti-war sentiment was reversed as the US
                                                                            prepared to enter WWI.

Drop-in 4 - Political Party Exercise - Students will explore an issue from both the Democratic
                                                            and Republican sides of the argument

Drop-in 5 - Immigration Exercise - asks students to evaluate immigration over the past 100
                                                        years