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Joanne
Prettyman SLM 521 Elective
#5 Virtual
Field Trips |
Travel through Time… Travel through History… Travel with Mrs. P! |
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Let’s get
ready to travel! Are your passports in order? Do you have goggles, an oxygen
tank, and a subversive mini-sub? Are you ready to mix with celebrities?
No…well…that’s okay! I have all you’ll need right on this little page! These
four “field trips” are designed with four historical lessons in mind. When we
get to these lessons, throughout the year, we’ll take a break and travel! So
sit back…and enjoy!
…Travel….destination…number
1…The U-505 Submarine..!
“On
June 4, 1944, a German submarine known as U-505 was prowling off the coast of
WOW! A
submarine…a WWII German U-boat…can we visit? Can we dive to it? Can we touch
it? Sure, follow me…
The U-505 being attacked by Allied
forces!!!
(http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/U505/history/capture.html)
By this time we have
studied WWII, and its sea battles, in class. A portion of this field trip will
be review and the remainder will be new information. You will be responsible
for this new information! So pay attention and keep your eyes glued to the
sights.
Allied intelligence
searching for U-505!!!
(http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/U505/history/worldwar.html)
On our trip we are going
to complete a series of tasks: review the war’s history, observe the U-505
exhibit, take the virtual tour, and complete some on-line activities as we take
the tour.
You, and your partner, have
already been assigned several activities to complete, prior to coming to the
computer lab – I hope you are prepared! You have already been given all of your
paperwork, should have made your exhibit choices and your virtual tour choices
– I hope you are ready! And lastly, you have already been given all of your
activity choices – I hope you have picked your four (4) activities out!
Well…there are no more
instructions! Sit back, enjoy the dive, and LEARN!
The U-505 on exhibit – AWESOME!!
(http://www.msichicago.org/exhibit/U505/index.html)
…Travel…destination…number
two…The Hollywood Sign..!
“The
COOL!
The Hollywood Sign…located in
(http://www.hollywoodsign.org/see.html)
By this time we have
studied the Roaring Twenties, and all of its glamour and glitz! A portion of
this field trip will be review and the remainder will be new information. You
will be responsible for this new information! So pay attention and keep your
eyes glued to the sights.
(www.hollywoodtours.us/
tours/tourDetail.cfm/tid/83) (members.virtualtourist.com/
m/23e64/b80ac/)
This just makes me think
of CA!!
On our trip we are going
to complete a series of tasks: review the history of the sign – its advent, the
building, and what
You, and your partner,
have already been assigned several activities to complete, prior to coming to
the computer lab – I hope you are prepared! You have already been given all of
your paperwork and been given your virtual tour choices – I hope you are ready!
And lastly, you have already been given all of your activity choices – I hope
you have picked your four (4) activities out!
Well…there are no more
instructions! Sit back, enjoy the climb, and LEARN!
(www.bell.k12.ca.us/.../
1945/hollywoodland.jpg)
...Travel…destination…number
three…The Titanic..!
“Here she is — standing
tall in the bright sunlight, her great shadow threatening to make even the most
confident Edwardian feel insignificant. But those gazing up at the billowing
smokestacks nearly 10 stories overhead know they live in a time of immense
achievement and innovation. The times demand confidence — a confidence so bold
as to declare the largest man-made seagoing object un- sinkable. Her size
outside equals her magnificence inside: the grand staircase, rooms wrapped in
mahogany paneling, etched-patterned mirrors, elegant leather-covered chairs,
shimming crystal on pure-white linens and meals fit for the King himself. You
have waited months in anticipation and finally the day has come — you are about
to set sail on the Titanic. “
(http://www.discovery.com/guides/history/titanic/Titanic/titanic.html)
A ticket to travel on this
ship was worth its weight in gold!
AWESOME!
The Titanic…can we board her? Oh…we need a mini-sub? Oh…it takes three hours to
get to her? Oh my…can we play “pretend” and pretend to be one of the
passengers? Sure...follow me!
What she looked like while
still afloat – her maiden voyage in the
(nsonline.com/titanic/
images/titanic.jpg)
By this time we have
studied the decadence of the Gilded Age, the multi-billionaire industrialists,
the Second Industrial Revolution, and the massive waste of money in the upper
class endeavor of “conspicuous consumption.” A portion of this field trip will
be review and the remainder will be new information. You will be responsible
for this new information! So pay attention and keep your eyes glued to the
sights.
A “guess-timation” of the
events that took place that dark, cold night in the
(www.answers.com/
topic/rms-titanic)
On our trip we are going
to complete a series of tasks: review the history of the Titanic – her
beginning, the building, and Thomas Anderson’s dream, take the virtual tour of
one of five passengers, and complete some on-line activities as we take the
tour.
You, and your partner,
have already been assigned several activities to complete, prior to coming to
the computer lab – I hope you are prepared! You have already been given all of
your paperwork and been given your virtual tour choices – I hope you are ready!
And lastly, you have already been given all of your activity instructions – I
hope you have reviewed them and are ready to start!
Well…there are no more
instructions! Sit back, enjoy the voyage, and LEARN!
…Travel…destination…number
four…The
“The Holocaust was the systematic,
bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six
million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. “Holocaust" is a
word of Greek origin meaning "sacrifice by fire." The Nazis, who came
to power in
(http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/index.php?lang=en&ModuleId=10005143)
How can a hatred grow so strong, so fast?
How can one man with ideas yet to be tested, be allowed to control such a huge
piece of history? How can a people, a nation, a world not weep for those who
perished, for those who lost? The
Deportation from the
Westerbrook transit camp, the
(http://www.ushmm.org/holocaust/)
By this time we have
studied the institution of race laws in Hitler’s
In March of 1944, these
brothers were deported to Majdanek Camp,
(http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/)
On our trip we are going
to complete a series of tasks: review the history of the Holocaust – its
beginning, its rise, the Final Solution, study the Holocaust Encyclopedia,
visit the exhibit of artifacts, take the virtual tour, and complete some on-line
activities as we take the tour.
You, and your partner,
have already been assigned several activities to complete, prior to coming to
the computer lab – I hope you are prepared! You have already been given all of
your paperwork, should have made your exhibit choices and your virtual tour
choices – I hope you are ready! And lastly, you have already been given all of
your activity choices – I hope you have picked your four (4) activities out!
Well…there are no more
instructions! Sit back, breath, and LEARN!
(http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/index.php?content=exhibit/)
American soldiers
surveying the Ohrdruf concentration camp in