Wednesday, April 27, 2011

1) For each website you visit, copy and paste the criteria below into your own post. Fill in the information as you view each site. You will have all of your grading sheets on one post.

**Use the website post to find the sites***

Criteria for grading websites: Please rate the website for review using the following rubric. Circle the number which best fits the quality of the site you are reviewing. A score of 5 is the best and a score of 1 terrible. A score of 3 indicates an average grade. Feel free to add notes when possible.

Name of Website: _______________________________________________________

User Friendly (not too much text, variety of media, easy to navigate, etc.)

1 2 3 4 5

Content (Clearly explains their subject from multiple angles)

1 2 3 4 5

Acids and Bases (Clearly shows connections between the subject and pH)

1 2 3 4 5

CHNOPS (Clearly shows how these elements are related to the subject)

1 2 3 4 5

Small and large molecules are important (Clearly shows how both small and molecules are important to the subject.)

1 2 3 4 5

Global Perspective/Access (Has features that include other perspectives, translations, etc. on the subject)

1 2 3 4 5

American History (The site clearly connects the subject with American history)

1 2 3 4 5

Qualities to retain: Please add to the web site blog or feedback form.

Comments for improvement: Please add to the web site blog or feedback forms.

Other notes: Please add to the web site blog or feedback forms.

Mrs. Jacques ELA/SS: Study Sites for CST :)

Mrs. Jacques ELA/SS: Study Sites for CST :): "Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000105 EndHTML:0000004191 StartFragment:0000002092 EndFragment:0000004155 Dear Paren..."

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Courtney and Leslie's Biography- Clara Barton!!!

Zahra's Glog

Abraham Lincoln Glog: http://kelsiexxox.edu.glogster.com/abraham-lincoln-2832/

Our Biography On Mathew B. Brady

Taryn Perricone and Kristen Vilett

April 12, 2011

Period 3/4

Mathew B. Brady

v Who He Was: He was one of the first Americans to become proficient at photography.

v His Role In The Civil War: During the Civil War, he and his ten photographers developed their plates on battle-field wagons and he was in charge of documenting the mass destruction of the Civil War.

v Why He Was Important: He was important because the thousands of photographs that he took have become the most important visual documentation of the Civil War. It has helped the historians understand the time period much easier and better.

v The Impact He Had On the United States And How It Affects Us Today: He impacted the United States by developing photographs of the Civil War Era; that became the most important visual documentations of that time period. It affects us today because it helps make historians understand how our world was back then.

vMaking A Connection With Mathew Brady: We can connect we Mathew because we both love taking pictures and documenting them in our scrapbooks to help us remember the good and bad times, just like he did with the Civil War.

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WHEN IS THE BIO THINGIE DUE???33

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Monday, April 11, 2011

Sheridan & Haleigh's Glog (:

http://sparkleandshine97.glogster.com/false-4274/ Clara Barton.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Bio

Choose one person from the civil war and create an online biography using any form of technology you would like. Be able to print out the info and post to blogger. You must include:

Who they were.
Their role in the Civil War.
Why they were important.
What impact they had on the United States and how it affects us today.
Make a connection with this person.

http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/war/biographies/barton.html

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Civil War Activity 2

Good morning! Instead of me giving you a lecture, I thought you might enjoy the following activity!

With a partner:

Go to this link and start making your Civil War movie!

http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/cwimages/tellingStory/flash.html

Civil War Activity

Use the following link to make a time-line of the Civil War.
time-line info: http://home.earthlink.net/~gfeldmeth/chart.civwar.html

Use this to create your timeline: http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline/

Include links to primary documents or useful sites in the description.

Friday, April 1, 2011

To Mrs.Jacques...

Sheridan, Sequoia, and I can not figure out how to upoad our video to youtube, but we put it on a disc when we finished it last Sunday. We can give you the disc and the research paper on Monday if that's ok. We also sent you an invite to view our standards powerpoint. Thanks :)