Why Do We Have to Learn History?

In a recent post by William Chamberlain, he asked the question, "Why Do We Have to Learn History?" We all should want to learn History to get a better understanding of where we came from, how we evolved, and in hope to not repeat our past mistakes. So many interesting things have happened throughout History. I think if you start by telling the children something that happened in History that was interesting, maybe it will grab their attention enough to keep them interested in other historical events. Maybe a good start would be "The Diary of Anne Frank". This is a first hand experience from a child's perspective. What better way to capture the students' attention than to tell a story of a child around their ages. If we can relate to the subject it makes it seem more real. However, only reading about History only gives us a small piece to what the people of any given time have gone through. In order to understand our mistakes in the past, we must study the past. We have to learn how to not go down that path again. We need to ask ourselves, How did we get to a place in this world where the world is at war? This did not happen just once. How can we feel so little for other human beings, that we would keep them as slaves or put them to death in gas chambers? If you do not fix the problem, guess what? It can and most likely will happen again. Everyone should look around them and see their loved ones, would you want anyone of them to be treated like others in the past? No, so we all need to do what it takes to make sure that it does not happen again. In order to do that we must study History and learn from our mistakes.
Also, look around you. Look at how far we have come and all that we have. Take America for example, look how far we have come. A lot of hard work, sweat, and tears build this country to be what it is today. We should know how we came about and what we started with to see how much can be achieved if we all work together. William Chamberlain

Project #13 Project Based Learning Lesson Plan

Project Based Learning


Members in our group (Daughtry) are: Corey Waldon, Erica Jeter, Chellyiss Nettles, and myself. Our lesson addresses the following in math for Alabama State Standards: multiplication and division using whole numbers and also solving word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities. This lesson is intended for students in the third grade. This lesson will last a week with a day to review and a test the following Monday.

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Blog Post #7

Math Blaster

Mathblaster.com is a site that is completely safe for children. It has math games for kids to play or different math worksheets for teachers to provide for their students. Parents have to sign up for their children to access the page and conversations are monitored. There are resources for all grade levels. This would be fun for the students and it is something they can do in their free time and learn as well. The students can also chat with each other through a safe environment.

ixl.com

For this website you find the grade you need and it will give you a list of everything that grade learns in Math and Language Arts. This site keeps students engaged in interactive games and exercises but it also keeps teachers and parents involved. This site is equipped for all learning styles.

quia.com

Quia is short for Quintessential Instructional Archive. This site provides templates for creating online activities. It is also designed to help students with all learning styles. It helps teachers to create quizzes and helps grade them with computer assistance. Teachers can also get detailed reports on each student. It is a school wide network that allows effortless collaboration. Not only does it have over over 3 million activities in 300 categories, but you can make your own activities for your students. It allows the teacher to create their own web page to post assignments, schedules, calendars, contact information, and your favorite links.

I have enjoyed learning on all three websites. I think I may use each one of them in the future.

Project #8 Book Trailer

We Want a Pet by: Richard Hamilton

We Want a Pet Trailer

Blog Post #6

What did you learn from these conversations with Anthony Capps?

Project Based Learning
In the videos from Anthony Capps and Dr. Strange,
Project Based Learning, Part 1
Project Based Learning, Part 2 
I have learned that students and most parents love PBL. PBL creates opportunities for competition, pride, collaboration, and purpose. It also has been shown to have more students that want to share and reflect. Children learn best when you capture their attention and  get them engaged. Hand on projects can be fun for children.
I have learned that ICurio is a safe way for children to access information, graphs, videos, and pictures to create projects. The information has been pulled and filtered for the students' educational needs. It will also store the information for them. This helps students with organizing their own information into folders.
iCurio
Discovery Education helps add to your lectures by giving the students things to look at and learn from that goes along with the lesson. If they have things to look along with your lectures, they will most likely attain the information better than just lectures. Discovery Ed covers everything you will need for Science and Social Studies. It helps enrich the students' research skills.
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In the Anthony-Strange List of Tips for Teachers, Don't Teach Tech Use It, and Additional Thoughts About Lessons videos, I learned that the five key things for teachers to remember are: works not separate from play, it takes hard work to teach, be flexible, get kids engaged, and reflect. Teachers learn in their free time. I also learned that the daily plan is just as important as the year plan, unit plan, or the week plan. Also For most people, collaboration is hard. I think the most important thing that I learned from Anthony Capps, is that we should never limit our students. We should create opportunities for them to be creative. We should get them excited about learning. We should get them to not only learn, but to create and discover new things.
Tips For Teachers, Part 1, Use Tech Don't Teach It, Additional Thoughts

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