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Project Objectives:
Reading and Language Arts
•Writing and
Sharing Views on Tolerance and Prejudice
•Reading and Summarizing Articles on the Theme
•Using Resources
•Exchanging Views on a Discussion Board
Writing:
Write a sequence
of several proper and legible sentences
organized around a theme.
1. Using English in a meaningful, real-world context, focusing on a timely issue
Gain information
by listening to and reading articles,
stories, and your peers' ideas.
2. Social, ethical, and human
issues
Students develop
positive attitudes toward technology uses that
support lifelong learning, collaboration,
personal pursuits, and productivity.
3. Technology productivity
tools
Students use
productivity tools to collaborate in
constructing technology-enhanced models,
preparing publications, and producing other
creative works.
4. Technology communications
tools
Students use
telecommunications to collaborate, publish,
interact with peers, experts, and other
audiences.
Recommended For Students:
Grades 9-12 (ages 14-18+)
Summary:
Students will be focusing on the
topic of Tolerance and Prejudice. Have your class research the topic,
read stories and then have your
students do one of the suggested
activities: write poems,
Ss share their views on the discussion board, write their own story, fable etc., or they might
use an idea of their own. Then send students' work to
us to be posted on our website. Mr. Blasszauer will accept all submitted work
electronically. We are able to open documents in
any Word document. If you have something other
than this application please send within an email
message. Please keep graphics down to under 10.
These should be saved as either gifs or jpegs.
Please include title and author in your final
submission.
Date:
All materials are due by
May 15,
2003, but you may send
them sooner if you have them completed. We will
work to post the work as it comes in to us. We hope
to have all posted by April 15th at the latest. The
site will remain posted to be used as a resource
for teachers and students.
Number of Participants:
There will be a separate page for ten
participating classes.
Suggested
Activities:
Writings(poems, essays, fables etc.)
Surveys
Electronic Discussion Board
Interviews
Action plan in your local area
Online Activities (scavenger hunt, webquests, PowerPoint etc.)
Research a certain aspect of tolerance and prejudice
Discuss the concept of
tolerance, give examples of intolerance and prejudice you have encountered in your life
Create a play, poster
Feel free to use your
imagination and add to this list. Interactive
writing as well as shared writing and independent
writing activities are encouraged.
Recommended stories:
Reducing Prejudice
The Peacelike Mongoose
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