Workshop Feb 5 - Cave Art Example and others

http://www.pptpalooza.net/ - Website of all History PowerPoints that can be used by teachers

http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listcaveartms.html 6th Grade Project - Cave Art (hand out for students)
My name: _____________________________________________________
My partner’s name: _____________________________________________
The role I will be playing (circle one): Painter Archeologist

Learning About Cave Art
Objectives: To examine the cave art of early man
To create cave art of our own
To interpret cave art
Over the next few days, you will be using the worldwide Web to learn about cave painting. You will be working with a partner as a “team” of painter and archeologist to create or interpret your own cave art, based on a study of real prehistoric paintings.

JOB DESCRIPTIONS:
Painter: Creates his/her own version of the cave art. This should be based on what he/she saw on the Internet sites AND should be done without the archeologist seeing it. It’s top secret!
Archeologist: Interprets the cave art WITHOUT the painter’s input.

OUR SCHEDULE:
Day One: With your partner, go to the following address:
http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/listcaveartms.html
This is a “hotlist,” compiled by Ms. Mason, of sites which contain the best information on our topic. Go through each site and decide on your three favorite ones. Tomorrow, you’ll begin answering specific questions on those three sites.

Day Two: The partners receive from the teacher a series of questions on the three sites and spend the rest of the period working on answering these questions. NOTE: The answers are due at the end of the second period tomorrow. They are to be graded as a social studies test, so do your best work!

Day Three: Partners continue to work on answering the questions about cave art.




Day Four: The fun begins! The partners retire to a top-secret spot (location to be announced) and create their artwork on a mural, while the archeologists are working on something else in another room. Artwork is due at the end of the period, so if your work is not finished then, plan on spending your lunch period or some time after school completing it.

Day Five: The archeologists interpret the paintings created by their partners. They explain what they see and what it means. They may even type their interpretations at this point. While the archeologists are doing this, the painters are busy working on something else at another site.

Day Six or shortly thereafter: The project is displayed for all to see and enjoy.

Good luck and have fun!
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/railroad Used by 8th Grade ELA classes. (see attached for lesson)

http://www.uni.edu/becker/educators.html Foreign Language Site

The following websites are used by 8th grade Social Studies Classes for a Roaring 20’s Project

http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/Weblinks/AHAP_Weblinks22.htm

http://www.angelfire.com/co/pscst/

http://alephnull.net/20s/index.html

http://prohibition.osu.edu/proh1920.htm

http://www.chenowith.k12.or.us/tech/subject/social/depression.html

Exploring the Pyramids
Visit the following site:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/
and click on EXPLORE THE PYRAMIDS.
Enter the little door at the bottom left hand side of the screen.
1. Read the little paragraph beneath the picture. How far beneath the surface of the plateau does the chamber lie? How many tons of stone lie above the chamber?


2. Now click and drag on the picture and describe what you see.
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3.Scroll up to the top of the page and click on ASECENDING PASSAGE. Click and drag on this picture and describe what you see.
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3. In order to arrive at the King’s Chamber, what do you need to do? Where do you arrive when you make it to the top of the passage?
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4. Now scroll up to beneath the picture and click and drag on LOWER GRAND GALLERY. What do you see?
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5. Now click on UPPER GRAND GALLERY. Read the passage below the picture. What does the Upper Grand Gallery look like?
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6. Next, click on the picture and drag your mouse around. This is what the UPPER GRAND GALLERY looks like. Describe what you see.
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7. Now go home and click on FOLLOW THE EXCAVATION. Go to SCALE THE PYRAMID.