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 Dr. Carolyn Spillman,
(FGCU) and student Lisa Whildin created:
Be a Responsible Citizen: Vote!
Explore American citizens' rights and responsibilities through group
research on the Internet and presentation of content to the class.
view it at: http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=8417
Dr. Carolyn Spillman,
(FGCU) and student Diane Krapf created:
"Dreaming to Come to America"
Students examine reasons for immigration to America, including economic,
political, and religious considerations and conduct research to determine
immigration history of students' families and compare reasons other
groups have come to America.
view it at:
http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=8370
Dr. Manuel Bustamante
(New Mexico State University) created:
"Community Quilt"
This lesson helps to build communication between children, teachers,
administrators, and parents. This is a wonderful lesson to promote English
language learning in a culturally sensitive and respectful manner.
view it at: http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=8492
Dr. Elia Vazquez-Montilla
(FGCU) and pre-service teacher Debra A. Barbosa created:
"Applemania"
Lesson Description- Children will practice using the mathematical concepts
of sorting, patterns, classifying, counting, and recording by participating
in an authentic classroom survey and experiment.
view it at: http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=8293
 Carolyn Spillman
and Diane Krapf
"Slavery's Influence on the Civil War"
Examine the history of slavery in the U.S. and how it contributed to
the Civil War. Students will use available technology to research and
present information in response to a series of student-generated questions.
http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=9489
Carolyn Spillman and Lisa Whildin
"The Price of War"
The learner will use information technology to collect data on an
assigned Civil War Battle. The data will be used to create an individual
spreadsheet and then contributed toward a class comparative graph. Each
student will participate in a group creation of a timeline of battles
researched. The timeline will also include the key events of the Civil
War.
View it at: http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=9577
Elia Vazquez-Montilla
and Michele Ludick
"Ready, Set, Grow"
Students will construct a class butterfly garden. Students will create
a journal entry with an illustration of their class butterfly garden.
http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=9622
"A Lead, A Stem, A Root, Oh My!"
Students will identify parts of a plant using a graphic organizer.
http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=9625
Dr. Manuel Bustamante
(New Mexico State University) created:
"The Great Chile Challenge"
This lesson will allow students to gather data, create a graph, and interpret
information. Students will improve vocabulary by practicing graph creation,
negotiating ideas and meaning of the graphs created, and communicating
those meanings.
http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=8825
E. Vázquez
Montilla and Tina Michelle Thaggard created:
"The Wonderful World of Colors"
The object of this lesson is to teach children to recognize 9 basic
colors (red, orange, green, blue, yellow, purple, white, black, and
brown) Learning this skill will help children make connections to real
life objects.
http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=8301
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