Irving Kohn (FGCU)created:
"What is the attraction of the 1950's"
The student selects ten important events that occurred during the 1950s and creates a timeline using HyperStudio. The HyperStudio presentation will be sequential and explain why each event was selected.

View the lesson by going to: http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=8306

Irving Kohn (FGCU) created:
"Are U.S. Presidents leaders or figureheads?"
Students analyze three presidents. They create a graphic organizer explaining how three influences for each president affected the development of the New Nation.

View the lesson by going to: http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=8284

Dr. Joyce Honeychurch (FGCU) and pre-service teacher Angela Lavigne created:
"Alaska, The Elephant"
The global location of Alaska is established when the shape of a map of Alaska is identified as a silhouette of an elephant that moves to reach for contiguous (or nearby) geographic neighbors--and, indeed, to overlay a part of Canada.

View the lesson by going to: http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=8473

Dr. Joyce Honeychurch (FGCU) and pre-service teacher Angela Lavigne created:
"A Geopoem about Alaska"
Students gather information on the physical and human characteristics of Alaska (geographic theme PLACE).They organize this information on a concept map to be transformed into a geopoem about Alaska.

View the lesson by going to: http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=8479

Dr. Frank Sicius (STU) created:
"Boston Spies' Report on the Road"
Students collect information about British actions in Boston and send it by secret message to leaders in Philadelphia.

View the lesson by going to: http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=8367

"A Press Conference With Abraham Lincoln"

Abraham Lincoln (teacher) will deliver his First Inaugural Adress and then accept questions from the Press. (Students) This lesson should be used after a study of the Civil War, including the leaders.

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Joyce Honeychurch
Angela Greene
"An American Spy with Money to Spend"
Teachers can teach across the curriculum -- students will use imagination, math, reading, computer, geography , and social studies skills in this unique, innovative and fun lesson where students pretend to be International "spies!"

http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=9492

"Separation of Power"
The learners will research the three branches of government and look at the effect that the separation of powers has on the presidency.

http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=9495

Iirving Kohn
Christina Chuderski
"Disasters-Where, When & Why"
The student will use electronic technology to create and develop a database for U. S. disasters in the 20th Century and write a paragraph.
http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=9425

"Who Am I? My Coat of Arms"
The students will develop two hyper studio cards. One card will depict their coat of arms and the other card will explain in a paragraph three reasons why they selected the pictures and/or symbols for their coat of arms.
http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=9426

Dr. Frank Sicius (STU) created:
"America's First Pictures"

Students will search on line early photo archives from the Smithsonian located at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem. in order to draw conclusions about life in the mid nineteenth century.

http://www.beaconlc.org/boa/display.asp?lessonid=9513

"Technology in the Early 1800s"

Students view and analyze photos that depict early nineteenth century work technology from the on line Smithsonian photo collection.