Workshop Four: Computer Based Learning Experiences

Step One: Explore Social Studies Learning Experiences from the table.

America Develops

	Name	Description	Grade Level
	Eye Spy Inauguration	Given items to find on an 1780 map, click on the items.	all
	Who’s that Lady?	Name the First Lady in the picture, then visit resource pages for a scavenger hunt to find which First Lady answers the questions.	Elementary
	America at Work, America at Leisure: Motion Pictures from 1894 - 1915	View stills and videos from the time period.	Secondary
	America Dreams	LibraryQuest for exploring the concept of the American Dream.	Secondary
	Elections	Information about the American election system.	Secondary
	Fill Up The Canvas	A collection of journals, letters, maps, pictures and other resources about Lewis and Clark.	Secondary
	Jefferson's Letter to Lewis	Collection, including a webcast, of library materials related to the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the time period.	Secondary

Biographies ↑

	Name	Description	Grade Level
	Who Am I? 2nd Grade Biographies	Life in a Box as a PowerPoint presentation	Elementary - 2nd Grade

Civil Rights ↑

	Name	Description	Grade Level
	It's a Balancing Act	LibraryQuest for 12th grade VA & American Government.	12
	It's No Laughing Matter	Analyzing political cartoons by playing a game. Includes resources and guides.	Secondary
	Rounding the Bases	Activities to explore race and ethnicity in the U.S. from 1860 - 1960.	Secondary

Civil War & Expansion ↑

	Name	Description	Grade Level
	Emancipation Proclamation	Guide to a discussion/writing unit on the Emancipation Proclamation.	Secondary
	Fill Up The Canvas	A collection of journals, letters, maps, pictures and other resources about Lewis and Clark.	Secondary
	Jefferson's Letter to Lewis	Collection, including a webcast, of library materials related to the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the time period.	Secondary
	Journeys West	Lesson plan for studying why people choose to move west during the 1800's.	Secondary
	Ladies Contraband, and Spies: Women in the Civil War	Lesson plan for students to create a powerpoint presentation and a text book entry about women's roles.	Secondary
	Make A Civil War Movie	Choose frame order, music and narration to make your own movie.	Secondary

Industrialization ↑

	Name	Description	Grade Level
	Industrial Revolution	LibraryQuest for 9th grade (modern world history) and 11th grade (U.S/VA history) classes.	9
	Is Progress Good?	LibraryQuest for 7th grade American studies.	7
	Immigration Vocabulary Activities	Multiple games to show the influence of immigration in music, language and geography..	Secondary
	Port of Entry: Immigration	Investigation of accounts and pictures describing immigration to the United States.	Secondary
	To Market, To Market	Lesson plan for analysis of visual sources related to the impact transportation has had this century and the last.	Secondary
	Wright Brothers	Collection of artifacts, music and lesson plans associated with the Wright Brothers and the time period.	Secondary

Resources ↑

	Name	Description	Grade Level
	American Memory Timeline	Guides to collections in American History	all
	Match-Up	Match pictures of older and newer ways to do the same thing.	Elementary
	Super Sleuth	Play a game of sleuthing where you must click on the item in the picture that is "wrong" (inconsistent with the time period)	Elementary
	From Slavery to Civil Rights	A timeline of resources about African-American history.	Secondary
	Her Story	Activity highlighting sample writings from women from the 1600's to 1950's. Full text is available as well.	Secondary
	History Detective	Was Billy the Kidd really killed by Pat Garrett? Answer the question by following the links and suggestions to search through the library.	Secondary
	Mind Walk Activity	Analysis of the historical records, including looking at limitations. Sample primary sources focus on slavery in the United States.	Secondary

20th Century ↑

	Name	Description	Grade Level
	Explore the States	Choose a state from the map and read stories about the state.	Elementary
	Japanese Relocation	LibraryQuest for 7th grade social studies.	7
	20th Century Ads	LibraryQuest for 11th grade American Civilization/U.S./VA history.	11
	From the Home Front And Front Lines	View original materials and oral histories from the Veterans History Project	Secondary
	Rosie the Riveter WebCast	Collection, including a webcast, of library materials related to Rosie the Riveter and the time period.	Secondary
	Today's Immigrants	Participate in collecting immigrant stories for archive at the Library.	Secondary
	When Work is Done	Students examine, and then create, an album based on a thesis statement about 20th century life.	Secondary

World History ↑

	Name	Description	Grade Level
	Life in the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints and the Rise of the Merchant Class in Edo Period Japan