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First Week toc

__**Day 1 - Monday June 25th**__
Welcome!

Handout given in class, this is a way for me to get to know you and get some background info on you
 * 1.1 - Inventory**

Scavenger Hunt - let's get to know the class
 * 1.2 - Getting to Know the Class**

You will need this for your virtual notebook and for communications for Summer School
 * 1.3 - Gmail Account**

Create a Gmail account. You may use a previously existing account if you have one. Please email me using your new gmail account so that I can save you to my contacts. Go to: Gmail. Click: Create an Account and the following should appear on your screen. Please complete all of the information on the Account screen.




 * 1.4 - Creating a Wikispace Page**

Throughout the course you will be completing your work in your own internet based notebook.



__Directions__: __Creating your Wikispace__ 1. Watch the following video [] 2. Go to www.wikispaces.com If you already have an account please sign in. If you do not already have an account please create one by entering a username, password and email address into the spaces provided and select get started. 3. Go to the tab that says: Create a New Wiki (On the right side drop down menu of my wiki). Please name your wiki based on your name and followed by the word "Summer": ex. FIRSTLASTSUMMER



__Customizing a Wiki__ 1. View the following video []

2. Now go M**anage Wiki,** then **Look and Feel** then **Themes and Colors** choose a the color scheme you would like. We suggest that you use the notebook theme.(see below)

__Creating a Homepage__
 * The first page on your wiki is your home page. Please create a home page similar to the example shown here: www.johnsvirtualnotebook.wikispaces.com

Start by selecting **EDIT,** this will bring up your editor tool bar as seen below**.** Using the dropdown tab (where "normal" is written) select **Heading 1** and write the title **"About Me"** Next Select **file.** __To insert an image from your computer__ select **upload files**, browse for the file you want to include. Once you have selected the file it will appear on the left side of the file menu. Select this file and it will appear on your page. __To insert an image from the web__ select the **external file** tab, then enter the web adddress of the image you want to include and select **load**. Finally, using **normal** text enter details about yourself. You should include details of your teaching experience and your motivations for participating in this project. Feel free to experiment**.** Make sure to select **SAVE** when you are finished


 * Edit Icon || **Details** ||
 * [[image:historymalden/Text.PNG caption="Text.PNG"]] || **Bold,** //Italicize// **or** __Underline__ **your text** ||
 * [[image:historymalden/fonts.PNG caption="fonts.PNG"]]​ || Change the Font, Color, Allignment and Size of your text ||
 * [[image:historymalden/dropdown.PNG caption="dropdown.PNG"]] || This dropdown menu allows you to choose between normal text and headings of varying sizes ||
 * [[image:historymalden/numbering.PNG caption="numbering.PNG"]] || # Numbering
 * Bulleting ||
 * [[image:historymalden/Line.PNG caption="Line.PNG"]] || Allows you to draw a line across your page ||
 * [[image:historymalden/link.PNG caption="link.PNG"]] || Allows you to creat a link in your wikispace. You can create and name a link to another page on your wikispace (Internal Link) or you can create and name a link to an external website. By checking the Open in a new Window box your link will open in a new window ||
 * [[image:historymalden/File.PNG caption="File.PNG"]] || Allows you to attach a file to your wikispace. This could be a word document, image, PDF, or even a movie file. ||


 * 1.5 -Customizing**
 * Once you have created your wiki (following the directions in the Word doc.) make sure to do the following:**
 * **Play around with the colors/themes**
 * **Make an "About Me" Section**
 * **Add Pictures/Icons**
 * **Create 4 new pages and label them: Week 1, Week 2, Week 3, and Week 4**

Go to your Week #1 Page and answer the following questions. Please write the questions as well as the answers. Label this section "Reflection".
 * 1.6 - Reflection**
 * How can technology help you to learn history?
 * How would you rate your technology ability already? Do you feel comfortable? Need a lot of help? Etc..
 * What do you hope to get out of this summer session? What are you hoping to learn (technology and history)?
 * Email me your website address


 * 1.7 - Remind101**
 * Sign up for text/email reminders and alerts**

**Day 2 - Tuesday June 26th**
Today's lesson focuses on strategies to help you with reading. The first one - pre-reading techniques. Answer the following questions on your "Week 1" page. //**Label it "2.1"**//
 * 2.1 - Using Technology for Pre-Reading**
 * what does it mean to preview a reading?
 * why should you preview a reading before you actually read it?
 * what are some ways to preview - what do you do? what does it look like?

Discuss these with a partner. Add to your comments in a different color text.

A Wordle is a word cloud that sorts through the most used or most important words in a reading for you. You can customize to make it look beautiful!
 * 2.2 - Using Wordle to preview a document**

> Select the ** "Go" ** icon to create your Wordle. You should see something appear like this:
 * 1) Open the following word document: [[file:Resolutions of the Stamp Act Congress.doc]]
 * 2) Copy the entire document.
 * 3) In a new tab, open the website Wordle
 * 4) Select "Create"
 * 5) Paste in the text you will be using, where it says "**Paste in a bunch of text".**



6. You can edit the appearance of your Wordle by using the toolbar at the top of your Wordle. You can use different fonts, different orientations and different color schemes. You should also experiment with the maximum number of words, perhaps you'd like to narrow it down so that the most prominent words are even more obvious.

Now that you have created your Wordle, you will __embed it__ into your **Week 1** page //before// using it as a **before reading strategy**. In order to embed it, you will need to
 * 2.3 - Embedding your Wordle creation and Prediction**
 * Save to Public Gallery
 * then find the embed code after the Wordle reloads.
 * Once you have copied the embed code, you need to go back into your **Week 1** virtual notebook page
 * click Edit, then Widget, then Other html, and paste the embed code into the empty field, click Save, then Save again (the one on the edit toolbar) to see it embedded in your page.
 * Go back into Edit mode and below your embedded Wordle, please answer:
 * What observations and predictions about your document can you make based on this Wordle?
 * What connections to your background knowledge can you make?
 * What is the document going to be about?

Now that you have previewed the document, you will read and interact with the text. Answer the following questions, and label it as "2.4"
 * 2.4 - Using Technology During Reading**
 * what does it mean to be an active reader?
 * what is an example of an active reading strategy?
 * what is an example of marking up a text?

You will now go back to the document you copied and pasted into Wordle. As you read you will mark up the text. Here are the directions for how to mark up a text using Microsoft Word: (for an advanced option see below the directions)
 * 2.5 - Marking up a Text using technology**

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 * How to Mark up the Text in Word:**
 * **Task** || **Image/Explanation** ||
 * 1. Open the document you intend to mark-up || Using the Word tool bar select open and follow route to desired document. ||
 * 2. Selecting the highlighter || On the tool bar select the highlighter icon as circled below.
 * 3. Highlighting text || When highlighter is selected drag across the text you wish to highlight. Different colors can be selected by using the drop down menu (upside down triangle) next to the highlighter icon. ||
 * 4. Selecting the add comment feature || First select the Review **tab on the tool bar as circled below.**
 * Select the text you wish to comment on by placing your cursor within the word you wish to comment on or by highlighting a passage you wish to comment on. Next select the** New Comment **icon on the tool bar as circled below.**
 * 5. Writing the Comment || When the text has been selected and you have clicked the comment icon a box will appear to the right of your document. You can type directly into this box. Below is an example of this. You can customize your comments by titling them, changing the color and font, etc.

//ADVANCED OPTION**:**//
 * //Try marking up the document in a program called Crocodoc. This program allows you to add comments as well as circle, draw, highlight, etc. Try it!//**

Once you have marked up the ENTIRE text with questions, comments, connections to prior knowledge, etc please UPLOAD your saved document into you wiki on your Week 1 page. Remember to EDIT then choose FILE then UPLOAD FILE and SAVE.
 * 2.6- Saving and Summarizing**
 * Beneath your embedded document please write a 5-7 sentence SUMMARY of the document.

Marking up the text is one way to be an active reader. Another example is to use a note-taking strategy called //APPARTS//
 * 2.7 - Exploring Other Primary Documents**
 * __ A __** uthor:
 * __ P __** lace:
 * __ P __** rior Knowledge:
 * __ A __** udience:
 * __ R __** eason:
 * __ T __** he Main Point:
 * __ S __** ignificance:

Now you will explore the following website: [] Look at the different topics concerning the Road to Revolution and CHOOSE one primary source document. LINK the page into your Week 1 page on your wiki

**Day 3 - Wednesday June 27th**

 * 3.1** **- Using your homework**

Now you are going to complete an APPARTS chart on the document from yesterday's homework. Open the following in Word and SAVE it. You will upload it to your wiki when you are done!

Now, using the document you picked, complete the APPARTS chart below
 * Save and upload this to your Week 1 page

After you have previewed a document, marked it up and taken notes on it, it is time to reflect and apply what you have learned. This is a way to gather your thoughts, process what you have learned, and reach higher levels of thinking by making judgements and supporting your opinions. While this is often done as a written prompt, there are many other ways to demonstrate after reading strategies. We will come back to shoe later in the summer.
 * 3.2 - Written Reflection - After Reading Strategy**

Please answer the following questions once you have completed the APPARTS chart:
 * // Based on your reading "The Stamp Act Congress" and the document that you completed the APPARTS for, what do you see as the major reasons that colonists decided to revolt against their British rulers? In other words, what were they fighting for/against? //
 * // Give specific examples of how people chose to fight for their freedom during the American Revolution AND explain them (you may want to explore the Mass Historical Site a bit more to answer this question). //
 * // Give another example from history of when people took part in a "revolution". What happened? Why? Who was involved? Who was not? //

__**3.3 - Make a Graph**__ Make a list of up to 5 factors influencing a colonist to fight for or against the King of England (be a patriot or a loyalist). Assign a value to each factor based on how significant it is such that the total reaches 100. Create a pie graph/chart to illustrate the varying significance of the factors. Use the following website: Create a Graph
 * Upload the link to your Session 1 page.**

Answer the following in your notebook: // What is bias? Why does it matter when studying history? What tricks do we need in order to determine bias? //
 * 3.4 - Determining Bias**

// Define "massacre" in your own words .// Provide an example. Then read and mark up and text below on the Boston Massacre.
 * 3.5 -Mark Up Practice**

On a piece of paper draw the picture below: //(advanced technology option under the picture!)// When told, stop.
 * 3.6 -** **Bias in Pictures - Drawing**

//*Advanced Option: Instead of using a piece of paper, try drawing this on one of the following drawing programs:*// //Microsoft Paint// Google SketchUp -A 3D software tool that combines a tool-set with an intelligent drawing system. Enables to place models using real-world coordinates. Create, modify and share 3D models. Sketchpad - Sketch or draw ArtPad- Drawing pad with paint and text

Answer the following questions: // 1). Where did you start your drawing? Why? // // 2). What details did you notice in this picture through trying to draw them yourself? // // 3). How does this compare to an "I see/It means" activity? What is similar and different? // // 4). Identify bias in this picture. // // 5). Which do you prefer: drawing an historical picture or summarizing in words what you see? Why? //
 * 3.7 - Reflection of drawing**

**3.8 - Bias in Pictures - Comparison** Look at this picture of the Boston Massacre:

**Compare Paul Revere's engraving to Alonzo Chappel's lithograph of the Boston Massacre by answering these questions for each.** Share with a partner. Change and revise your answers as necessary in a different color.
 * 1) // What time of the day does it look like this event is occurring? //
 * 2) // Describe the actions of the British soldiers to the right of the picture, what are they doing? //
 * 3) // Describe the crowd to the left of the picture, what is happening to them? //
 * 4) // Identify Captain Preston and describe what he appears to be doing //
 * 5) // What could be the reason for these two very different pictures? //
 * 6) // If you looked at this picture how would you describe the events of the 5th of March? //
 * 7) // Do you believe this picture depicts a massacre? Why/why not? //
 * 8) // List examples of bias in this picture. //

You have now read several documents and seen two pictures with different points of view on the same event. How do we know what really happened? Share your opinions on this Wallwisher below. You will post your own thoughts, and then respond to at least one other post. Who started the Boston Massacre?
 * 3.9 - Wallwisher**


 * Wallwisher - Boston Massacre**

Mark up the document given to you at the end of class. This will be turned in at the beginning of class tomorrow.
 * 3.10 - Homework - Boston Massacre reading mark up.**

__Day 4 - Thursday June 28th__
Take some time to go back and organize your work from Week 1. Use this checklist to guide you. It's ok if some things are not done, you will have the weekend to catch up for credit.
 * 4.1 - Opener - Checklist**


 * 4.2 - Now go back to the task you left off at for Day 3, starting with Task 3.4.**

Now you get to play a video game! It is the year 1770 and you are Nat Wheeler, a 14 year old apprentice in Boston who must decide what to do when the fighting starts.
 * 4.3 - Mission US Game**

Mission US: For Crown or Colony?
 * Click on "Mission 1" on the left side
 * Register for an account, on the top right hand corner. This is so you can save your progress as you go
 * Once you have an account, play mission 1!
 * You will need headphones for this game. I have some you can borrow, just let me know.