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Janet Smith Strickland, Ph.D.
Assistant
Professor
The State
Curriculum and
Instruction
WebQuests
The following WebQuests were created by undergraduate students at the State University of West Georgia. These students were in their second semester of teacher education and were enrolled in a Social Studies Methods course. Please be mindful that these webQuests represent the first attemp at WebQuests by all of the students. Despite their lack of experience, these students did an outstanding job. We welcome any comments or suggestions.
Delayled Justice? The Bombing of the 16th Street Baptist
Church: A WebQuest by Janet Strickland
The Underground Railroad
by Katherine Davis and Stephanie Grooms
Trail of Tears by Holly
Sanford and Alecia Phillips
Road Trip by Erin McCain
Pre-Historic Native
Americans by Joni Ferguson
An American Tragedy: The Challenger
Explosion by Melissa McLaughlin
Ruby Bridges by Beth Dowdy
The Titanic by Felicia Merrill
The Amistad Case by Nnenia
Bennett
Christopher Columbus by Haley
Hagen and Kelly Rhinehart
I Pledge Allegience to the Flag
by Audra Roberson
Amelia Earhart by Brooke
Noble and Barbara Estatico
Separate But Equal? The Jim Crow South
by Janet Smith Strickland
Course Information
ECED 4261: Teaching Content and
Process: Social Studies Education
Syllabus
Schedule
GPS Lesson
Template with Description
Social Studies Resource File Requirements
Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development PowerPoint
Class Schedule
Date
Topic
Week1
Course Introduction, Assignments
Week 2 The
Tired King Lesson Plan
Week
3
NCSS Standards, GPS Standards
Week
4
UBD Assignment
Week5
Planning Social Studies Lessons, Web Resources
Week
6
Webquest Planning
Week Instructional Strategies
Week 8 Learning Styles
Textbook
Selection
Note: This Textbook evaluation instrument was created for
elementary preservice teachers. The evlauation instrument was adapted
from
the school board policy manual of the Wappingers Central School District, NY.
WWW Links
National
Council for the Social Studies
Georgia
Performance Standards
Discovery
School
National
Geographic
Kohlberg's Theory of Moral
Development
Formative
vs. Summative Assessment
Map
Scale Lessons
Course Resources
ECED 6249: Seminar for P-5 Teachers
Syllabus
Rubrics for Grading Entries
Entry #1
Entry #2
Entry #3
Entry #4
Entry #5
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ECED 6290:
Syllabus
Class Notes
Chapters 1 & 2
Chapters 3 & 4
Chapters 5 & 6
Chapters 7 & 8 (two different files)
Chapters 9 & 10
Chapter 11
Group Assignments
Assignment 1
Assignment 2
Assignment 3
Midterm Exam
Independent and Dependent Variables
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ECED 7268: Teaching Creative Dramatics
Class Presentations
Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
Drama Resources
Research
ECED 7264: Investigating Social Studies
Methods
Syllabus
Assignments
August 24
August 31
Social Studies Resource File Requirements
WWW Links
National Council for the Social Studies
Georgia Performance Standards
(GPS)
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comments or suggestions, please contact me at:
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University of West Georgia