Activity 1A
C & I 335
Summer, 1998

 

Toni Greer
Lincoln School
Springfield, Illinois

Our third quarter theme in sixth grade at Lincoln School is entitled "Renaissance: Rebirth to Revolution." The students' culminating project will be to compile research gathered in each subject area and present a Renaissance Faire by portraying the characters and events from that time period.

Our project will focus on the gathering of information for the Renaissance Faire in each subject area. Students will rotate through a series of research stations utilizing a variety of technological and print resources in each content area.

Social Studies is the anchor subject for this theme. Students are assigned topics which they will research in stations. These stations include such resources as: Internet, Reference CD-ROMs, Print Materials, LaserDiscs, Videos and Film Strips.

In math and science, students will be researching mathematicians and scientists from this time period. The research stations will again utilize Internet, Reference CD-ROMs and Print Materials.

Throughout the quarter, we are able to incorporate language arts into our thematic unit by reading various novels from this time period. At the end of the unit, students will be creating scripts for the Faire in language arts to present the information they have gathered during research.

This information will also become part of a student-created Internet site which will display the research, as well as pictures, and will serve as a site for future reference.

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Individual Description

I am responsible for the math portion of this project. During this unit, I will be rotating the students through a series of stations involving the Renaissance time period. My students will be focusing on famous Mathematicians during this era. We will be gathering information at the Internet, reference books, and CD-ROMs.They will be using a data collection grid for this process. Mathematicians will be one of the expert groups at the Faire.

As I also teach language arts, we will be doing the writing portion of this project during our LA time. They will be taking this information gathered in all content areas and writing scripts to present at the Faire.

To prepare for the Faire, I have further responsibilities that involve helping my expert groups of students prepare backdrops, costumes, and practice scripts.

 

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