Virtual Safari
Description of the Activity:
The students will be divided into 6 groups with 3-4 students in each group to do a virtual field trip on historical places of Hawaii and Japan related to WWII. The historical places include the following: USS Arizona Memorial, Battleship Missouri Memorial, Pacific Aviation Museum, The Atomic Dome in the Hiroshima Peace Park, Diorama of repatriates in Shinjuku Peace Memorial Prayer and Exhibit Hall, and Yushukan Atrium. Each group will visit their sites virtually to experience their important historical places and collect facts about it. The students will work as a group to obtain valuable historical backgrounds of their historical places to be able to answer questions that will be asked by their peers following a rubric. Each group will be responsible to take notes on each of the Presentations to share their thoughts on each of the historical places as a reflection activity after the Presentations.
Technology Integration:
The students will virtually visit their historical places on the Internet.
Student Learning Outcomes:
1. The students will be able to collect valuable data about their historical places in Hawaii and Japan related to WWII.
2. The students will be able to construct a PowerPoint presentation on their findings and showcase it to their classmates following a rubric.
3. The students will be able to share their thoughts of each of the historical places in the reflection activity.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.3
Identify key steps in a text's description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.7
Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
Source:
http://www.corestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/Math_Standards.pdf
SUPPLEMENTARY READING MATERIALS AND INTERNET SOURCES TO EXTEND STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTENT:
http://www.japanfocus.org/-Laura-Hein/2477
http://www.gohawaii.com/oahu/regions-neighborhoods/central-oahu/pearl-harbor
RUBRIC TO EVALUATE THE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Rubric retrieved and adopted from:
https://www.google.fm/?gws_rd=cr,ssl&ei=oF7XU4fWNIje8AX0g4GQCw#q=rubric+for+virtual+field+trip
Description of the Activity:
The students will be divided into 6 groups with 3-4 students in each group to do a virtual field trip on historical places of Hawaii and Japan related to WWII. The historical places include the following: USS Arizona Memorial, Battleship Missouri Memorial, Pacific Aviation Museum, The Atomic Dome in the Hiroshima Peace Park, Diorama of repatriates in Shinjuku Peace Memorial Prayer and Exhibit Hall, and Yushukan Atrium. Each group will visit their sites virtually to experience their important historical places and collect facts about it. The students will work as a group to obtain valuable historical backgrounds of their historical places to be able to answer questions that will be asked by their peers following a rubric. Each group will be responsible to take notes on each of the Presentations to share their thoughts on each of the historical places as a reflection activity after the Presentations.
Technology Integration:
The students will virtually visit their historical places on the Internet.
Student Learning Outcomes:
1. The students will be able to collect valuable data about their historical places in Hawaii and Japan related to WWII.
2. The students will be able to construct a PowerPoint presentation on their findings and showcase it to their classmates following a rubric.
3. The students will be able to share their thoughts of each of the historical places in the reflection activity.
Common Core Standards:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.3
Identify key steps in a text's description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.7
Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
Source:
http://www.corestandards.org/wp-content/uploads/Math_Standards.pdf
SUPPLEMENTARY READING MATERIALS AND INTERNET SOURCES TO EXTEND STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONTENT:
http://www.japanfocus.org/-Laura-Hein/2477
http://www.gohawaii.com/oahu/regions-neighborhoods/central-oahu/pearl-harbor
RUBRIC TO EVALUATE THE LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Rubric retrieved and adopted from:
https://www.google.fm/?gws_rd=cr,ssl&ei=oF7XU4fWNIje8AX0g4GQCw#q=rubric+for+virtual+field+trip
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