I am required to cover several interdisciplinary objectives during that time period. Over the course of 8 weeks, students will research Ancient Egypt using search engines, active links ,and URLs, correspond with mathematicians to answer symbolic math problems, and ask questions of archeologists pertaining to the pyramids by posting questions on a web site. They work with their homeroom teacher and me on a bi-weekly basis. They learn to incorporate computer skills and software into their repertoire of knowledge as they advance through the grade levels. By the time they are in 4 th grade, they have mastered the fundamentals of computer usage and basic research.
All units are multidisciplinary and include music, art, writing, math, and movement.
As a separate lesson and incorporating the information gathered in this unit the students will produce a multimedia presentation. They will use Davidson's Multimedia Workshop to accomplish this . They will have Learned to use this software in third grade. Following the lessons in prior years concerning computer usage and ancient civilizations, students will be expected to independently research aspects of Ancient Egypt. They will be instructed on the careful recording of information in their journals and reminded about book marking, saving files and images using search engines, active links, and other pertinent computer procedures.