Introduction
Welcome to On the Trail of the First People, an online project for 4th and 5th grade students researching Native Americans. In this project, we are hoping that schools located in the Northeast, Southeast, Plains, Southwest, California, Far Pacific Northwest, and the Far North will research tribes indigenous to their area and then share their knowledge with all through the use of Web 2.0 tools.
Project will begin October, 2007 and will run through January 2008.
You are invited to participate in this project by following the guidelines below:
FIRST: Register your class to participate in this project by contacting the project coordinator, Karen Kliegman. Be sure to include the following information:
- Teacher's Name
- Teacher's email
- School location
- Grade level that you teach
NEXT:
- You will receive permission to access our digital mapping tool and add your school to the map.
- You will also receive an invitation to view our class wiki, where students will publish their research.
- You will be expected to set up your own class blog or wiki for your students (you may use Classroom Blogmeister or any free blog generator that you wish or, if you choose to do a wiki, you may use Wikispaces or PB Wiki) . Although you may use any social networking tool you wish to, it is highly suggested that you use a class wiki for publishing student researching since it lends itself quite well to groupwork.
- All class blogs or wikis will be linked to our digital map along with your school's marker.
- Native American tribes should be geographically marked by students on the map.
- Finally, there will be a teacher wiki for all participating teachers with additional resources, suggestions, helpful hints and a discussion area.
