Generalization: Technology enhances productivity.

Essential Question: How do computers change the work we do?

Unit Questions:

Why do we have to give credit to the author when we use their work?
What are some different resources that you might use that you would need to include in a works cited page? (books, websites, interviews, emails, etc.)
Why is it important to know the correct terms when talking to someone about technology?
What are some tools and strategies I can use to help me find the information I need for my assignment?
How do I know that the information I have found can be legally used in my assignment?
How do I know that information is accurate and useful to my assignment?
What are some ways that I know my search on the Internet was successful? 

TEKS:

(3)  Foundations. The student complies with the laws and examines the issues regarding the use of technology in society. The student is expected to:
3(B)  model respect of intellectual property by not illegally copying software or another individual's electronic work.

Subject Integration: Social Studies

Lesson Topic: Saving favorites; Internet Searching using Boolean Strategies: using quote marks 

Terminology: Boolean Logic

Materials/Equipment:

Instructional Activities:

• Keyboarding Warm-up (maximum of ten minutes)
• Teacher will remind about how using the words AND, OR and NOT will help get more accurate search results
• Model with students how to use quote marks to search. (Examples: “Civil War letters” “Civil War photographs” “Civil War women” “Civil War museums”)
• As you model the searches, open two or three links and save them to your favorites. (Click Favorites>Add to favorites) Remind the students that they will only find these favorites on the computer they are using when they save them.
• Teacher will model how to copy from the Internet and paste to a Word document. Remind students that they should make a new citation using Citation Machine each time they visit a website from which they intend to copy information. They should make sure they include the information on the Works Cited page made in the previous lesson and that they note on the Word document where they are pasting the information also. Save the Word Document as Civil War notes in their user folder.
• Students will research the Civil War using Google. Explain that they will be building a newsletter which includes articles mainly about the causes and effects of the Civil War. Other interesting information to include could be about Civil War letters, women in the Civil War, museums about the Civil War and/or photographs or graphics from the Civil War. Students will research, cite sources, and copy appropriate information for two more technology lessons.

Modifications: Teacher will create a list of appropriate sites for students to visit for research.

Assessment: Civil War research saved in their User Folder

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