Creating History

6th/7th/8th Grade Objectives:
Standard I: Geography World Studies: Identify, evaluate information, and draw conclusions from different kinds of maps, and from graphs, charts, diagrams, and other representations (e.g., aerial and shuttle photographs, satellite-produced images, the geographic information system, and computer-based technologies.
Describe the significance of land use, settlement patterns, cultural transmission of customs and ideas, and alternate uses of land and other resources.

Standard VI. Geography of the United States OK HIST
I. A. Explain the significance of early Spanish and French expeditions (e.g., Coronado, Onate, and LaHarpe).
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I. B. Evaluate the lasting impact of American exploration including the Pike, Wilkinson, and Long expeditions.
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I. C. Analyze the impact of territorial claims on the development of the state of Oklahoma, including the Louisiana Purchase and Adams-Onis Treaty.
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V. Investigate the geography and economic assets of Oklahoma and trace their effects on history of the state.
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V. A. Locate the significant physical and human features of the state on a map (e.g., major waterways, cities, natural resources, military installations, major highways, and major landform regions).
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V. B.
Examine how economic cycles (e.g., oil boom and bust) have affected and continue to affect major sectors of state employment (e.g., fossil fuels, timber, mining, tourism, the military, and agriculture).
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VI. Identify major cultural and ethnic groups in Oklahoma (e.g., African Americans, Eastern Europeans, Italians, Germans, and Vietnamese) and their settlement and immigration patterns, and trace their cultural, political, and economic contributions to the state.

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VI Interpret information using a broad selection of resource materials, including encyclopedias, almanacs, timelines, dictionaries, atlases, maps, graphs, charts, globes, pictures, cartoons, and computer-based technologies

Activities:
1. Students will use mobile lab to photography various Historical Oklahoma landmarks and provide a visual interpretation of those landmarks.
2. Students will interview Oklahomans by email, phone, or in person and create a human visual record of the people interviewed.
3. Students will learn the proper use and care of digital electronics. Students will learn how to upload, download, and edit still and video components.
4. Students will become the authors of the schools yearbook.
5. Students will learn how to create and maintain a student section on the schools website.
6. Students will learn how to speak and present to a group of people including students and community members.
7. Students will use a software, Smartboard, projector and laptop to present the created projects.

Closing:
Because of the Mobile Digital Lab students will have created and made a mark on their time at Crutcho leaving a new era of technology records for future students to follow.

Assessment:
Students will have produced a student website section on the schools website.
Students will have authored the schools yearbook by learning how to take the photos and apply the photos to the yearbook layout computer software program.
Students will have created several visual formats documenting areas of Oklahoma's Centennial History.