Internet
Activity
Objective: Students will learn facts
about a community besides their own, they will decide whether the community
is rural, suburban, or urban, and will make an illustrated flyer about
the community.
Day
1
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Students should have just finished
studying differences between urban, suburban, and rural communities.
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Distribute project sheets (attached).
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Have students work in pairs at computer(s)
gathering answers to the four questions on the worksheet. Rotate
students (at appropriate times of the day) until all of them have completed
the assignment. This should take no more than fifteen minutes a piece.
Emphasize to students NOT to go any further than answering the four questions.
Give individual help when needed. (web page attached)
Day
2
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Have students sit in pairs (with whom
they worked with the previous day).
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Guide a question/answer period dealing
with the four questions previously answered.
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In pairs, students will complete the
bottom of the worksheet.
Day
3
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In pairs, students will share their
flyer to the rest of the class.