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=Welcome Penn Manor US History I Students and Families!= =WE ARE CURRENTLY LEARNING ABOUT INDUSTRIALIZATION= Use the links to the left to navigate through the resources. //More will be added as we go through course material throughout the year.//

Questions/Concerns: email Ms. Maria Vita at maria.vita@pennmanor.net
=//HIGHLIGHTS!//= //*Project-based learning with a focus on technology skills, including an online [|E-Congress Simulation] with other schools in the nation!//

//*Mock trials that engage students in primary source documents: this will enhance reading skills and critical thinking abilities. Here's one example that Ms. Vita created on [|explorepahistory.com]//

//*Various activities where students __act as the historians__! Discovery Trunk activity where students act as sociologists, curators, and historians to create an artifact that represents [|THE LAZARETTO QUARANTINE STATION]! A possible field trip to the [|oldest quarantine station] in the United States! And a restoration project to save the Lazaretto!//

//*Practice writing in various formats, including [|formal research], historical fiction, and persuasive essays.// = = =100 DOCUMENTS THAT CHANGED/SHAPED AMERICAN HISTORY= =http://www.usnews.com/usnews/documents/document_time.htm=

=Hi MU students! Feel free to look around= Common Core State Standards [] Three Branches Glog [] Movie critique of an experiment-Another Glog [] Mental Illness Glogs http://vitaappsych.wikispaces.com/Glogster2 Concept Map examples from Webspiration [] Word Clouds [] Networks – for students and parents http://vitaushistory.wikispaces.com/ Discuss controversial topics - [] Maria Vita’s glog [] More on digital storytelling Sources and other links

American Association of School Librarians - put together top 25 websites for teaching and learning []

Common Core State Standards - by grade/subject (adopted in more than 40 states) [|http://corestandards.org] /

Glogster.edu - Electronic posters! []

GoogleDocs - Forum for sharing power points, documents, discussions [|http://docs.google.com]

How Teachers Learn Technology Best - an essay analyzing use of technology in the classroom by J. McKenzie, 2001 []

Turns words into meaningful shapes [|http://www.tagxedo.com] /

Webspiration - Concept mapping (30-day free trial) []

Wikispaces: A discussion platform and resource to use with classes, parents, etc. (free to educators) http://www.wikispaces.com

My U.S. History course wiki: [] My A.P. Psychology course wiki: http://vitaappsych.wikispaces.com

YouTube - type in “PM AP PSYCH RAT” for student video-examples [|www.youtube.com]

Please contact Ms. Maria Vita with any questions: maria.vita@pennmanor.net