1. Time Travel Connie Larson EDC601 Shanghai http://www.kidlink.org/kidspace/start.php?HoldNode=15808&HoldNav=15762 http://www.kidlink.org/kidspace/start.php?HoldNode=15808&HoldNav=15762 Time Travel Connie Larson EDC601 Shanghai http://www.kidlink.org/kidspace/start.php?HoldNode=15808&HoldNav=15762 http://www.kidlink.org/kidspace/start.php?HoldNode=15808&HoldNav=15762

2. WELCOME, TIME TRAVELER! It’s your birthday today,and your gift is a ride in a TIME MACHINE! Warning:Once you go back in time,you can only stay for one day.If you stay longer,you won’t be able to return! Choose a year to visit and a destination. Now, buckle your seat belt and get ready to travel through time!

3. YOU’VE JUST LANDED Where are you? When? Do you think anyone will believe you when you return home to tell them of your experience? You need to bring home proof! Choose ONE of the following projects. Where are you? When? Do you think anyone will believe you when you return home to tell them of your experience? You need to bring home proof! Choose ONE of the following projects.

4. It's your birthday, remember? Find out what's happening in this place in this year on your birth date. Use these sites to help you get started finding the information. Born Today Dates in History Time capsule On this day BBC: on this day Features in History Daily Almanac It's your birthday, remember? Find out what's happening in this place in this year on your birth date. Use these sites to help you get started finding the information. Born Today Dates in History Time capsule On this day BBC: on this day Features in History Daily Almanac Research

5. Birthday party!! People are singing "Happy Birthday To You"! What language are they singing in? Write the first two lines of "Happy Birthday" in the language they are using. What food is there at the birthday party? Find a picture of that food. What are the names of three of the people there? Proof of visit report #1

6. A tour around the place Your new friends have very kindly offered to take you on a tour around this place. What do you see around you? Describe at least one building. Include a picture if possible. Describe at least one person. Include a picture if possible. Try to find a photo of your destination showing what it looks like in the year you are currently visiting and the year 2009. A tour around the place Your new friends have very kindly offered to take you on a tour around this place. What do you see around you? Describe at least one building. Include a picture if possible. Describe at least one person. Include a picture if possible. Try to find a photo of your destination showing what it looks like in the year you are currently visiting and the year 2009. Proof of visit report #2

7. A talk with some of your new friends You are sitting with your new friends in a quiet place and you're asking them questions about their life. Write the questions and the answers. For example: How do you get around? What do you believe in? What kind of celebrations do you have? What kind of education do you have? Think of another four questions to ask them about their culture and life. A talk with some of your new friends You are sitting with your new friends in a quiet place and you're asking them questions about their life. Write the questions and the answers. For example: How do you get around? What do you believe in? What kind of celebrations do you have? What kind of education do you have? Think of another four questions to ask them about their culture and life. Proof of visit report #3

8. Now, Hurry back into the Time Machine or else you won't be able to return to the year 2009! Write a paragraph about the Time Travel trip you have just taken. What did you enjoy about it and what didn't you enjoy?

9. Finishing the report Gather all your information with the following included: Your Name The Title (for example "A Trip to Paris, France on 29 May 1753") What internet sites or books did you use? Submit your report to me via e-maile-mail and to the Time Machine ProjectPage.Time Machine ProjectPage Gather all your information with the following included: Your Name The Title (for example "A Trip to Paris, France on 29 May 1753") What internet sites or books did you use? Submit your report to me via e-maile-mail and to the Time Machine ProjectPage.Time Machine ProjectPage

10. I chose this project because of the potential to link it to support a My family and me unit. Plus it just sounded really cool! And if it hooked my interest just from the title, I figured it would be likely to capture the attention of my elementary students. I would like to change the project by requiring that the student choose their time and location according to when their great-great grandfather/mother lived when they were the same age they are now. So, for example, I would be setting my time machine to travel to Trondheim, Norway in 1716. This would make the project a study of one’s own family roots and it would make the study of that particular time period much more meaningful. I would also make it much more collaborative by having the students post their findings to a class blog or wiki dedicated to the project. Students would be asked to comment on one another’s ‘trips’ as well as make suggestions on how to find someone who currently lives in those countries to possibly set up a present day chat via skype! I chose this project because of the potential to link it to support a My family and me unit. Plus it just sounded really cool! And if it hooked my interest just from the title, I figured it would be likely to capture the attention of my elementary students. I would like to change the project by requiring that the student choose their time and location according to when their great-great grandfather/mother lived when they were the same age they are now. So, for example, I would be setting my time machine to travel to Trondheim, Norway in 1716. This would make the project a study of one’s own family roots and it would make the study of that particular time period much more meaningful. I would also make it much more collaborative by having the students post their findings to a class blog or wiki dedicated to the project. Students would be asked to comment on one another’s ‘trips’ as well as make suggestions on how to find someone who currently lives in those countries to possibly set up a present day chat via skype! reflections from Futuristic shanghai