America’s Involvement in WW I Created by Susan Stenzel Los Angeles Unified School District Gardena High School

America’s Involvement in WWI Susan Stenzel, Gardena High School At Gardena High where I teach World History, I presented a lesson for my 10 th grade class. The standard addressed was, World History, Culture and Geography: the Modern World. At Gardena High where I teach World History, I presented a lesson for my 10 th grade class. The standard addressed was, World History, Culture and Geography: the Modern World.  10.5 Students analyze the causes and the course of WWI.  a) Understand the nature of the war and its human costs (military and civilian) on all sides of the conflict. Website: Website:

America’s Involvement in WWI Susan Stenzel, Gardena High School EXPECTATIONS EXPECTATIONS  Learn how to integrate my curriculum with technology  Learn how to use technology to motivate my students  Create a lesson plan that other educators can use with ease.

America’s Involvement in WWI Susan Stenzel, Gardena High School SKILLS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES SKILLS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES  Created various links for my web lesson  Imported graphics  Completed web quests on primary sources  Designed a student survey using Excel  Downloaded and uploaded Internet files  Created a Power Point presentation

Successes Students Students enjoyed utilizing the Internet in their lesson were able to better understand the nature of war and its human costs demonstrated knowledge of the subject The The lesson was connected to the California State Standards

Shortcomings Technology was limited on our campus Technology was limited on our campus Not all students had knowledge of Internet practices Not all students had knowledge of Internet practices The material was too gruesome for some students The material was too gruesome for some students Information from some Internet sites was difficult to read Information from some Internet sites was difficult to read Some students gained only limited knowledge Some students gained only limited knowledge

Student Data The chart compares statistics between the Pre-test and the Post-tests.

REVISIONS FINDINGS Students had very little knowledge of WWI prior to the lesson Students had very little knowledge of WWI prior to the lesson Most students did not have Internet access at home Most students did not have Internet access at home ADAPTATIONS Printed copies of the Internet resource material A summary of the difficult text

Concluding Statement I thoroughly enjoyed researching, developing and designing this web based lesson plan. I feel teachers need to be technology savvy to enhance their lesson plans. I thoroughly enjoyed researching, developing and designing this web based lesson plan. I feel teachers need to be technology savvy to enhance their lesson plans. Technology is education’s future.

A SPECIAL THANKS TO MICHIKO SAKIMOTO FOR ALL HER HELP AND PATIENCE