Subject: U.S. History                                                           Date: 10/18-10/19

Objective: To research specific inventions that were created in the 1800s.

Michigan Curriculum Standards:

Standard I.3  Analyzing and Interpreting the Past
All students will reconstruct the past by comparing  interpretations written by others from a variety of perspectives and creating narratives from evidence.

Standard SOC.II.1  Diversity of People, Places, and Cultures
All students will describe, compare, and explain the locations and characteristics of places, cultures, and settlements.

Benchmark SOC.V.1.HS.1  Locate information pertaining to a specific social science topic in-depth using a variety of sources and electronic technologies.

ISTE NETS Student Standards:
7.  Routinely and efficiently use online information resources to meet needs for collaboration, research, publications, communications, and productivity. 

10.  Collaborate with peers, experts, and others  to contribute to a content-related knowledge base by using technology to compile, synthesize, produce, and disseminate  information, models, and other creative works. (4, 5, 6)

Opener: I will explain to the students that we will be going to the computer lab for an activity. Next, I will brake up the class in groups of two.

Procedure: 1. I will explain to the students that they will have to research an invention 
                     that was created during the industrial age.

                    2. Next, I will explain that they will research their invention on the Internet.

                    3. I will distribute a handout that tells the student to identify the invention, 
                    the creator, the short term effects, and the long term effects.

                    4. On the back of the handout is a list of useful websites that the students can
                    use in researching the inventions and a list of keywords they can use in 
                    researching on a search engine.

                   5. Next, I will tell the students that tomorrow they will have to present to the
                   class the reasons why they think their invention contributed the most to 
                   modern day society.

                   6. The sixteen teams will face each other in a tournament where they have to
                   prove that their invention is more useful than their opponent.

                   7. The class will vote on the inventions and the winner will receive 5 extra
                   credit points.

                   8. The worksheet is worth 10 points.

Closure: I will tell the students that each and every invention contributed to modern day society but it is just an opinion what they feel is the most important.