Effective Strategies for Technology Integration:
Grades 9-12 History/Social Studies
Strategies to Promote Student Engagement
Build Real-World Understanding
Teachers will engage students using interactive SMART Lumio features, such Individual Handouts and annotation and online research tools (such as pavotes.gov) to understand the needs and goals of their ward, district, and local representatives.
See an example activity HERE.
Collaborative Discussion
Teachers will engage students using tools such as SMART Shout It Out to discuss the individual roles and responsibilities of local, state, and national governments in policy-making.
Examine and Analyze
Students will examine the causes of significant events and/or conflicts by using sequencing tools, including Rank Order in SMART Lumio, in order to develop critical thinking and analytical skills.
See an example HERE.
Strategies to Promote Discussion and Collaboration
Asynchronous Discussion
Students use Discussion features in Google Classroom or Canvas to engage in meaningful discourse on a given topic.
See an example Discussion Board Rubric HERE.
Interpreting Text and Authors' Purpose
Immersive Reader - Students will discuss historical propaganda and make inferences on how it relates to the present.
See an example HERE.
Analyzing Data
Students will be able to read and interpret data shown on a population pyramid. Students will be able to analyze and make predictions.
See an example HERE.
Strategies to Promote Higher-Order Thinking
Developing Questions
Students create video blogs of a pioneer's journey that they link into Google My Map.
Evaluate & Analyze Authors' Statements
Collaborative Activity: Students work in small groups to complete lumio activity centered around authors' statements and interpretations.
See an example HERE.
Evaluating Sources
Students create a Google Tour that outlines important events in a historical figure’s life.
Examples of Creative Projects and Products
Interactive Maps
Students create video blogs of a pioneer's journey that they link into Google My Map.
Charts and Infographics
Students use Google Sheets to collect data and create an infographic about tech use.
Interactive Websites
Students create a tourism website to showcase a geographic location.