Adapting Project HISTORY Workshop Agenda

Media Center, Westmoreland H.S.

Tuesday November 15, 2011

8:30 a.m. Welcome/Coffee

9:00 a.m. Summary of Adapting Project HISTORY

· Adapting Project HISTORY Website and Contacts and Listserv

· Adapting Project HISTORY Requirements

9:10 a.m. The Importance of Teaching Public Policy Skills: Examples

· Overview of the PPA Public Policy Model

· A Variety of Formats for Technology Integration Using PPA

9:15 a.m. Differences between the PPA and the AHPPA

9:20 a.m. AHPPA: Introduction

· AHPPA Step 1: Identify the Problem

· AHPPA Step 2: Gather the Evidence

· AHPPA Step 3: Determine Causes

· AHPPA Step 4: Evaluate the Policy

· AHPPA Costs, Benefits and Comparative Analysis

9:35 a.m. Introduction to WebQuests

Overview of the Parts of an AHPPA WebQuest

AHPPA WebQuest: Focus on a historical problem and the use of the AHPPA

AHPPA WebQuest Checklist (Handout)

Examples

An AHPPA WebQuest is a WebQuest that incorporates some the steps from the AHPPA model

9:55 a.m. WebQuests: Title & Introduction

Activity: Using your social problem create an introduction

10:15 a.m. BREAK

10:30 a.m. WebQuests: Task

Task: Similar to objectives

Activity: Develop and list one or more student tasks

Other Tasks

Examples of Possible Student Products

11:00 a.m. WebQuests: Process/Resources

Process: The actual steps/activities the students will follow (i.e. individual or groups, roles for groups, detailed instructions on how to complete the task, written for students)

Process Checklist

Activity: Work on the Process/Resources section of your own WebQuest

Skills: Create a hyperlink

Internet Searches to find information/resources on your social problem

History Resources

How to evaluate a website

Copyright & Citation

12:00 p.m. LUNCH

1:00 p.m. Evaluation

How the student tasks will be evaluated/graded

Activity: Customize a rubric for your WebQuest

· Create from scratch using Tables

· Rubrics from Kathy Shrock site

· Rubistar

2:00 p.m. WebQuests: Conclusion and Standards

New York State content standards More

Common Core Standards in ELA

Interdisciplinary Problem Solving (standards: at least two subjects)

2:20 p.m. Stylistic Concerns in Word

Word Art for title

Bullets or Numbers for lists

Font size, centering, color

Background color

Inserting pictures

2:40 p.m. Save and Email WebQuest as an attached Word file

2:50 p.m. Evaluation

3:00 p.m. Adjourn