ASE: High School Diploma

Source: http://www.ibiblio.org/expo/1492.exhibit/overview.html (License: CC0/Public Domain)

 

In this activity, students work in groups to explore the 1492 exhibit called An Ongoing Voyage. Just as the first Europeans explored the world, students are guided through various ports of the Mediterranean and the Americas.

The exhibit provides two levels of use: one is a guided tour, which will be represented by the image of a ship: and the words Continue the Voyage will be alongside the image. When students finish exploring the documents and images to be found at a particular destination, they will want to sail on to the next by area by selecting either the image of the ship or the highlighted destination.

The exhibition examines the first sustained contacts between American people and European explorers, conquerors, and settlers from 1492 to 1600. The exhibit is divided into six sections:

What Came To Be Called "America"
The Mediterranean World
Christopher Columbus: Man and Myth
Inventing America
Europe Claims America
Epilogue

These sections are all links to other pages.

Source: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/brady/ (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

In this activity, students become reporters, are assigned to sort through photographs, and find one that will bring the war alive to their readers. They write a newspaper article based on their chosen photograph and publish it on the Internet. This project is meant to be incorporated into a broad unit on the Civil War. The project will work best if it is started in the latter part of the unit. That way, students will have some background knowledge about the events of the war.

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Source: http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/activities/teachers/mirrorsandimages.html (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

In this activity, students place an object between two hinged mirrors and explore the relationship between the number of objects seen and the angle between the two mirrors. Students should have some understanding of incident rays, reflected rays, and the general behavior of mirrors before beginning this activity.

Source: http://conventions.cps.neu.edu/media-debates/lesson-plans/ (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

In this activity, students identify key communication technology development and their impact on the operation and function of political conventions and elections and evaluate the impact of the media on the political process.

Source: https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/lesson/teach-poem-maggie-and-milly-and-molly-and-may-e-e-cummings (License: Protected by Copyright (c) [i.e. screenshot])

 

In this activity, students explore the poem "maggie and milly and molly and may" by E. E. Cummings. This is just one of the numerous poems and lesson plans given so that the depth of the student experience can be adjusted to meet the needs of your students.