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Social Studies Direction Skills

(Originally from the Inner City Technology Goals Document – June 1997)

Description:
Students manipulate their way through a teacher created map shared off the server. They record their steps in a word processor.

SocialStudies: Social Studies

TypeLessonPlan: Lesson Plan - 1 class

TechnologySkills: Paintbrush tools, multi-tasking, opening files, printing

SoftwareUsed: Paintbrush, word processor

EarlyYears: Yes

MiddleYears: 

S1-S4:

SpecificGrade: 4/5

Submittedby: Glenn Doncaster

E-mail: gdoncast@minet.gov.mb.ca

Details:

Preparation:
Create the map file using Paintbrush as shown below. It is easiest to start with a empty grid and then use the flood fill or "paint roller" tool to fill in the appropriate squares. Store the file on a drive accessible to all students ( To Student drive on the Server). The children should have already been exposed to the concepts of North, East, South, West.

Activity:
The students will open the program Paintbrush. Next the students will open the map file. Using the paintbrush tool the students need to map (draw a line) their way through the obstacles. The students will also open a word processor. Using the alt-tab function the students can then move back and forth between paintbrush and the word processor to write down the directions for getting through the map in words.

Many different map files can be made to challenge the students. Each map you make can be of a different difficulty level, in this way all students can be challenged.

North

South






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