Bio+Intro+3+slides

Lesson Name: Biography Introduction and Power Point Presentation - 2 part lesson

 * Dates**: January or February flextime activity - dates to be determined by classroom teacher

Part 1 - Firefox (Daniel Pink video & Brain Pop) Part 2 - Keynote
 * Curriculum**: Language Arts/Social Studies - Biographies/Famous Americans
 * Application**:

This activity can be completed in 2 one hour sessions. This lesson is a great follow-up to the economics power point lesson because now the children know how to create a presentation. I would like this to be a flextme activity so that it can be more attuned to your curriculum. If you are interested in doing this project, let's discuss how best to carry it out. Below is a suggestion. > 1 - What is my sentence? > 2 - Was I better today than yesterday?
 * Description:**
 * Part 1 (one hour)**
 * **Classroom Preparation**: As an introduction to your biography study and prior to the children coming to the lab (or me coming to your classroom if a laptop lesson) the classroom teacher will have the children watch and discuss the short Daniel Pink video "TWO QUESTIONS," the 2 questions being:
 * **Lesson**: If some time has passed since the classroom teacher introduced the idea of "What is my sentence?," the Tech Resource Teacher will show the 2 minute video a 2nd time to refresh the children's memories.
 * After this, they visit Brain Pop link on the LS Paw Page (Brain Pop/ Social Studies/ Historical Figures) Brain Pop Social Studies/US Historical Figures)
 * Each is assigned a different person to study. As they watch the video, they should take notes on important information. They will be given a worksheet to record notes.
 * After viewing the video, they write their person's sentence and tell why the world is a better (or worse) place because of their person.


 * Part 2 (one hour)**
 * At the next session, they will use the 2 sentences they wrote to create a 3 slide //**Keynote**// presentation about their person (a cover plus 1 slide for each of their 2 sentences)
 * To save time, a .key template will be placed in each child's folder. [[file:famousperson_bio.key]]
 * They will share this presenation with their classmates.
 * If classroom teacher is so motivated, these slides could be made into one class KEYNOTE presentation.


 * Major Concepts:**
 * note-taking
 * synthesing details
 * writing a summary sentence about a person's life


 * Skills:**
 * name and save document
 * insert text boxes and graphics
 * format text
 * creating a presentation with appealing style/design elements
 * Notes:** (INITIALS) your comments/notes.
 * Example:**
 * Example:**