General John Stark

An exhibit of the Live Free and Compute

PT3 project

Introduction

This website was designed to meet the educational needs of fourth grade students. We wanted our students to learn about one of the most famous New Hampshire historical characters and the origin of the State Motto. Our research indicated that existing websites that relate to John Stark have a readability that is beyond the comprehension of most fourth grade students. Our team felt it worthwhile to design a website in which the content is geared towards an elementary audience.

The Lesson

Our website incorporates the following pages and topics:

Early Life

Revolutionary War

Molly Stark

After the War

Standards

Our project incorporates, among others, the

following New Hampshire Social Studies

standards:

• History (4.16.6.10, 4.16.13, 4.16.6.2, 4.16.6.3)

StandardsOur project incorporates, among others, thefollowing National Educational TechnologyStandards (NETS) for students:

• Basic technological operations and concepts• Development of social, ethical, and human issues that relate to

technology• Use of technology communications tools• Use of technology research tools• Use of technology problem-solving and decision-making tools

Assessment

Student assessment in this project will incorporatethe following elements:

• Worksheet, timeline, and writing prompt

• Group participation

• Cooperative learning

Reflections

During the design phase of theproject, we researched the lifeof John Stark in text andonline sources. The informationwas compiled and rewritten tomatch fourth grade reading levels.The team visited the Stark Home, thefamily graveyard and photographedvarious sites in Manchester and then

created the website.

Administrative Support

Building principals can encourage their fourth

grade teachers to incorporate this website as

part of their teaching of New Hampshire

history.

ResearchThere are a number of recently published articles and papers

that link educational success and online learning. Such

sources include the following:

Bauer, A. (2002). Using computers in the classroom to support English language arts standards.

Hamm, M. (2002). Collaborative inquiry : Working toward shared goals. Kappa Delta Pi Record. 38:3.

Milson, A. (2001). Engaging students in historical inquiry using internet resources.

Owens, R. (2002). Where do you want to go today? Inquiry-based learning and technology integration. Reading teacher, 55:7.

Tumbauer, L. (2002). E-activities : Internet-based activities to expand your history curriculum. Instructor, 111:5.

Step Guides

In order to utilize this educational website, students

should have basic Internet experience. Teachers

should begin by demonstrating how the website

functions. For example, a teacher might first present

one page to the class, explain that the underlined

terms are linked to the glossary, and complete

the worksheet as a group activity in order to

emphasize the most important aspects of this topic.

Technology

To utilize this website, a teacher should

have access to the following technology:

• Computers with Internet access• Printer• Computer presentation system

TechnologyWhat the team used to complete the project:

• Computers with Internet access• Digital camera• Scanner• Projection system• Printer• Web site design software (Claris Home Page 3.0)• PowerPoint• Computer disks/media• SNHU - Blackboard

Resources

• The website includes a page of links to various sites that pertain to John Stark.

• The website also contains a bibliography of print sources that pertain to John Stark.

Background

• The COOL-PT3 members from Northwest Elementary School are Betty Kitsis, Katie Olmstead (Grade Four), and Jonathan Lamy (School Librarian).

• The COOL-PT3 members from Webster Elementary School are Diane LaRoche, Celeste Ludwig (Grade Four).

• The COOL-PT3 project facilitator from SNHU is Linda McCabe.

Our Schools

Northwest Elementary School300 Youville StreetManchester, New Hampshire 03102Dr. Robert Duclos, Principalhttp://www.mansd.org/northwest/index.html

Webster Elementary School2519 Elm StreetManchester, New Hampshire 03104Mr. Norman Dallaire, Principalhttp://www.mansd.org/webster/index.htm