Assistive Technology

Assistive Technology for Exceptional Children
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Week of:FebruaryLesson: Civil WarObjective: Division of States (N & S)
Monday Hook or BellringerEach student will be assigned a short text covering Racism and Civil War. After that, students will be primed to discuss racial prejudice in the Civil War. Book share/ EasyBib/ NaturalReader Students will use book share to find books, read and get as much information as they can on the topic, civil war and racism. Students will then be allowed 10 to 15 minutes to discuss racial prejudice in the civil war.
New Content Students will identify instances of racial tension within the country-even within the Union-and come up with their biggest question.
Google/ Quizlet Using Google and other appropriate sources, students will research and identify cases of racial tension within the country. Based on their findings, students will ask their biggest questions for class consideration.
Student Activity
Students will be able to give specific examples of racism in the Civil War on the Union side and the Confederate side. MindMeister/ Popplet Through student-based teachings and self-assessments, learners will be required to highlight, in the class, key concepts and details of racism in the civil war.

Reflection or Exit Ticket
Students will research examples of racism existing today. Scribble/EBSCOhost To serve as homework, students will research and write comprehensive reports on examples of racism existing today.
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To emphasize digital citizenship, the teacher will introduce students to the school-based social network that incorporates social networking into the regular lessons to teach students appropriate online etiquette. Students will create their profiles, post comments, videos, pictures, and other social contents.
To emphasize social skills, the teacher will use iPad as an assistive technology tool to teach multi-media based social stories. Each student will install the Social Express Lite and iSee-quence applications to access the social stories.