Effective Technology Integration into Lessons and Curriculum – Grant Writing


Field Trip Grants from the Civil War Trust – Initial Proposal
 5th Grade Columbus West

Rationale: The Civil War Unit study is part of the 5th-grade social studies curriculum. Having a field trip to the Civil War Museum in Kenosha, WI, will expand Columbus West 5th grade student’s knowledge regarding the Civil War by reflecting on the Civil War artifacts and sources available in the Civil War Museum. Students also will reinforce critical thinking skills of the 21st century such as asking questions, gathering data and drawing conclusions. Going to the Civil War Museum, the school promotes reflection on how historical events have marked us as a nation and how we can innovate ways to make society better. Moreover, this field trip will provide learning experiences to students that would be difficult to obtain on their own.
Learning Goals:
· Describe causes and effects of the historical events that led to the Civil War.
· Describe roles and influences of individuals and interest groups over the issue of slavery.
· Identify United States political ideas and traditions including basic freedoms, national symbols, and technological advancements in the political arena along with the related inconsistencies and injustices.
Activities:
Research online what events led to the Civil War. Fill out a main idea and detail’s graphic organizer.
Discuss, as a group, the role of cotton and slavery in the civil war. Online discussion on a Schoology forum room.
Writing: Explain why the issue of slavery divided the country. Use Google Docs.
Discuss how the Southern States created the Confederacy.
Who were the leading Southerners who started the revolt? Create comic strips showing the information.
Create a report, by students, to highlight economic, social and political implications of the Civil War. Use Slice presentation or any tech tool to show their answers.
Prepare questions for the visit to the Civil War Museum
Date: Thursday, April 26, 2016
Visit Activities:
During the visit, students will participate in the two hour King Cotton program. See details on the following link The King Cotton Program. Students will draw conclusions about how the visit to the Civil War Museum helped them to understand the essential concepts of the Civil War period.
Budget
The Civic War grant will be used for transportation expenses. The service will be provided by AMBUS Company. The total of attendees is 120 included students, teachers and chaperones.
1 busses x $500.00. Then 3 busses will be $1,500.00
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Civil War Trust. (2013, July 16). The Civil War in Four Minutes: The War Between the States. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44wJ1gnBK0c 

      I wanted to bring the Grant Writing assignment as an artifact because this was a new experience in my career as a teacher. Working in the process of writing a grant, I discovered all kinds of sites that support student’s learning and their requirements, and they were fairly easy to use.

      I wrote a grant to the Civil War Trust which was found through the resources provided in this course.  They offer a grant for field trips to Civil War and Revolutionary War Museums.  Our 5th grade class, in the school that I work, study the Civil War.  I believe that obtaining this grant would be beneficial to their studies.  They will be analyzing artifacts and historic exhibitions that assist in their understanding of this important time in our history.  The grant would be tied to other school activities such as: videos, research, and group discussions.  If the grant is approved, it will afford money for transportation. 
      In conclusion, the grant writing assignment provided the opportunity to review possible grants that could be used for my students.  These grants are there for many disciplines including: science, math, art, social science, etc.  The assignment has given me the ability and desire to see if using such grants for me in the future would become a lot more common thing in my student’s learned planning.  For my district, which has low-income families, it allows the children access to learning they normally would not have and allows them to travel to areas they might not ever see.  I see this as one of my contributions to my district.
      I would like to know your experiences in developing grants and relation to integrating them with technology.  Please describe.

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