History Project
Introduction

To understand the present and look into the future, an exploration of different time periods will show that trends, tendencies and movements are inclined to repeat. The purpose of this project is to create a theoretical foundation for these developments and use it to understand the history of countries of the eastern hemisphere, compare and contrast, explore similarities, and understand their historical development.

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• Technology :
• Standard 2: Social, Ethical And Human Issues
  Students understand the social, ethical and human issues related to using technology in their daily lives and demonstrate responsible use of technology systems, information and software.
• Standard 3: Technology Productivity Tools
  Students use technology tools to enhance learning, to increase productivity and creativity, and to construct technology-enhanced models, prepare publications and produce other creative works. Using technology in their daily lives and demonstrate responsible use of technology systems, information and software.
• Standard 4: Technology Communications Tools
  Building on productivity tools, students will collaborate, publish, and interact with peers, experts and other audiences using telecommunications and media.
• Standard 5: Technology Research Tools
  Students will utilize technology-based research tools to locate and collect information pertinent to the task as well as evaluate and analyze information from a variety of sources.
• Standard 6: Technology As A Tool For Problem Solving And Decision-Making
  Students use technology to make and support decisions in the process of solving real-world problems.
• Social Studies:
• Standard 1 : History of the United States and New York
  use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in the history of the United States and New York.
• Standard 2 : World History
  use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in world history and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of perspectives.
• Standard 3 : Geography
  use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the geography of the interdependent world in which we live--local, national, and global--including the distribution of people, places, and environments over the Earth's surface.
• Standard 4 : Economics
  use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of how the United States and other societies develop economic systems and associated institutions to allocate scarce resources, how major decision-making units function in the U.S. and other national economies, and how an economy solves the scarcity problem through market and nonmarket mechanisms.
• Standard 5 : Civics, Citizenship, and Government
  use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the necessity for establishing governments; the governmental system of the U.S. and other nations; the U.S. Constitution; the basic civic values of American constitutional democracy; and the roles, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship, including avenues of participation.
• English Language Arts:
• Standard 1:
  Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding. As listeners and readers, students will collect data, facts, and ideas; discover relationships, concepts, and generalizations; and use knowledge generated from oral, written, and electronically produced texts. As speakers and writers, they will use oral and written language to acquire, interpret, apply, and transmit information.
• Standard 4:
  Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction. Students will use oral and written language for effective social communication with a wide variety of people. As readers and listeners, they will use the social communications of others to enrich their understanding of people and their views.

Queens College, Region 4 Technology Staff Developers

Please contact:
Michael D'Angelo
Region 4 Technology Coach
mdangelo@schools.nyc.gov

or

Bond Ng
Region 4 Technology Coach
bng3@schools.nyc.gov