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The objective of our blog is to share information about how we integrate our technology curriculum into the subject area curriculum. The foundation of this effort is the methodology of team teaching the lessons with the Middle School subject area teachers. Each post describes a particular lesson, the software used, some of the skills that were targeted, and the number of days that were spent in the lab.
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
European Trade and Photoshop
The 8th grade Social Studies students worked in pairs to create two maps in Photoshop. One map charted the 15th century World as the Europeans knew it at the time, and the other map showed the principal trade routes of the Mediterranean Sea. The students had to delineate, color in and label various territories and bodies of water. They also varied the opacity to obtain different effects and they had to calibrate the brush tool to trace out the different trade routes. On the third day of this lesson, the students responded to a set of questions which asked them to make interpretations about information they had on their maps.
