American Born Chinese Lesson Plan

Prezi Race: History of Chinese Immigrants in America

Kind of Activity:

Technology

Objective:

To introduce students to a powerful new way of communicating information.

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7-8.2 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.7-8.3 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7-8.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7-8.6 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.7-8.8 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.1 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.4 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.5 ; CCSS.ELA-Literacy.SL.7-8.6

Structure:

The teacher should begin the exercise by asking students about their familiarity with slideshow tools such as Microsoft PowerPoint. It's likely that most, if not all, of the students will have used PowerPoint at some...