Theodore C. ClarkOroville High School,

Oroville, CA

Japanese-American InternmentWho I Am

• I am a history teacher at Oroville High School, in Oroville, CA.

• I have taught at Oroville High School for 22 years.• My e-mail address is: chicotheo@aol.com• My school address is: 1535 Bridge Street,

Oroville, CA 95966• This is an 11th grade U.S. History lesson that deals

with the constitutionality of the treatment of the Japanese-Americans in World War II.

Japanese-American InternmentExpectations

• Learn how to create a web page and put a lesson on a web page.

• Create a standards based lesson to use in my classroom.

• Use Microsoft Power Point to present final project, for myself and for my students.

• Use Excel to create graphs of student assessment.

• Become more proficient in the use of different computer programs.

• Expected this class to be completed without too much difficulty.

Japanese-American Internment

Outcomes

• Learned many of the problems of web page design.

• Gained rudimentary knowledge of web page design.

• Gained rudimentary knowledge of downloading and uploading using ftp programs (cute, leech, and fetch).

• Expanded knowledge of power point, excel, and use of the internet.

• Gained rudimentary knowledge of linking pages and projects.

• I am beginning to feel more comfortable using technology in my teaching.

Japanese-American InternmentSuccesses

• I gained interest in making standards based lessons.

• Became more familiar with history standards.

• Greatly improved my skills with different computer programs.

• Gained more knowledge of what is available on the internet.

• Increased my interest in developing lessons that will include technology.

Japanese-American InternmentSuccesses Continued

• Lesson meets California standards and framework.

• Students gain experience using the internet and power point program.

• Students gain experience working with others.

• Students improved their knowledge of the treatment of Japanese-Americans in World War II.

• Students showed more empathy towards this controversy, than in the past.

Japanese-American InternmentShortcomings

• Difficulty in getting class into library to use computer lab.

• My lack of expertise in using power point, and ability to teach it to students.

• Getting enough time for students to type their projects, having only one computer in class.

• Differences in skill levels of students in using computers and different programs.

• My own frustrations with the setup of this particular CTAP course.

Japanese-American InternmentShortcomings Continued

• This lesson took more time than I had originally planned.

• Compare more on the Japanese-American internment to Nazi treatment of the Jewish people.

• Need some kind of assignment to get students to express feelings about the Japanese-American internment.

• Lesson needs more refinement!

Japanese-American InternmentStudent Data

• Students were given pre-test to determine their knowledge of the Japanese-American internment.

• Students were given an introduction note/lecture lesson on the internment, as an introduction to this event.

• Students were divided into pairs and given a worksheet to be completed using internet research.

• Students were to create a power point presentation using their research on some aspect of the event.

• Students were given post-test to determine the growth of their knowledge of the Japanese-American internment.

Japanese-American InternmentStudent Data

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5

10

15

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25

Student Pre-Post Quiz

Pre-Quiz 15 10 10 10 5 7 7 9 9 10 7 15 9 8 11 8 12 9

Post-Quiz 21 22 23 15 15 17 18 17 16 24 19 20 23 21 19 21 15 20

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18

Japanese-American InternmentRevisions

• Need to limit the size of the power point presentation that the students are to accomplish.

• Students need more time in the computer lab, both for use of the internet and putting together power point project.

• I need to do more of these types of projects, in order to become more proficient at teaching and grading students.

• I need to figure out how to make the total lesson on the Japanese-American internment take less time.

• Need improvement of worksheet given to students that guides them in their internet research.

Japanese-American InternmentSummary

• This course had many frustrations for me, but I feel that some learning did take place.

• I feel that the students learned more about the Japanese-American internment this year than in the past.

• They seemed to have gained more insight into this event and the controversy than past students have.

• My knowledge and desire of how to set up standards based lessons has increased.

• My interest in using technology has increased.• My knowledge and use of different computer programs has

increased.

Japanese-American InternmentSummary Continued

• Learning how to take a standard and create a lesson around it is a skill I need to continue to improve.

• This class has shown me that there is a lot of work I need to do with my own curriculum, in order to meet the state standards.

• With the new direction towards standards based testing, I need to do more work on creating this type of lesson.

• This will help me in creating new standards based lessons.

Japanese-American InternmentSummary Continued

• I now have a greater appreciation for the amount of time it takes to create these types of lessons.

• I now have a greater desire to learn and use different computer programs in teaching my classes.

• I believe that this has helped me to know that “you can teach an old dog new tricks.”

Japanese-American InternmentThanks

• At this point I wish to thank all of the people that have helped me to have success and over-come my many difficulties.

• My special thanks goes to Margaret Rummens for all of her time and patience during my many frustrations.