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Water: Source of Health, Source of Illness http://www.peacecore.gov/wws/educators/enrichment/africa/lessons/MShealth01/index.html This lesson is a joint effort of the United States Department of Education, Peace Corps Volunteers, and U.S. teachers. In the lesson, students examine the connections between water and disease in four West African countries. Clean water, being essential for health, can be in short supply in many areas. Lack of clean water can lead to many serious illnesses. During the lesson, students will become familiar with general concepts related to waterborne illness by viewing photographs and reading vignettes collected from in-service Peace Corps Volunteers. The lessons conclude with students working in groups to devise a strategy to fight one waterborne illness in rural Africa. The lesson plan comes complete with pictures and an evaluation rubric. It would be suitable for students in Social Studies grade 6, Unit 4: Interdependence: Meeting Needs and Wants.
Curriculum Links and Objectives Social Studies 6, Unit 4: Interdependence: Meeting Needs and Wants Interdependent linkages are created in response to the needs and wants of people and nations.
Evaluation Links Saskatchewan teachers have been provided support resources for student assessment and evaluation from the provincial ministry of education, Saskatchewan Learning. Specifically, teachers have been provided with the document Student Evaluation: a Teacher Handbook, in print format. Chapter 4 on specific student assessment techniques contains a variety of ready-made rubrics, rating scales, checklists, portfolio set-ups and templates that could be adapted to each task developed in your classroom. This resource is available on-line at: http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/evergreen/policy/studeval/chap4001.html. The simple templates outlined on this Saskatchewan Learning site, will help you tailor your assessment to match any activity and ensure that your objectives are being met. Another source of easily adaptable evaluation material is Discovery School located at http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html. The site has both subject specific evaluation tools and evaluation instruments for process oriented tasks. You will also find rubric builders, portfolio evaluation instruments, graphic organizer evaluation strategies, etc. all at this site. Another rubric generator can be found at http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/. And, for a discussion on the value of using rubrics in the middle grades, teachers may want to go to http://www.middleweb.com/rubricsHG.html. |
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