OBJECTIVES OF CD-ROM
FOCUS ON THE SHOW-ME-STANDARDS
THE FOLLOWING GOALS WERE INCLUDED:
GOAL 1: Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and
skills to gather, analyze, and apply information and ideas.
Students will demonstrate within and integrate across all content areas the
ability to
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conduct research to answer questions and evaluate information
and ideas.
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use technological tools and other resources to locate, select
and organize information.
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comprehend and evaluate written, visual, and oral presentations
and works.
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discover and evaluate written, visual, and oral presentations and
works.
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evaluate the accuracy of information and the reliability of its
sources.
GOAL 3: Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and
skills to recognize and solve problems.
Students will demonstrate within and integrate across all content areas the
ability to
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evaluate the processes used in recognizing and solving problems.
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reason inductively from a set of specific facts and deductively
from general premises.
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examine problems and proposed solutions from multiple perspectives.
GOAL 4: Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and
skills to make decisions and act as responsible members of society.
Students will demonstrate within and integrate across all content areas the
ability to
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analyze the duties and responsibilities of individuals in societies.
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recognize and practice honesty and integrity in academic work.
COMMUNICATION ARTS:
In Communication Arts, students in Missouri public schools will acquire a solid foundation which includes proficiency in
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reading and evaluating nonfiction works and materials ( such as biographies, newspapers, technical manuals).
SOCIAL STUDIES:
In Social Studies, students in Missouri public schools will acquire a solid
foundation which includes knowledge of
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continuity and change in the history of Missouri, the United
States and the world.
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the major elements of geographical study and analysis.
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the use of tools of social science inquiry (such as surveys,
statistics, maps, documents).
Goals and objectives met for each unit are coded and listed next to the
title of the project. See below. Coding designed as, ie: Social Studies
objective #5 will read SS (5) or objective will be listed by goal and
number. Suggested grade levels are also listed.
FAST FACTS: All grades
Objectives: SS #2 time line study; #7.
TRUMAN LIBRARY TOUR: All grades
Objectives: Goal 4 (3) duties of a president; CA #3.
QUOTABLE QUOTES: Fourth grade through high school.
Objectives: CA #3 evaluating quotes.
TRUMAN'S FAMILY TREE: Elementary grades
Objectives: SS #2 generational changes; #7 genealogical map.
BERLIN AIRLIFT: Intermediate grades through high school.
Objectives: SS #2 historical event; #7 document study; CA #3 reading a
news article; Goal 3 (6) judge opinions of air lift; Goal 3 (4); Goal 4 (3)
role of president in decision making.
WHISTLE STOP TOUR: Elementary grades.
SS #2 transportation and life in 1948; #5 map skills; #7 reading a map; CA
#3 campaign information.
LITTLE FOLK'S WHITE HOUSE TOUR: Primary grades
Goal 4 (3) role of president; SS #2 lifestyles of presidents.
TRAVELS AND BOOKS: All grades
Harry Was Here: Goal #1 (2) (4) (5) poetry; SS #2 historical sites; #5;
#7 map work
You Are What You Read: Goal 4 (4) values in reading selections; Goal 1 (4).
DESK AND BALCONY: Intermediate grades through high school.
Goal 1 (2) (4); Goal 3 (5) analyze Truman's desk items and their
significance; Goal 4 (3) Truman's decisions; CA #3 reading inventory lists.
LIBRARIES, LETTERS AND HARRY'S HEROES: Elementary, Middle
Goal 1 (4) Internet links; CA #3; SS #2.
CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES: Elementary
Goal 1 (2) (4); SS #2, #5; CA #1.
BIOGRAPHY: Middle and High School
SS #2; #7 variety of charts, pictures, and graphs; Goal 1 (4) Internet links; Goal 4 (3); CA #3.
POLITICAL CARTOONS: High school
Goal 1 (2) (4) Internet links (5) analyzing cartoons (7) extrapolate meaning
from a cartoon; Goal 3 (5); CA #3; SS #2 cartoons as historical stories.
