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B. Locate information using appropriate sources and strategies. Determine valid resources for researching the topic, including primary and secondary sources. Evaluate the importance and quality of the sources. 1.2.8. **GRADE 8** B. Use and understand a variety of media and evaluate the quality of material produced. Compare and analyze how different media offer a unique perspective on the information presented. || [] PA Kids is a website (obviously for children) that provides facts about the state of Pennsylvania and its rich history. The webiste has a few sections on William Penn and the founding of PA (also pre-colonization). Included in this website as well: glossary, geography, state information, counties, regions, and laws.
 * Group Members || Learning Standards || Web Resources ||
 * Sara || 1.8.8. ** GRADE 8 **

[] This is a video from Teacher Tube that is about William Penn. The video shows an actor portraying Penn and speaking about Pennsylvania history (he even mentions Pennsbury Mannor!) Students would view this video (or other from the same website) and evaluate its content and effectiveness. || B. Add, subtract, multiply and divide different kinds and forms of rational numbers including integers, decimal fractions, percents and proper and improper fractions.
 * Yvonne || 2.2.8. **GRADE 8**

2.3.8. **GRADE 8** B. Solve rate problems (e.g., rate ´ time = distance, principal ´ interest rate = interest).

2.5.8. **GRADE 8** A. Invent, select, use and justify the appropriate methods, materials and strategies to solve problems. D. Determine pertinent information in problem situations and whether any further information is needed for solution. || [] This website provides some background information on what kind of costs were associated with taking a voyage from Europe to America during the time of William Penn. Variables to consider are the provisions for the trip and the average number of days at sea.

[] This site provides currency conversions from the 1800s to today (in American dollars). || This site gives a biography of the life of William Penn.
 * Pat || Synthesize historical research. • Facts, folklore and fiction • Historical questions • Primary sources • Secondary sources • Credibility of evidence (Standard 8.1.9.D). || []

[] This site gives more biographical information on William Penn. || · Apply varying organizational methods. · Use relevant illustrations. · Utilize dialogue. · Apply literary conflict. · Include literary elements (Standard 1.3.8.B.). · Use literary devices (Standard 1.3.8.C.). || [] This site allows students to research what life was like in colonial times coming from the perspective of children of the time period.
 * Gina || Write short stories, poems and plays.

[] This book allows educators to have reading prompts for short plays. There are five short plays to renact in the classroom. || literature. B. Analyze the use of literary elements by an author including characterization, setting, plot, theme, point of view, tone and style. C. Analyze the effect of various literary devices. · Sound techniques (e.g., rhyme, rhythm, meter, alliteration). · Figurative language (e.g., personification, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, allusion). D. Identify poetic forms (e.g., ballad, sonnet, couplet). (Standard 1.3.8) || http://www.poets.org/ Run by The Academy of American Poets, this site allows students to explore various facets of poetry, including its different forms and has examples of each type.
 * Dave || A. Read and understand works of

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/subjects/colonialtimes.htm This site has information on a wide range of topics regarding Colonial Times that would interesting to Middle School aged students. || ** contributions of individuals and groups ** ** to Pennsylvania history. ** ** • William Penn ** ** • Benjamin Franklin ** ** • Pennsylvanians impacting ** ** American Culture (e.g., John ** ** Chapman, Richard Allen, Betsy **  ** Ross, Mary Ludwig Hayes, Rachel **  ** Carson, Elizabeth Jane Cochran, **  ** Marian Anderson) ** ** B. Identify and describe primary ** ** documents, material artifacts and ** ** historic sites important in Pennsylvania ** ** history. ** ** • Documents, Writings and Oral ** ** Traditions (e.g., Penn’s Charter, ** ** Pennsylvania “Declaration of **  ** Rights”) ** ** C. Identify and describe how continuity ** ** and change have influenced ** ** Pennsylvania history. ** ** • Belief Systems and Religions ** ** (e.g., Native Americans, early ** ** settlers, contemporary religions) ** ** D. Identify and describe conflict and ** ** cooperation among social groups and ** ** organizations in Pennsylvania history. ** ** • Domestic Instability (e.g., **  ** political, economic and geographic **  ** impact on daily activities) ** ** • Ethnic and Racial Relations ** ** (e.g., treatment of various ethnic ** ** and racial groups in history) ** ** • Labor Relations (e.g., working ** ** conditions over time) ** ** • Immigration (e.g., diverse groups ** ** inhabiting the state) ** ** • Military Conflicts (e.g., struggle ** ** for control) ** **(Standard 8.2.3**) || []
 * Andrew || ** A. Understand the political and cultural **

This site allows students to look at historical facts, documents, and artifacts during the colonial era. It gives biographies of influential individuals such as William Penn, and what they contributed to the history of Pennsylvania. It also gives insight into wars that were fought and what type of conflicts erupted in the history of Pennsylvania. || (Here are the standards)

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