SUBJECT: Language Arts/ Reading/Computer/Social Science
GRADE LEVEL: 4-8

OBJECTIVES:
Students will increase their knowledge of the Internet.
Students will learn more ways people put their faith in action.
TIME: 4 days, approximately one 45-minute period each day

TEACHER MATERIALS:
Kids Explore America’s Catholic Heritage (pages 133-156)
Note: Teacher may wish to preview several web sites and provide URL List for students to use. Google is a good search engine.

STUDENT MATERIALS:
Internet access
Fact sheets (printed from this Web site)

ACTIVITY:
Students will spend two days in the computer lab collecting information
As information is collected, students will fill out a fact sheet on each person
Students will then spend one day writing a paragraph on the information from the fact sheet
On the final day, students will exchange papers and peer-edit each other’s work and then rewrite their own paragraphs
Students must turn in their
Fact sheet
First draft with peer editing comments and signatures
Final draft

EVALUATION:
Evaluate students on fact sheet
Evaluate students rough and final paragraph drafts
Evaluate students participation in peer editing

WHO DID YOU FIND?
WHERE DID YOU FIND HIM/HER (WEB SITE URL)?
WHERE IS THE PERSON FROM?
HOW DID THIS PERSON PUT HIS/HER FAITH INTO ACTION?
WHEN DID THE EVENT TAKE PLACE?
WHAT SPECIAL RESOURCES DID THE PERSON NEED?
WHAT WERE THE RESULTS OF THIS PERSON’S ACTIONS?
WHY DO YOU THINK THIS PERSON’S ACTIONS WERE IMPORTANT?