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Google Sketch Monumental Structures Project, Ryan Dalton

Open Educational Resources

The objective of the activity is to create a three dimensional monumental, unique, and everlasting structure that symbolizes your selected culture between the 100CE and 1800CE. The second objective will be to research the location, the resources, trade routes, people, specialized skills, and artisans to complete this task. The created structure should symbolize the empire's region's culture, history, location, power, and prestige.

Highland Osae: Observation, Speculation, Analysis, Evaluation, Carrie Taylor

Open Educational Resources

Students will observe changes that occurred when Highland Elementary was built.

Hiv/Aids Status In Africa, Steve Knoche

Open Educational Resources

Students will be able to determine where in the world the rates of HIV/AIDS are the highest and be able to compare those rates with other parts of the world.

How Do Your School Rules Compare?, Natasha Cooper

Open Educational Resources

Students will gain knowledge in their own school rules. Students will be able to compare their school rules with Nigerian school rules.

How Humans Are Creating Desertification In Africa, Casey Conover

Open Educational Resources

Students will describe the process of desertification and brainstorm ideas on how to help the problem.

Lake Mills O.S.A.E. Land Mark And Business Field Walk, Angie Boehmer

Open Educational Resources

Students will create a map of Lake Mills that accurately includes local landmarks and area businesses using the O.S.A.E. strategy.

Living In A Lungi, Dawn Brown

Open Educational Resources

Students will be able to describe, make, and wear traditional Bangladeshi male attire. Students will be able to sew French stitches on cotton fabric.

Mapping Activity: What Countries Have Child Soldiers?, Kimn Hassenfritz

Open Educational Resources

Students will be able to understand what countries use child soldiers and draw generalizations.

Misery Mountain Melting (How Climate Change Affects Ski Resorts), Tami Mcinroy

Open Educational Resources

Students will learn the names of all 12 major climate zones, what each one is like, discuss the argument about whether climate change is human-caused or due to natural shifts, and decide how climate change impacts snowfall at ski resorts.

Nigerian Storytelling, Anne Hoeper

Open Educational Resources

Students will be acquainted with Nigerian literature. Students will see similarities and differences between folktales they are familiar with and Nigerian folktales. Students will become aware that folktales may teach values. Students will gain an appreciation of Nigerian culture through the reading of folktales.

Nigerian Transportation Through Mathematics, Aaron Shields

Open Educational Resources

Students will compare the percentage of one’s income needed to buy a car in Nigeria vs. United States.

Should I Wear This Or That?, Jennifer Slagel

Open Educational Resources

The students will be more aware of where they buy their clothing and what effect it has on the people who make it.

Lewis And Clark Timeline, Lynn Brigham

Open Educational Resources

Students will read Lewis and Clark by: R. Conrad Stein (lexile 980). Before reading students will fill in the Assess and Conquer worksheet on the vocabulary words. After reading Lewis and Clark the students will create a timeline of events from The Corps of Discovery. They will have to research the event(s) for a particular date from the Lewis and Clark Trail. Students will also compare and contrast the writing and language used in the story to the writing and language used in Lewis and Clark’s journal entries.

The Changing American Landscape: Adapted For A Historical Perspective, Kimn Hassenfritz, Jennifer Slagel

Open Educational Resources

Students will be able to understand how humans have changed the physical landscape over time and be able to apply historical events to the pictures.

The Global Refugee Problem, Mark Matheis

Open Educational Resources

Students will locate a major United Nations refugee area in the world, will research and report on the causes and effects of why these camps exist, and learn about the challenges of permanently re-settling these refugees. Students will also study the political, social, and geographical causes and consequences of their displacement, and gain some understanding of the hardships and challenges that refugees and their "hosts" face.

Traffic And Transportation In Nigeria, Chris Joslin

Open Educational Resources

Students will understand traffic and transportation problems Nigerians face.

We're Going To Chile - Now What?, Dawn Shattuck

Open Educational Resources

Students will find out the entry requirements for the country of Chile. Students will learn how to properly complete passport application forms. Students will identify the need for vaccinations/immunizations and other medical treatment recommended for travelers to Chile. Students will know how to find entry requirements for all countries and will be able to identify the process to be taken to get to any country in the world.

Social Realities In Chile, Sarah Lerdal

Open Educational Resources

Students will be able to identify differences in Chilean and American societies. Students will be able to explain why and how societies develop different laws and customs. Students will be able to debate the pros and cons to current Chilean societal situations.

Class In Thomas Hardy's Late Short Stories (1890-1900): "For Conscience' Sake" And "The Winters And The Palmleys", Nada Al-Ajmi

Short Story

No abstract provided.

Multicultural Picture Books: Windows And Mirrors, Dawn M. Goodale

Graduate Research Papers

Multicultural children’s picture books offer readers views into far away places that can be similar or very different from that of the reader. These picture books can be used to enhance the Social Studies curriculum by offering students new perspectives on other cultures. The researcher employed the five dimensions of global perspectives developed by Robert G. Hanvey (1976) and criteria from the Iowa Core Curriculum Social Studies Standards (grades 3-5), to determine the titles that best exemplified the criteria. Review of related literature included the topics of multicultural education, multicultural literature and reader-text-relationships. The project consists of an annotated bibliography …

Geography Newsletter, 2011-2012, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Geography.

Geography Newsletter

Inside this issue:

-- Student/Community engagement
-- New Internship with Aerial Services
-- Spotlight on Research - Dennis Dahms finds evidence of climate change in Rocky Mountain Sediments
-- 2012 Awards Banquet
-- Scholarships
-- UNI Geography Outstanding Alumnus Award
-- Thomas Fogarty Retires after 23 years of service
-- Dr. Henry Owusu Publishes a new book
-- Student Publications and Presentations

Digital Storytelling : Building 21st Century Literacy Skills In The Secondary Classroom, William P. Lammers

Graduate Research Papers

Digital storytelling has been a popular activity in technologically well-equipped classrooms, and is gaining popularity due to its ability to help build important 21st century skills for learners and engaging lessons for instructors. This paper reviewed twenty peer-evaluated investigations from 2001 to 2010, citing five original qualitative case studies, twelve research-based papers regarding digital narratives and the skills needed for the 21st century learner. Included in this review is a definition of digital storytelling via a detailed model, an explanation of the 21st century literacies, obstacles to integrating digital narratives, and discussion of related communication skills. Recommendations were made based …

Professional Development For The Library Para Educator: Developing A Guide To Answer Questions About School Libraries In The 21st Century, Tifini Foglesong

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this project was to create a manual for new and existing library paraprofessionals as well as administrators who coordinate teacher librarian professional inservice days. This information will provide content for library paraprofessionals to understand both the procedures and principles of school libraries.

Early Algona: A Digital Story, Kathy Bottaro

Graduate Research Papers

The 1986 classic teen movie, "Ferris Bueller's Day Off' contains a scene that is all too familiar in today's high school classrooms. The history/economics teacher is addressing a classroom full of seemingly comatose students: In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the ... anyone? anyone? the Great Depression, passed the ... anyone? anyone? the tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act? Which, anyone? Raised or lowered? ... raised tariffs, in an effort to collect more revenue for the federal government. Did it work? Anyone? Anyone know the effects? It did not work, and …

School Libraries: Developing A Valuable Resource For Gifted Learners, Corinn K. Matheson

Graduate Research Papers

This study surveys the teacher librarians, Extended Learning Program teachers, and instructional coaches in a Midwest suburban school district's elementary and middle schools. The purpose is to determine what, if any, changes are needed to better meet the needs of the district's gifted population. Seventeen (77%) of the twenty-two anonymous surveys were completed. Six ELP instructors responded (100%), five teacher librarians responded (63%), and six instruction coaches responded (75%). A qualitative analysis of six open-ended survey questions was used to evaluate respondents' answers. The questions referred both to current practices as well as suggested strategies. The results showed that while …

School Library Circulation Records: What Do They Reveal About Boys' Reading Preferences?, Chelsea Sims

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to examine what if any patterns emerge in the library checkout habits of elementary school age boys in consecutive grades and to compare them to common assumptions of which books boys prefer to read. A quantitative bibliometric method was used to analyze and count the circulation records of forty-four students over a three year period. The circulations to the boys in the study were compared to the circulations to the girls. Records revealed that on average, boys in third grade borrowed more books than the girls in the study, but girls selected more books …

The Update, January/February 2012, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Humanities, Arts And Sciences.

Update

Inside this issue:

-- CHAS to Send Three Students to the NCUR
-- Department News
-- Student Teaching Overseas: Science Education Students Complete Student Teaching in Brazil and China
-- Culture and History in Berlin
-- Student Spotlight: Department of Philosophy and World Religions: John Anderson
-- Mathematics Alum Receives Achievement Award
-- School of Music Events
-- Alumni Spotlight: Earth Science: Brian Hynek
-- National Communication Association (NCA) Meeting
-- Student Spotlight: Department of Theatre:Jenna Graupmann
-- Bridging the Humanities and Sciences
-- UNI Forensics
-- Dean's Triangle Gallery

The Wright Message, 2012-2013, University Of Northern Iowa. Department Of Mathematics.

The Wright Message

Inside this issue:

-- Dear Department Alumni and Friends
-- Department Head
-- Around Wright Hall
-- 2012 - 2013 Tenure-Stream Faculty
-- New Faculty
-- Retiring Faculty: Larry Leutzinger
-- In Memory of Bonnie Litwiller
-- John & Marla Peterson: Making an Impact
-- The 2012 Hari Shankar Lecture
-- Internal UNI Awards
-- Projects and Grants
-- Student Spotlight: Melinda McDowell & Duncan Wright
-- Recent winners of the Purple and Old Gold Award
-- Alumni Spotlight: Karla Digmann, Kamilla Svajgl, & Suzanne Shontz
-- Math Day 2012
-- Squigonometry
-- Student Organizations
-- News from KME
-- …

Cognitive Maps And The Confidence-Accuracy Relation In Eyewitness Identification, Hannah Mazoe Paul

Honors Program Theses

Cognitive maps are map-like representations of a spatial environment. Eyewitnesses are often asked to create a cognitive map of a crime scene so that it can be submitted as evidence in a criminal trial. Another key piece of evidence provided by an eyewitness is a description of the perpetrator which is used to acquire eyewitness identification. To the best of our knowledge, the correlation between cognitive maps and eyewitness identification has never been empirically investigated. The present study asserts the hypothesis that complex cognitive maps are positively correlated with correct eyewitness identifications. This hypothesis has been formulated off previous research …

Morphological Variation Among Populations Of Uca Rapax In The Gulf Of Mexico And Northern Caribbean, Amanda L. Brase

Honors Program Theses

This study explores the relationship between phenotypic variation in the carapace morphology and the geographic distribution of Uca rapax population in the Gulf of Mexico, Florida, and the Northern Caribbean Sea. Carapace or body shape in 37 populations is analyzed quantitatively and correlated with two habitat variables: salinity and location. Although there is morphological overlap among populations grouped by habitat, they are significantly different when sorted by geographic region. Populations from the northern and western Gulf of Mexico diverge from those in Florida, the Yucatan and the northern Caribbean implying restricted larval dispersal and/or differential habitat selection.