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Beginning the summer of 2003, during staff development, the GPISD staff began adapting lessons to include student PowerPoint projects. In the years since many teachers have collaborated to create projects for our students. With the implementation of Eduphoria, we will now have a better way to share these plans. When the web pages crashed in August we lost two years of pages. Please be patient while we recreate our new and improved site. NETS Standards

PowerPoint Projects and Our Curriculum
Beginning the summer of 2003, during staff development, the GPISD staff began adapting lessons to include student PowerPoint projects. In the years since many teachers have collaborated to create projects for our students. With the implementation of Eduphoria, we will now have a better way to share these plans. When the web pages crashed in August we lost two years of pages. Please be patient while we recreate our new and improved site. NETS Standards
Most lessons contain a PDF version of the Lesson Plan, the Student Project Page, the Data Collection Page and a Rubric.
Email Deborah Herring or Ginger Blevins to find out how you can make your own and add lessons to the database.
Blank Word Templates	Handout pdf	PowerPoint Lesson Plan	Student Project Page	Data Collection Grid	Rubric and Scoring Sheet

Content Area	Lesson Name	Author	Objectives
Language Arts Social Studies	Constitutional Convention	Diane Raiman	· Students will identify the key people of the Constitutional Convention · Students will analyze the VA Plan and NJ Plan and explain how those 2 plans make up the Great Compromise. · Students will decide which political party, Federalist or Anti-Federalist, they would join and give 2 facts to support their choice. · Students Create PowerPoint presentations highlighting their findings.
Language Arts / Social Studies	Civil Rights	Joe Babina	Students will know what are "civil rights". Students will know what constitutional amendment affected the Civil Rights Movement. Students will create PowerPoint presentations highlighting their findings.
Language Arts / Social Studies	Colonization		Students will describe reasons for American Colonization. Students will summarize successes and failures of American Colonization. Students will create their own colony. Students will create PowerPoint presentations highlighting their findings.
Language Arts / Social Studies	Gender Roles	Brook Seely	Students will classify different gender roles. Students will compare and contrast jobs for men and jobs for women. Students will determine their rationale for listing jobs under either heading and give concrete examples that support or dispute the gender limitations of any job listed. Students will create PowerPoint presentation highlighting their findings.
Language Arts / Social Studies	Texas Heroes	Gena Collier
Language Arts / Social Studies / Art	Architecture	John Dees	· Students compare architecture styles from different regions and time periods. · Students create a new style of architecture that incorporates design features from a historical style. · Students create PowerPoint presentations highlighting a specific style of architecture.
Language Arts / Social Studies	Desert Storm	Theresa Thomas
Language Arts	Folk Tales	Kay White	Students will work in groups to create an original folk tale that includes:an explanation of an aspect of nature ( thunder, stars, why we have two eyes, etc.) and an element of fantasy (something that could not possibly happen in real life). Students create PowerPoint presentations highlighting a specific style of architecture.
Language Arts / Social Studies / Science	African Diseases	Robert Merritt
Language Arts / Science	Renewable Energy	Gina Gola	· Students will compare renewable and non-renewable energy resources. · Students will explain the benefits of renewable energy resources. · Students will create PowerPoint presentations highlighting their findings
Language Arts / Science	Insulation	Paula Boehme	· Students will explore the differences between insulation materials. · Students will determine which insulation keeps water hotter longer. · Students will create PowerPoint presentations highlighting their finding.
Language Arts / Science	Moon/Tides	Laura Walden
Language Arts / Science	Insects	Cynthia Sanchez Alacai Schmitt Virginia Parides	Students will learn about a particular insect of their choice. Students will gather and synthesize data on their insect. Students will create Power Point presentations highlighting their findings.
Language Arts / Health / Science	Medical Investigation	Randy Heisig
Language Arts / Art / History	Classical Architecture	MerryLou Hoynos
Band/Language Arts	Maintain Your Instrument	Larry Barton
Art / Fashion Language Arts	"Hot" Clothing Colors	Sherry Johnson	· Students will demonstrate a working knowledge of basic color theory ( color wheel). · Students will apply this theory to areas such as fashion, home decorating and the auto industry. · Students will create PowerPoint presentations highlighting their findings.
Home & Consumer Science / Language Arts	Color Trends	Kathleen Leddy
Fashion / Social Studies / Language Arts	Fashion by the Decade	Pam Gober
Speech / Language Arts	TV Pilot	Cary Redman
LOTE / Language Arts	Ven Conmigo al Valle	Cindy Miracle	Students will use reflexive verbs to talk about their daily routines. Students will use vocabulary to complain about their daily routines. Students will talk about hobbies and pastimes. Students will create PowerPoint presentations highlighting their findings.
LOTE / Social Studies / Language Arts	French History	Liz Gomez	· Students study the History of France at a certain ERA of interest. · Students describe the influence this Era had on France then and now. · Students will create PowerPoint presentations highlighting their findings.
LOTE / Social Studies / Language Arts	Comparing Schools	Freddie Jacinto/Rose Garcia	· Students will compare and contrast the educational system between the U.S. and Mexico · Students will predict the future of Mexico's educational system · Students will create PowerPoint presentations highlighting their findings.
Language Arts / Social Studies	Seasonal Crime	Laura Luxton	· Students will compare the level of criminal activity in the DFW area during different seasons. · Students will create PowerPoint presentations highlighting their findings.
Language Arts / Social Studies	Best Person	Jennifer Wright
Language Arts / Social Studies	Pyramids of Giza	Larry Dunaway	· Students will determine why the ancient pyramids of Giza were built. · Students will determine how the pyramids were built. · Students will create PowerPoint presentations highlighting their findings.
Language Arts/Social Studies	Peace Summit/Religion	Twila Read	· Students will compare and contrast the 3 major religions of the Middle East and North Africa. · Students will use their collected information to form a plan for peace in the Middle East and North Africa region. · Students Create PowerPoint presentations highlighting their findings.
Language Arts / Social Studies	Political Systems	Tracy Hensarling	· Students will define a political system of government. · Students will explain and illustrate the structure and function of that political system of government. · Students will show positive and negative attributes of that political system. · Students will develop an opinion about that system of government. · Students will create a PowerPoint presentation highlighting their findings.
Language Arts / Social Studies	Gatsby's 1920's	Debbie Doughty
Language Arts	Sandwich Book Report	Cindy Blackstock	· Students will analyze the different parts of a fiction book. · Students will explain the plot literary elements. · Students will create PowerPoint presentations highlighting and using parts of a sandwich to demonstrate their understanding of plot literary elements.
Language Arts	Bilbo Baggins: The Hobbit	Marjorie Barber	The students will compare the development of Bilbo Baggins through the course of his adventures in the novel, The Hobbit. · Students will choose five of the dangers and/or characters Bilbo encounters through his journey and how he changes as a result of this meeting or situation. · Students will create a PowerPoint presentation that will highlight the growth of Bilbo as a character that goes through many changes from an ordinary man to a burglar.
Language Arts	Book Review	Thomas Patterson	· Students will choose and read a fiction book from a list provided. · Students will complete a book review in proper format. · Students will present the book review in PowerPoint format.