4th+Grade+Project+Overview


 * **The purpose of this internship was to collaborate with the elementary music teachers in my county in order to design and update their music curriculum with strategies to successfully implement technology into their classrooms. ** 
 * **During the month of February, the music teacher celebrated Black History Month and incorporated this historical event into her music curriculum. The students learned the history behind the song “Follow the Drinking Gourd”, how to play African drums, and the significance of seven individuals and their vital roles in the Underground Railroad. Since fourth grade was our focus group for this part of the internship, some of the individuals chosen to research have ties to North Carolina in order to connect with the fourth grade social studies curriculum as well. **


 * **The students were divided into seven groups and assigned a famous American. Each group used a "Fakebook" PowerPoint template to create a Fakebook page for their assigned famous American. The students used the computer lab, Netbooks, Nooks, and laptops to research each famous American. **


 * **Once completed, the students uploaded their finished product to this wiki created by the music teacher and myself. (I worked with the music teacher on how to create a wiki for her music classroom as well). **