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Facebook-like activity for teaching US history
by Season vet
Apr 22, 2013
I know I read about a lesson years ago where students were allowed to choose a different historical figure and create a Facebook (not real but a fake Facebook creating site or tool) for his/her chosen figure. I am not having students create real accounts or use the actual Facebook site for this since they are still in middle school. Essentially, I want them to research their person, tell who they might have in their Friend list, post pictures, status updates, links to videos, etc. just like they do on Facebook.

Has anyone done something like this and you might have a rubric already established? I'm looking at the week at the end of the year when the final exam is done and textbooks have been collected.

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Bud I use the one I have posted. It is old but the kids still like it and because it is in PPT, easy to edit.

On 4/22/13, Season vet wrote: > I know I read about a lesson years ago where students were > allowed to choose a different historical figure and create > a Facebook (not real but a fake Facebook creating site or > tool) fo...See More
Apr 26, 2013
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Daniel Sanchez I did see this done in a class. The teacher essentially took a screen shot of a facebook home page, printed out a bunch for the class, and required students to fill it in with pen. pencil. markers, etc. She graded based on accuracy of profile photo, quotes used, and sources. Hope that helps. -Dj

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LB I think this is a great tool to use to relate the content to the students' lives. Our students today are on Facebook constantly and it helps them to understand the material and bring it down to their level. I really like this activity and I'm going to borrow it for my future classroom (so long as Facebook is still cool then). -LB

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Chris in MA Great idea.

You can also do this with a fake Twitter account as well (no need to have students create one). They can create "tweets" by a historical person about events in their life.

I also saw classes create "apps" for a fake Ipad based on historical events....such as "Pharoah's menu", "Pyramid Tour," "Nile's Gift List" and so...See More
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