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Of the Primary Source websites we reviewed – Ad Access, Emergence of Advertising in America, Our Documents, and American Memory Collection which was your favorite and why ?
Describe one ad or document and explain why you liked it.
Describe 3 assignments for students to use Primary Sources in class. Include the grade level and what the assignment would include.

Of the websites we viewed my favorite was Ad Access because you got to view the different ads and search for the ones that you wanted. It showed you how ads looked before we were born and how they have changed over time. One ad that I liked was a TV ad from the 1950's. It showed how after the war TV's were in high demand, also I think it was to help the economy after the war. Three assigments you would do with these websites are research. One could be for history, looking up documents and treaties that were passed. That could be done after any grade level above 2nd. Another assigment could be ad comparison. Comparing different ads like from back to one now. That could be done in any grade above 3. The final assigment you could do would be make an modern day ad based on the information in an old ad. That could be done with any grade above 2nd grade.

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What was the most difficult part about designing your Rubric?Which category did you find hardest to describe and why? How much time would you allow yourself to design a rubric to accompany an assignment for your students?

The most difficult part about designing the rubric today was defining the differences in the different amount of points a student could earn. The hardest category to describe was creativity, because everyone has different ideas of how to be creativity and some kids don't have art skills to make it creativity like everyone elses. I would allow myself enough time to make a good rubric and made sure it including everything I wanted to be on the students projects.

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Of the programs that we viewed today which one did you like the best and why? What are three reasons you could give a princpial to entice them to buy a subscription to that program?

Of the programs that we viewed today, I liked Star Fall the best. I liked it because it is directed toward kids and it is easy to use. Also it dealt with things that kids need to know and it doesn't feel like you are learning it feels like you are playing a game. The three reasons I could give a princpial to buy a subscription would be its a new type of learning experience, its something that kids will enjoy to do and it appeals to different learning styles.