Margaret Youmans

Carleton College Educational Studies Philosophy of Education Resume Subject Matter Competence Service Learning Component Working with Parents Integrating Technology Experiential Learning in Classrooms American Indian Education Case Study of a Student Model Lesson Plan/ Performance Packages Self-Reflection Pieces/ Professional Summary Student Teaching Observation Record

INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGY Favorite Sites National Council for Social Studies Minneapolis Public Schools St. Paul Public Schools YWCA Lesson Planning MPLS Social Studies National Endowment for the Humanities Peace Corps World Wise Schools Minnesota Alliance for Geographic Education Webquest Portal National Geographic Education Journey North PBS Teacher Source Smitsonian Education Scholastic for Teachers Time for Kids: Teacher Portal How Stuff Works MN Historical Society Education Educator's Reference Desk: Social Studies World Book Online Guns, Germs, & Steel Historical Maps Analyzing Political Cartoons & Editorial Cartoons Digital MN Maps, State Unit Study, & MN Road Trip Lesson Examples I enjoy using PowerPoint, imovie, and the internet to ehance my teaching. Here are a few examples: A PowerPoint lesson the structures of the brain: What’s in Brain? A movie I showed to my MN History class on the first African-American voyaguer: North Star: George Bonga A music video (“World on Fire” by Sarah McLachlan) incorporated into a test for a unit on World Hunger (See Model Lesson Plan) http://www.worldonfire.ca/ A lesson that required 7^th graders to go online to find their polling place: Find Your Polling Place