Jason Throckmorton throckmortonj

Introduction Task Process Evaluation

Jason Throckmorton throckmortonj@shawnee.edu

Elizabeth Hannah hannahe@shawnee.edu

Melinda Rhoads rhoadsm@shawnee.edu

Welcome to the Amish Community! Today you will journey through a unique community full of heritage, customs, and old world culture.

Imagine a day without . . . . . television? telephone? internet? Game Boys? high school?

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Task

Amish live in communities. You also live in a community. A community is a place where people can get the things they need and want, and also where they live and work.

We will begin our journey by visiting an Amish community in Adams County, Ohio. We will visit the Miller's Farm and the surrounding area to get a taste of the Amish life.

Before the field trip the topics students need to pay extra attention to will be written on the board and the students are to copy it down in their notebooks. Use this background information to formulate questions for discussion.

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Process

1. Copy the list of topics written on the board.

2. Our class will take a field trip to an Amish community.

3. You will be asked to do computer research with the list of websites given to help you explore the answers to the topics given before the field trip.

Websites

Pennsylvania Dutch Welcome Center

Amish Homestead

Appalachia Ohio

Ohio State University/Amish

4. We will have a short lesson about the Amish, you will then be asked to make a table describing the similarities and differences between our community and the Amish community.

5. At the bottom of your page you will write a paragraph discussing the differences of the two. If you like you may also draw a picture along with the table and paragraph.

6. To make this a fun and exciting close to the lesson on the Amish, we will have an Amish Day!! Samples of Amish food will be brought in, Amish hats, and clothing will be available for students to try on.

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Evaluation

	Excellent (92-100)	Good (85-91)	Satisfactory (76-84)	Needs Work (75 and below)
Organization/ Content	All topics were covered in the students’ comparison.	Student covered seven out of the eight topics in comparison.	Students covered six out of the eight topics in their comparison.	Students covered less than six topics in their comparison.
Evidence of Research	Students showed evidence that they thoroughly explored all websites and community visited.	Students showed evidence that they researched all or most of the websites and community visited.	Students showed evidence they researched some of the websites and community visited.	Students did not show enough evidence of researching websites and community visited.
Grammar, Spelling, & Punctuation	Students had no, or very few, mistakes in grammar, spelling, or punctuation.	Students made a few mistakes in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.	Students made some mistakes in grammar, spelling, and punctuation that could have easily been corrected	Students made too many mistakes in grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

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Conclusion

We have talked about what a community is and we compared our community to an Amish community. "Were there any similarities between the two communities?" (Both have houses, families, and schools) "What were differences between the communities?" Do you think you could live as the Amish do?