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Before we get started

1. Go to the Cabrillo College Library homepage <http://libwww.cabrillo.edu> If you're at an Information Workstation in the Library, just click on the little picture of a home towards the top of the screen.
2. Click on Internet Links, then on Education
3. Scroll down, and under Course-Related Materials, click on EDUC 80, Rosemary Brogan
4. Make this page a Favorite. Towards the top of your screen, click on , then on Add to Favorites. When you want to get back to this page during this class, just click on
   
   Read and follow the directions on the print version of the worksheet. When the worksheet asks you to use an Internet link (e.g., when you want to go to the California State Board of Education), come back to this Web page, which you can do easily by going to .

I. Content Standards

1. Go to California Department of Education
   
2. Click on Content Standards K-12

   For this exercise

   Choose a subject area, e.g., mathematics
   
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   Choose a grade level, e.g., grade five_____
   

List the major topics that are to be covered to meet that Standard:

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II. Curriculum Frameworks

Go back to California Department of Education

Using the sidebar,

click on one of the subject fields, e.g., History-Social Science, or Mathematics.

What subject field did you select?_____________________________

On the next screen, click on Curriculum Frameworks.

Each Framework is laid out somewhat differently, so explore around a bit. Some are pdf files. Some are large pdf files and will take a little time to load. In a pdf file, the list of pages and chapters may be over on the left.

	If it's a PDF file, you can change the scale of the document on your screen to 100%.

What did you learn in what you read?

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III. Go to Cesar E. Chavez. Click to look at the Model Curriculum and Resources for Teachers (over on left, halfway down)

Tell us what you chose to look at:

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What Standard(s) does this curriculum unit meet? _____________

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1. Go to the Bulletin Board for this class.
2. Click on Post a New Message.
3. Type in your name (if someone else's name is there, delete it and put in your own).
4. In two or three sentences, tell us about a curriculum theme you found interesting, the grade level for which it is appropriate, and the Standard(s) which it meets.
   

IV. Go to Campbell Union School District.

Use the menu option in the center to select Instructional Programs. Explore the information resources a bit and make notes here about what this Web site offers:

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V. Go to Pajaro Valley Unified School District's District Standards

Make notes about one of the standards

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Other Useful Web Resources for Education -- explore these so you can return to them when you need what they offer!

• Teach California Provides information you need about becoming a credentialed teacher in California. Find a Teaching Job.
• ERIC Education Resources Information Center This is the premier database for information about educational articles and reports. Good to use the Advanced Search mode. ERIC also offers a database of LESSON PLANS.
• Gateway to 21st Century Skills A literal gateway to selected materials.

Please share your thoughts about this Web exercise. Thanks!

To get to this page on the Internet

1. Go to the Cabrillo College Library homepage <http://libwww.cabrillo.edu>
2. Click on Internet Links
3. Click on Education
4. Scroll down, and under Course-Related Materials, click on EDUC 80, Rosemary Brogan

tns last rev. 4/08