2.+Planning+and+Preparation

**//Planning //** a. Knowledge gaining: Students will gain knowledge in several different ways. The students will begin by watching a video giving them a brief overview of the subject. The students will be then begin researching a part of the government based upon which group then are placed into. The students will then perform a web scavenger hunt by going to the links provided by the teacher in order to find information on their assigned branch of government. Finally, students will review the other group projects and discuss what they learned.
 * 2. Planning and Preparation **

b. Knowledge organizing: Students will organize the information they individually learned from the video by inserting it into a Google Doc. The students will then work with their groups to organized all the information they researched into a Wiki.

c. Knowledge sharing:The students will be sharing their work and new knowledge in numerous ways. The students will insert their facts learned in a Google Doc shared with the class. In groups the students will create a Wiki about their government branch to be reviewed by the other classroom groups. Finally, the students will participate in a discussion board chat with their fellow classmates, about what they learned from each others government Wiki's.

**//Preparation //** Explain what preparation is required before the project begins (e.g. arrange for field trip).

1. Teacher will have to research a video discussing the branches of government 2. The teacher will have to create a Google Doc which includes six columns (name, and five facts) and several rows (one for each of the students) so that they students can insert their learned facts from the video. 3. The teacher will have to create a United States Branches of Government Wiki on pbwiki.com and allow access to each of the students. 4. The teacher will have to create a Discussion Board within the United States Branches of Government Wik.