Brief Description

Students will use the White House website to use primary source photographs to compare and contrast past and present photos of life in the White House. This meets Arizona Technology and Social Studies Standards.

Standards and Frameworks

Technology Standards

• 5T-F1. Recognize electronic information sources
• 1T-F2. Demonstrate functional operation of technology components

• 2SS-F2. Identify and describe the symbols, icons, songs, and traditions of the United States that exemplify cherished ideals and provide continuity and sense of community  across time, with emphasis on: the significance of the national holidays and the heroism and achievements of the people associated with them, including Thanksgiving, Presidents' Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, and Veterans Day.
• 2SS-F4. Describe the basic structure and concepts of the United States government.

Academic

• Using primary source materials, students will navigate through the website “Life in the White House- Spotty’s Today and Yesterday Album” and answer the posted questions with 100% accuracy. The students will also compare and contrast the two photos given.

• The students will access the website http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/whlife/index.html and successfully answer through the multiple choice questions.

Students will need to know:

• Basic keyboarding skills (how to locate home-row on the keyboard)
• How to locate the URL address bar and enter in a teacher given address

• Use of a computer with Aver Key (a TV converter connecting the computer to a television monitor in the classroom)
• Internet access to the website http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/whlife/index.html
• Internet access for each student (Computer Lab, Library)

Students with special needs will be accommodated by the following ways:

SEI (Sheltered-English Immersion) students will have a class buddy to work with. SEI students may use picture clues for their questions.

Students with an IEP (Individualized Education Plan) will be given additional work time with in the computer lab.

Gifted students will be allowed to view Spotty’s White House Tour as well as Barney’s White House ABC’s. They may also record any interesting facts found to share with the class.

Procedures

1. This lesson can be completed in one 45 minute time frame. In the Computer Lab (or other location where there is Internet access for each student,)  have the students access the website http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/whlife/index.html.  The address can be copied and passed out to each student to verify accuracy. This activity will work with students working in pairs or individually.
2. Click on “Today and Yesterday- Spotty’s Today and Yesterday White House Album.”
3. Read the information about the photos. Compare and contrast the photos that are shown. How are they alike? How are they different?
4. Click on the correct bubble.
5. Click on answer.
6. Read the additional information given about each photo.
7. Proceed to the next question.
8. Complete the process until you have answered all ten questions.
9. Complete the “Life in the White House” worksheet.

Students will be able to answer the following questions after successfully reviewing the website http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/whlife/index.html

Who lives at the White House today?

Name someone who has lived at the White House in the past.

What are some of the responsibilities of the president?

What are some of the activities of the White House?

Name some White House jobs.

How are these photos alike? How are they different? (Please be specific and list four different ways)