1. US History Blended Learning Environment (BLE): Learning Differently 27 January 2011

2. “Other than the fact that we only meet two days a week, we seem to learn differently…”

3. In other history classes… constantly worried about next test jamming in the information In blended learning… in-depth long-term projects motivate yourself to research actually remember the stuff

4. Online Space

5. Providing Background & Beginning Discussions

6. Conversations with Experts

7. Presenting Independent Research

8. Classroom Time Exploring Prior Knowledge About US Wars

10. War MemorialProjects

11. Colonists- The Battle of Lexington and Concord was the triumphant start of the American Revolution. British- Noble British soldiers, in an attempt to keep peace, quietly marched to Lexington to take some arms. Collaborative- British soldiers were ordered to seize arms that were being stored by the colonists outside of Lexington. Applying Prior Knowledge

12. Collaboration with the Middle School

13. Shifts

14. “Don’t be afraid of it. It’s okay to stray from the accepted standard of always having class in class. We still have class; we just don’t spend all of it actually in the classroom itself.”