Journal 4: Project Plan

Site Title: Getting to Know Our States and Capitals

Developer: Casie DeSalvio

Rational or Focus: The goal of this website is for the fifth grade students at Allen Avenue Elementary to be given a valuable resource for information on the states and capitals of the United States of America. Students will be able to locate free games and videos to help them learn where each state is and what its capital is, as well as where to locate information on each state. My hope is that this website will bring my school's fifth grade students to an easy and accessible website at both home and school for them to work on meeting the California State Standards for Social Studies.

Main Features Outline:

• Home Page
• States/Capitals Page
• State Report Page
• Learning Objectives Page

Content: 

• Home Page: The home page will let students and parents know what they can find on the website with a brief summary and link to each site page. At the very top of the page will be any reminders for that week of what is expected of the student to be able to do and/or have complete.
• States/Capitals Page: At the top of the page will be a table with test dates as well as what states/capitals should be known for that test. There will be links to youtube songs and videos, as well as links to outside website games with a brief summary of what's on each site. There will also be a link to the PDF printable for students and parents to print-out and practice locating the states and capitals on a map.
• State Report Page: At the top of the page will be a table with due dates for the state report students will be completing. There will be links to websites for students to have easy access to finding information about their particular state.
• Learning Objectives Page: Fifth grade Social Studies Standards will be displayed on this page.

Target Audience: This website is designed specifically for the fifth grade students at Allen Avenue Elementary, however, most of this site could be used by any fifth grade student if they are using the links on the site to help them better understand states and capitals.

Design Considerations: I would like my website to have a simple HTML5 layout with a  patriotic theme CSS. There will be a navigation bar for the different pages of the site and a sidebar with subfolders for specific links to the site, as well as the home page information as the main section.

Limiting Factors: Students and parents will need to have a device that can access Flash for some website games. Mobile devices may not have access to all parts of the website for games and some parts of tables/pictures might not completely show on the screen.

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