Post #3

As a history teacher I am fascinated with the time period of World War II, especially the Holocaust. If I were to teach a lesson on this topic to high school students, I would have my students research online different accounts of survivors of the Holocaust. I would make them do a presentation involving PowerPoint slides of pictures of the camps their person stayed at along with pictures of the victim himself. The student would describe to the class the lives these people led. The intent is to make my students walk in the shoes of these people. I hope that this project would increase awareness of prejudice and maybe even prevent them from developing it themselves.
The website I'm going to critique is http://fsu.edu/. The website does a great job of using the right amount of color and continuing that scheme throughout each page. It includes a slide show of pictures to captivate the reader's attention to certain stories. The text is all left justified. The headlines of each articles are kept at short phrases. There's a double space between paragraphs. The home screen is a little distracting with the constantly changing photos at the top. With a solid garnet colored background, it helps the white colored text to stand out. Overall, the website does a great job of following the rules.
I have had teachers before who copy some pages out of a textbook, but they were always careful to make sure those pages were destroyed so as not to break the copyright law. As a teacher I'm going to try to find workbooks that allow the printing of extra copies for my students. I will teach my students the concept of copyright and the illegal practices of it. I am bound to make some kind of worksheet throughout my teaching career. I doubt I would ever go the length of getting it copyrighted. Obviously, if I wrote a textbook or something, I would. I would definitely encourage any of my students who might create their own work to get it copyrighted.