Language Arts/Social Studies Integrated Technology Lesson



Columbus—PowerPoint

5th Grade

2nd Six Weeks

Lesson Name: Columbus--PowerPoint

TEKS: 5.18D

Technology TEKS: 1A, 1B, 1C, 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 3A, 7A, 7B, 10A, 11A, and 11B

Objective: The student will create an acrostic poem that gives information about Columbus and his life.

Creating a Slide in PowerPoint:

• Open PowerPoint.

• From the drawing toolbar, select the Word Art icon.

• In the Word Art window, select a text that is vertical.

• Make the text the length of the slide.

• Move it to the far left of the slide.

• From the drawing toolbar, select the text box icon.

• Click and drag a box beside the first letter of your vertical word.

• Enter a fact that begins with that letter.

• Repeat for each letter of the vertical word.

• Print.

Sample:

This is an acrostic for the word “Indian”

I nnovative

N ever gave up

D anced

I maginative

A lways on alert

N eeded help from other tribe members

S moked pipe

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