In the Day 1 activity, "If I'd Only Known Then," students may use the Internet to research historical references from the story, and could use Pinterest to collect and organize their findings. Groups will write several paragraphs collaboratively; use Google Docs to support this and to share each group's work with the rest of the class.
In the Day 1 activity, "Making the News," students may use the Internet to find models of different genres of journalistic writing, and to search for images to show as examples of art that would accompany the news article they draft. Students might also polish and publish their articles on a class website or blog.
In the...