Inspiration!!

 The Inspiration assignment was broken into two weeks, as our class is just a little slow at completing activities...always. =)  But I really liked the Inspiration program.  It is an extremely simple, and effective way to make visually pleasing graphic organizers in a small amount of time.  We had to make a graphic organizer of at least one topic, have three categories, three sub-categories, two notes, visuals, and the content standards for what we were creating.  I have a lot of interest in social studies, so I did a third grade standard on governments around the world.  My category was "Types of Government" and my three that I focused on were a "Dictatorship, Monarchy, and Democracy."  My organizer was pretty simple, but it could lead to a lot of discussion in the classroom, as I hit on issues such as Hitler's regime in WWII, the monarchy system in Brunei, and how the US has an extremely liberal stance on democracy compared to the rest of the world.  I believe this is a great tool for the classroom, and I hope my school buys the program so it can be used effectively for students.


Screenshot of my Graphic Organizer