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**This wiki is intended to provide a simple template for creating an electronic portfolio** for samples of your work in US History and Government. Once established, this portfolio can be expanded to encompass all of the work you would like to display from high school including: service learning experiences, awards, leadership experiences and participation in sports and clubs. In addition to providing a record of your experiences and reflections, it and can be used when submitting applications for college admission and scholarships.
 * Welcome to A Sample Portfolio**

As this is a template, feel free to copy, cut, paste and edit this material into your own wiki which will serve as your ePortfolio. (Material in Times New Roman has been included for explanation purposes and should be deleted from your final product.) Feel free to exercise creativity in assembling your ePortfolio!

Keep in mind that you will need the following:


 * 1) Identification (Your name and possible title representing the body of your work.)
 * 2) Introduction to your ePortfolio
 * 3) Artifacts (electronic representations of your work and learning)
 * 4) Rational for Inclusion (one rational following or preceding each artifact)
 * 5) Reflection (A detailed statement that reflects on your work and learning. The questions below can guide you.)

**Template**   **Sammy A. Student **  A Collection of Work and Thoughts...

(Optional: You may wish to add an appropriate picture of yourself, an image that reflects your academic work such as an artistic photograph of your textbooks or a collage of works and pictures that summarize the materials in your ePortfolio. Hint: While this is the first thing someone will see, it might be the thing that you wish to add last to your portfolio.)


 * About the author and this portfolio: **

(You might want to add a short, concise statement about yourself. This information is completely optional. ) An example might be:

Sammy Smith – Is a student at Northwest Christian School who is involved in ….....( insert sports), ….. (insert student activities), ….. (include various service learning activities) and enjoys ….. (list your hobbies or other interests such as civic involvement).

This portfolio is a collection of ….. and was created …. (Generally describe the type of artifacts you are including and the reason you created this portfolio.)


 * Artifacts: **

(Insert/embed an artifact - photo, word document, pdf copy, etc.- that represents a significant activity or learning objective. It is very important to use a format that is commonly recognized such as pdf, jpeg or gif files.)

**A Moment of Reflection...**




 * Rational for Inclusion: **

Why did you choose this particular artifact? What was the learning objective or outcome sought?


 * Reflection: **

This step is the “heart and soul” of your portfolio. Write a narrative about what you did (can be included under the Rational for Inclusion), what you achieved, what you learned and your reflections based on your completion of the learning activity. If you answer the following questions in order you will have demonstrated the learning and metacognition that leads to and typifies higher order thinking skills.


 * What did I do?
 * (Briefly describe the activity and your specific role.)
 * What are some important concepts, factors and ideas that you discover/learned?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">(You might want to reflect on why the objective or activity is important to your learning or the relationship that you see it having to some aspect in your life.)
 * Where can I use this information or this type of activity again?
 * Did I see any patterns or relationship to other learning, ideas or concepts in my learning or this particular project?
 * How well did I do?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">(Move from the idea of a “grade” to the aspects of the project that you did well and maybe something that you would improve upon, if you were to repeat this activity.)
 * What should/could I do next?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">(What other actions, study, research, thoughts, etc. has this activity prompted?)

** The Cattle Drive ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">(An example of student project)


 * Rational for Inclusion: **


 * Reflection: **


 * What did I do?
 * What are some important concepts, factors and ideas that you discover/learned?
 * Where can I use this information or this type of activity again?
 * Did I see any patterns or relationship to other learning, ideas or concepts in my learning or this particular project?
 * How well did I do?
 * What should/could I do next?

** Radio Show: The Shadow ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">(An example of a script) **

Rational:

Reflection:


 * What did I do?
 * What are some important concepts, factors and ideas that you discover/learned?
 * Where can I use this information or this type of activity again?
 * Did I see any patterns or relationship to other learning, ideas or concepts in my learning or this particular project?
 * How well did I do?
 * What should/could I do next?

**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;">Creating a Replica: Washington's 16-sided Barn **

Rational:

Reflection:


 * What did I do?
 * What are some important concepts, factors and ideas that you discover/learned?
 * Where can I use this information or this type of activity again?
 * Did I see any patterns or relationship to other learning, ideas or concepts in my learning or this particular project?
 * How well did I do?
 * What should/could I do next?

** Homesteading: Postcards Home ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">(An example of a student reflections during a class activity)

Rational:

Reflection:


 * What did I do?
 * What are some important concepts, factors and ideas that you discover/learned?
 * Where can I use this information or this type of activity again?
 * Did I see any patterns or relationship to other learning, ideas or concepts in my learning or this particular project?
 * How well did I do?
 * What should/could I do next?

Barnstable, K. (2012, February). //Basic Student Reflection Questions//. Retrieved February 5, 2012, from KBarnstable. Pappas, P. (2010, January 4). //A Taxonomy of Reflection: Critical Thinking For Students, Teachers and Principals//. Retrieved February 5, 2012, from Copy/Paste: http://www.peterpappas.com/2010/01/taxonomy-reflection-critical-thinking-students-teachers-principals-.html