lessons

Ppt.s from class:
week 1 -Intro_1.13.11.ppt

week 2 - Purposes.Content_1.20.11.ppt

week 3 - KnowingChildren_1.27.11.ppt

week 4 - History.partI_2.3.11.ppt

week 5 - History_partII_2.10.11.ppt

week 7 - ELL_2.24.11.ppt focus on the field: 2.24.11.pptx

week 8 - Fever_3.3.11.ppt

week 14 - Assessment_4.21.11.pptx

week 10 - Economics_3.24.11.ppt







Janae & Lindsay: rational- Students will be able to see the difference in society’s around the world and think about what the cause of these changes might be. objectives- Describe the characteristic of the region such as religion, language, culture, government and economy. Compare and contrast the different regions being studied. procedures- 1) Identify the different regions that are associated with the characters in the book on a map. 2) Discuss each region individually and its unique characteristics. 3) Identify the different traits of the regions and tell how they differ from region to region. 4) Discuss why these characteristics illustrate change as you travel around the world.

[]

Kim & Nicole: By the Great Horn Spoon Rational- For students to see the change over time and the geographical differences that exist in different places in the world. Objectives- Procedures-
 * Compare and contrast two cities of your choice that were mentioned in the book
 * Describe how one of those cities is different from today
 * Read the book
 * Go onto this website and walk through the story map/module
 * Select two cities that were metioned from the book and or story map
 * Compare and contrast the geographical properties of each city (worksheet will be given for guidance).
 * Using that information choose one of those cities to differentiate it from how it was during the time period of the story to how it is today.

Clint and Liz [] Rationale – integrate science, social studies, and literacy to learn about a different place. Objectives – Students will review the story to gain a basic understanding of events. - Explore new technology - Students will use google maps to explore different regions of the world. - Students will follow the teacher’s instructions on using googlelitmaps to explore this specific region of the book (We all went on a safari) Procedures -Several days/weeks of in-class reading using digital maps to highlight general regions - Have students explore Googlemaps on their own - Explore the specific journey of the book with Googlelitmaps with teacher led instruction. - Have students choose other books they may have read and have them explore Googlelitmaps on their own.

Jordan & Mike []

Rationale: This story is based in the 1800’s and it shows factual information of a poor family living in New York City. This book would be good to gain another perspective from this time period. Objectives: Students will relate and differentiate between their pre-established notions of the places and the actual pictures. Students will compare and contrast hardships of the Kelly family and their own life. Procedures: · Read the story as a class · Draw the places how they see them from their own eyes while reading through the story · Using a projector, the teacher will go through Google Earth and explain each of the images and ask the students how their drawings differ and relates · After they finish the book, have a grand discussion about the hardest obstacle they’ve had to surpass in their life. · Discuss various hardships that the Kelly family encounters and how they differ and relate to student’s own stories · Ask students if they’d rather live there and then or here and now?

Chrissy & Kara Rational- To give students a perspective on the civil rights movement and issues. Civil rights is a controversial issue to this day. Objectives- Students will compare population migration and demographics throughout the years relating to north and south civil rights issues. Procedures- Introduce the topic, read the book, have a lesson regarding the book. Present multiple demographic maps and graphs in order to do a comparison over time. Discuss push and pull factors or other reasons in which people during that time did move.

** Jessica &Sharnae ** Rational: To help children become familiar with the culture and geography of Africa. Objectives: Students will be able to identify different African countries Students will be able to recall different aspects of the different places in Africa that they will visit. Procedure: -Read book "We Went on a Safari" by: Laurie Krebs -Discussion of the cultural differences and geographical aspects -Show Google Earth and take students on a virtual safari -Put students in groups and assign each group a different African Country that they can make a poster of all the different aspect of the country (i.e. food, culture, climate, geography, language, and music) []

Katy & Autumn: Rationale- It is important for children to learn how to read a map and know directions. Objectives- 1. Students will learn how to read and find locations using a map. 2. Students will become familiar with direction. Procedures - 1. Introduce maps; what they are and what they are used for 2. Read book 3. Take students through Google tour 4. Students will be given a map with six of the locations from the Google Lit trip and the children will use their knowledge of the story and direction to place the rest of the locations from the story onto the map. Student may work in groups []