Anna Elliott
September 20, 2006
CI 350
I.
Analyze Learners
This
unit is to be taught to first graders, ages six to eight years old, in a normal
classroom setting. The students will need to know how to write a poem and how
to incorporate what they are learning in the poem. They will also need to be
able to locate certain places on a map i.e. West
II.
State Objectives
a) SS.1.4.2- locate the
map (Social Studies)
b)SS.1.5.3- identify
characteristics of the past and contributions of heroic
people using sources such as stories, folk
tales, pictures, poems, songs,
legends, holidays and
customs (Social Studies)
c) RLA.1.1.3- develop a rhythm and rhyme of words (e.g., nursery rhymes; songs; poems; tongue twisters) (Language Arts).
d) VA.1.1.6- make art using various media to communicate ideas, experiences, and stories (Visual Arts)
e)
VA.1.5.3- recognize and compare artwork that evokes different feelings
(Visual Arts).
III. Select Media and Material
· For this unit plan, I will need the following:
- glue
- scissors
- construction paper of all colors
-
a map to the
- paper and pencils
- crayons or markers
- pictures of Thanksgiving
- pictures of other holidays i.e. Christmas
- several potatoes
- toothpicks
- chalkboard
- large colored paper
Four websites that I used:
Mayflower Activity
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http://lessonplanspage.com/SSTheMayflowerAndThanksgivingHistoryIdeasToLearnK3.htm-- this website will help the children to realize what the
Pilgrims really went through on their journey to
§
http://lessonplanspage.com/ArtSSThanksgivingTurkeyArtProject2.htm-- this site allows the students to make a turkey using a
potato and this craft will get the students to start thinking of Thanksgiving
and what it is about.
Thanksgiving Quilt
§
http://lessonplanspage.com/SSArtThanksgivingPilgrimHardshipsAndThankfulForQuilt1.htm-- this site has the students and myself making a
“Thanksgiving” quilt and has the students to really think of what they are
thankful for.
Map Exercises
§
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/thanksgiving/lesson-plan/793.html
-- this site is geared toward map use, having the students find locations
dealing with Thanksgiving i.e.
Poems
§
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/thanksgiving/lesson-
plan/794.html?detoured=1—students
will learn to “free-associate” by writing a poem on the Thankful lists they
will make.
Website for the students
§
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems9.html-- this site had examples of poems dealing with
Thanksgiving that I could incorporate the day the students write their poem
(site can be for students).
III.
Utilize Media and
Materials
This unit will be taught by introducing the students to
what they will be learning about Thanksgiving. The students will be able to incorporate
Thanksgiving in their social studies, language arts, and visual arts lessons
during the week. The students will be able to have fun by working on crafts and
by working together. They will also learn how the events of Thanksgiving came
about.
Day One: I will ask the students what they think the words
Thanksgiving and Pilgrims mean to them. I will also show them pictures of
different holidays and have the children say what each means to them. After
they have given a few answers, I will then do the Mayflower activity. I got
this lesson plan from Lessonplanspage.com. The Mayflower activity is where I
will tape off a small portion of the room and then have all the children sit in
the rectangle. This is to show them how small the Mayflower was. Then the
children will write down what they think the Pilgrims were thankful for and
what they are thankful for.
Day Two: The students will create a turkey using a potato with
several other materials and then I will have them get into groups of three and
have them come up with what they think the Pilgrims ate at Thanksgiving. This
lesson plan also came from Lessonplanspage.com.
Day Three: I will begin by discussing with the students what the
Pilgrims went through after arriving in
Day Four: The students will begin by making a map of their
neighborhood. I will then have the children locate on a map
Day Five: This lesson will wrap up what the students have learned
over the course of the week. I will teach the students how to free-associate so
they will be able to make their Thanksgiving poem. The students will also be
able to look at the Canteach website for reference. The websites I used for
this activity were Teachervision.fen.com and Canteach.ca.
IV.
Require Learner
Participation
This topic of Thanksgiving will be very easy to keep the
students interested in what they are learning. From the potato turkey, to
quilt, to the poem, the students will be able to engage in hands on activities
and will also be able to share their thoughts and ideas with me and the class.
Maybe, to get the children motivated, I will let them have a Thanksgiving party
at the end of the week if they do well. This will help the week to not being
boring nor dull.
V.
Evaluate and Revise
To evaluate CSO’s SS 1.5.3 and
RLA 1.1.3, I will have them write a poem on what they have learned throughout
the week, making sure they use words like Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, and Mayflower.
For CSO SS 1.4.2, I will call each student up to my desk and have he or she
point out