Grade; 2nd
Unit/Lesson Title;
Continuing lesson on; Inventors and pioneers who influenced progress in the
nation.
Content Standards:
Knowledge of the contributions of significant persons in U.S. history.
2.H.3.C Describe the
contributions of inventors or pioneers in their field who influenced progress
in the nation (e.g., Eli Whitney, Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Ben Franklin,
Albert Einstein, the Wright brothers, Marie Curie, Helen Keller, Susan B.
Anthony, Charles Drew, Alexander Graham Bell, Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks,
Sacajawea, etc.).
Think
about all the important inventions and pioneers we have discussed over the last
couple of weeks. Which one stands out the most to you and why?
Measurable
Learning Objective(s): Students
will be able to gather and organize information into a biography book. Students
will also present their information to the class.
Materials/Resources
Required for Lesson: Students will do their research on their chrome
books. The teacher will provide the graphic organizer handout. Students will
staple 6 blank pages of copy paper together to create their biography books.
Pre-assessment/Prerequisite
Knowledge and Skills: This is the last activity in the unit about inventors
and pioneers who influenced progress in the nation. They will need to pull from
their prior knowledge of discussions in previous lessons.
Why do
you think the people we have discussed in class are important? What did they
contribute to society?
Vocabulary
Overview:
Biography
Pioneer
Inventor
What is a
biography? What is the purpose of writing a biography about someone? What kinds
of people are biographies written about?
Instructional
Procedures: Students will have
had 2 weeks of prior instruction on the unit. Students will be asked to think
about inventors and pioneers discussed in pervious lessons and choose one to do
a biography on.
What are
some major contributions the people we have discussed made to our nation?
Opening “Hook”: Have the word “biography” on the board. Ask
students to explain what the word means.
Who can
tell me what a biography is?
Clear Description
of Teacher’s Actions: Teacher will discuss with the class what a
biography is and what its purpose is. Teacher will make a list of inventors and
pioneers previously discussed in class for students to choose from. Teacher
will hand out the biography graphic organizer and guide students to appropriate
website in which to gather information from. Teacher might fill out an
organizer with students to model how to gather information and organize it
properly. Teacher will have a completed biography book to show students as an
example. Teacher will assist students when needed throughout the lesson.
Clear Description
of Students’ Actions: Students will choose their favorite inventor or
pioneer to research. They will gather information online and organize it in
their graphic organizer. Students will put their information together in their
biography books. Students will present their biographies to the class (time
permitting).
What
information about your person is the most important and why?
Closure: Students
will share their finished projects and have the opportunity to give feedback to
each other.
What
feedback can you give you classmates? What did you find really interesting
about their person, and what would you have liked to know more about?
Check for
Understanding/Questions and Assessment(s): Understanding of the lesson will be assessed
throughout the project. Teacher will continually check in with each student to
make sure they are on task and understand the lesson project.
What can
you tell me, off the top of your head, about your person? What is your favorite
fact about your person?
Differentiation
Strategies: Teacher will have alternative graphic organizers available
that are more detailed to help guide student’s research more specifically
depending on the individual student’s abilities.
What is
the first thing you need to know about your person? What is the next thing you
need to know?
Struggling
Learners: A more detailed organizer to gather information.
Let’s
find one piece of information at a time and fill out your organizer.
Accelerated
Learners: Students who finish their project quickly and correctly
can choose a second person to do an additional biography on.
Great lesson plan Parker. I like the change in color for the Bloom questions. They really make the student think and expand their knowledge. When you have the word biography on the board are you thinking about talking about root words, suffix, etc to help them define?
ReplyDeleteI had not thought of using root words, suffix, etc. in the lesson. It is meant to be a SS lesson (although I forgot to put that on the plan:(), but other content areas can be applied to any lesson! Thanks for the suggestion!
DeleteI was looking at your hook and thinking that it lines up with the strategy: Knowledge mapping on page 72 in our Buehl book. I did not see where you stated you were using one of the strategies so just thought I'd insert one. :)
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