Lesson Plans!
Hey, so I think we pretty much know what we are all researching, the history of our previously selected cities, correct?
Sam- Portage
Kaitlyn- Grand Rapids
Jessica- Kalamazoo
However, since we are all doing different lesson plans, we need to makes sure that we all have different ideas and different student activities that the students do with their information. Once you have your main idea of the lesson and the students activity, list it below so that no one else does the same thing!
Thanks- Sam
Hey guys, I have decided that my students will be using the list of hot links to find their information, and then they will be creating a timeline of the History of Portage, MI by using Microsoft Powerpoint.
ReplyDeleteWe need to figure out the order of lesson plans. If you don't mind, I think it should be Portage, Kalamazoo, Grand Rapids, and then Battle Creek.
ReplyDeleteCreating a time line is a great idea! Since, our unit plan is designed so that students are divided into four groups each working on a different city, should our lessons be applicable to all four cities? For example, for Sam's lesson, should students create a timeline for the city that they are working on? I'm trying to imagine the entire class making a time line for Portage, and how that fits with our unit plan and groups. There would be a timeline for Portage, but not the other cities?
ReplyDeleteIf we each do a lesson for each city, then what are the students researching in their groups?
You have to each have a different lesson plan. I created mine for the Portage group. Yours will be for the kalamazoo group or for whatever city you researched websites for. You have to think of a different idea than a timeline.
ReplyDeleteI understand that we each need to develop a different lesson. Are you saying that your lesson is only for the Portage group, and not the entire class? So, while the Portage group is working on your lesson, the other groups would be working on different lessons?
ReplyDeleteAlso, when looking at the Michigan Grade Level Content Expectations, local history is not in 5th grade. It looks like our project needs to be for 4th grade. There is also a GLCE for creating a timeline in 4th grade. So, are we changing our project to be for students in 4th grade?
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jessica. I think our lesson plans should be applicable to all the students, not just the specific groups. Especially since, correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought each group was researching the local history of Southwest Michigan & within those groups members were assigned a city. Yeah I'm okay with switching it to 4th grade, I swore I thought it was 5th grade, ops! I think the timeline idea is great for Sam's lesson plan. We should all do something that helps draw us closer to our "Living Museum"
ReplyDeleteSo Sam, instead of your lesson plan just about making timelines for Portage, have it be open to all the cities they're researching. This will be one of their first collaborative activities.
DeleteActually, if you go on taskstream - local history is under 2nd grade for Michigan's Grade Level Expectations. If that's the case than I want to do H2.0.3 Use an example to describe the role of the individual in creating history. I want the kids to break out of their "normal groups" & have all the students who are researching Portage work together, Battle Creek work together, etc. I want them to identify one major person from their city who influenced it in someway.
ReplyDeleteFor example, W.K. Kellogg was the co-founder and creator of Kellogg Cereal company, because of him Battle Creek has become known internationally. Not only did he influence the high volume of Seventh Day Adventists in the area, but he also invested in the community. During the depression instead of cutting back, he spent more money on advertising and created a 4th shift so he could hire more workers.... You get the idea. :)
Alright, then our project is for 2nd grade. Sam H2.0.1 requires using a timeline, so you can still do that lesson. Kaitlyn your lesson idea sounds great! My lesson will be based on H2.0.4, which requires students to describe changes in the community over time in terms of businesses, architecture, jobs and population. For my lesson students will research past businesses, which then could be used in the living museum.
ReplyDeleteFor example, Kalamazoo businesses include: Checker Cab, Gilmore's, The Michigan Buggy Company and Gibson's Inc. Gilmore's was a departments store that operated downtown for over 100 years before closing in 1999, and the Michigan Buggy Company factory burned down two times during it's operation! These are facts that could be used during the living museum :) Surprisingly, I'm learning more about Kalamazoo while I'm working on this project! I didn't know there was a buggy factory here :)
We never officially agreed on the order of these lessons. I think Sam's should be 3rd, since it includes all of the researched information. I'm not sure if it matters whose should be first between Kaitlyn's and mine. Maybe Kaitlyn's should be first, which means in your lesson, you'll have to introduce safe surfing on the internet. Then in Sam's and mine, we'll just review it.
ReplyDeleteAlso, for my lesson, students will create two posters in their groups. One poster with pictures of their city in the past, and the other poster will have pictures of their city currently.
hey sorry guys I was out of town, however, I had already turned in my lesson plan last monday when I had completed it, so it is what it is I guess. I don't think it really matters what order since everyone is researching something different among their groups. I did mine on 4th or 5th grade not sure which I don't remember, I did it before you guys switched it since in our other project due the previous week we decided on 5th grade.
ReplyDeleteI don't think it makes sense for mine to go first. I think Sam's should go first since her's is more general not to mention it's first in the unit H2.0.1. Next should be mine since it's H2.0.3 and finally Jessica's with H2.0.4. Since we are able to revise it we need to make changes to our lesson plans so they all go along with each other.
ReplyDeleteHere's a great interactive website from PBS that teaches kids about safe internet usage and when something's a good source.
ReplyDeletehttp://pbskids.org/webonauts/
check it out, I think students would like it, especially since it's so interactive :)
The reason I thought Sam's should maybe be last is because information from Kaitlyn's and mine could be used in the timelines. But, let's put them in order according to the GLCE's, like Kaitlyn said.
ReplyDeleteSam, one of the requirements for the lesson plan was to state which lesson it was in the unit, and to include a brief description of the lesson that either preceded and/or followed it.