Famous Landmarks in NYC Ed 784.1 Nora Coughlin
Unit-Famous Landmarks In NYC Lesson 1- What is a Landmark? Lesson 2-Statue of Liberty Lesson 3-Ellis Island
Lesson 1- What is a Landmark? Lesson Plan Grade 2nd Materials My New York by Kathy Jakobsen S.S. Notebook Materials for Landmark books Podcast-Do Now Objectives: Students will be able to define a landmark. Students will be able to identify various landmarks in NYC. Students will begin to create a Famous Landmarks book that they will add to throughout the year.
Lesson 2- Statue of Liberty Lesson Plan Grade Level 2nd Materials: The Story of the Statue of Liberty by Betsy Maestro Computers for Posttest Worksheet to write down Statue of Liberty facts. S.S. Notebook Jing on Wiki Objectives: Students will identify facts about the Statue of Liberty. Students will listen to a story and determine important facts from the story. Students will add facts to their Famous Landmarks book. The Post-test is on the class wiki under Famous Landmarks Resources.
Lesson 3- Ellis Island Lesson Plan Grade Level 2nd Materials KWL Chart prepared by teacher KWL chart for each student Ellis Island by Elaine Landau Famous Landmarks book-each child has their own Interactive tour of Ellis Island Objectives: Students will create a KWL chart and fill in. Students will fill in the KWL based on listening to a story. Students will continue to add to their Famous Landmark books.
Extensions Ellis Island Webquest Videos posted on our wiki to extend our lessons Websites for games: Empire State Building
Conclusion At the end of the Unit the students will take a quiz on all landmarks that we have covered. The quiz can be found on our class wiki under Famous Landmarks Resources. The students will also respond on the class blog.