Sarah Gaspari December 8, 2014

Unit: The Big Picture Theme: “Famous People” Title Creating a Nation of Leaders Interdisciplinary Unit  Social Studies  Science  Technology  Language Arts  Theater Multicultural Unit  Gender  Race  Ethnicity  Age

Unit Outline Day 2 George Washington: The Cartographer Mapping Skills  History of George Washington  Map Skills: mapping playground Day 1: “Who Creates a Nation?”  Unit Timeline  Class Brainstorm

Unit Outline Day 3: Benjamin Franklin and His Many Hats  Research project  Technology  Informational videos  Record presentations Day 4: Who Is Abraham Lincoln? Dramatization  “Honest Abe” game show dramatization

Unit Outline Day 5: George Washington Carver & His Peanut Inventions Discovery Learning  Conduct experiments on peanuts uses  Compare with GWC Day 6: “First Lady of the World”: Eleanor Roosevelt Controversial Issue  Great Depression: Making tough decisions on how to help people in need

Unit Outline Day 7: Cesar Chavez Literature Connections  Character development of Chavez Day 8: Marva Collins Problem-based Learning  “How does education shape a nation?”  Biography & Case Study of Collins

Unit Outline Day 9: “Young People Like You Are Leaders, Too!” Civic Engagement  Primary source examination  Puppet  When have you benefitted your community? Day 10: Review and Assessment Day Inquiry  Review with “Who Am I?” bag game  Final Assessment  Students create a “Me” bag

Lesson #2: Mapping Skills Virginia SOL 1.2 and 1.5  Anticipatory Set : Visual Representation of George Washington jobs/roles  Instructional Input & Check for Understanding: George Washington’s history as a surveyor Define terms

Lesson #2: Mapping Skills Modeling Playground Map Symbol Guided Practice Playground Map Symbol Check for Understanding Independent Practice Complete map

Lesson #2: Assessment

Lesson #3: Civic Engagement “Young People Like You Are Leaders, Too!” SOL 1.10 The student will apply the traits of a good citizen by d) taking responsibility for one’s own actions Objectives:  Identify Olivia Bouler’s leadership role  Construct 2 puppets and skit about Oil Spill interaction  Depict personal responsibility to community

Biography: Olivia Bouler

Olivia’s Drawings

Content Focus  Create 2 puppets (Olivia + other)  Skit Conversation about Oil Spill Must have 2 questions

Closure  Performances  Discuss Bouler’s leadership  Students depict examples of their leadership through service

Extension  Extension: Brainstorm ways to help our community solve real problems and create project

Lesson #4: Controversial Issue Objectives 1. Understand multiple perspectives 2. Express and defend opinion 3. Identify Eleanor Roosevelt’s contributions

Eleanor Roosevelt, How Will You Help? Intro Read Aloud Discussion Content Focus Letters from children Eleanor’s response Students express opinions: agree/disagree/unsure Closure Explain both perspectives Defend position Assess

Challenges  Weaknesses in my content knowledge  Balancing exploratory learning and direct instruction strategies  Limited by Virginia Standards of Learning

Additional Lessons  Contributions of Arab American leader Zaha Hadid- first woman to design major American art museum Elias Zerhounl, director of National Institutes of Health  Contributions of religious leader Martin Luther King, Jr. Dorothy Day- Catholic Worker Movement

Reflections: Lessons Learned  Personal Biases Unit studies 5 men and 3 women Unit only includes 3 individuals of color  Topics I am uncomfortable teaching: Gender discrimination, Religion

Closing Thoughts: Lessons Learned  Practice self-reflection Why am I uncomfortable? What biases do I have?  Multicultural content rewarding/challenging  Thoroughly explore resources!

Rewards  Practicing variety of instructional strategies  Further experience making interdisciplinary connections  Enhanced teaching knowledge