1. Famous Landmarks in NYC
Ed 784.1
Nora Coughlin

2. Unit-Famous Landmarks In NYC
Lesson 1- What is a Landmark?
Lesson 2-Statue of Liberty
Lesson 3-Ellis Island

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. Extensions Ellis Island Webquest
Videos posted on our wiki to extend our lessons
Websites for games:
Empire State Building

7. 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.