1. Sarah Gaspari December 8, 2014

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

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

10. Lesson #2: Assessment

11. 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

12. Biography: Olivia Bouler

13. Olivia’s Drawings

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

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

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

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

18. 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

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

21. 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

22. 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

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

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