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The Effects of Immigrants and Their Cultures on the United States by Samantha Cronrath
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Content Outline
A. Irish: Henry Ford
i. Henry Ford Invented the Model T Car and Assembly line production model in
1908.
Born July 30, 1863 in Michigan
As a child lived on a family farm, always enjoyed disassembling and
reassembling things.
Married in 1888 to Clara Ala Bryant.
In 1891 went to work at Edison Illumination Company as an engineer.
In 1893 was promoted to Chief Engineer.
In 1903 Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company.
In October of 1908 Henry Ford produced the Model T Car, it cost
$825.
1914 created the assembly model of mass production. He also
introduced the $5 a day wage (equal to $110 a day in 2011), as a way
to keep workers loyal.
Died April 7, 1941 at the age of 83 from a cerebral hemorrhage.
B. African: Lewis Howard Latimer
i. Lewis Latimer designed and patented the carbon filament light bulb, the
predecessor to what we have now. He also worked with Alexander Grand Bell to
patent the telephone and worked with Thomas Edison to patent Edisons ideas and
designs.
Born in Massachusetts on September 4, 1848.
After serving in the navy during the Civil War, he took a small job at
Crosby and Gould patent law office where he practiced mechanical
Standards
PDE SAS Standards PA Civics, History, Geography;
NCSS Thematic Strands and Performance Indicators
1. Pennsylvania Department of Education Standards Aligned System
Subject Area 8: History
Standard Area 8.3: United States History
Grade Level 8.3.3: GRADE 3
Standard 8.3.3.A: Identify and describe the social, political, cultural, and
economic contributions of individuals and groups in United States history.
Lesson Objectives
A. After lesson, students will demonstrate an understanding of how Immigrants and their
descendants have affected the United States by writing a paper on the affect one of the
people discussed has had on their lives.
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Teaching Procedures
1. Introduction/Anticipatory Set
i. The students will be asked if they can think of one way that immigrants or the
descendants from the immigrant culture have affected their lives. Following this
question the students will sit through a PowerPoint about an Asian immigrant and a
descendent from an Irish immigrant and a descendant of an African Immigrant and
how something they created has had a lasting effect upon our culture.
2. Lesson Input
i. The main focus of this lesson will be three centers that the students will visit where
they will watch short videos about Henry Ford, Lewis Latimer, and Jerry Yang.
Before the students leave for the centers they will be told that they will have to
choose one of the three people to write a paper on discussing how that person has
affected their lives. During these videos the students will take notes on a sheet of
paper.
3. Guided Practice
i. The teacher will demonstrate for the students what is expected at the centers by
demonstrating for them with an additional video, showing the students. The teacher
will stop the video when the birth date, death date, and information about their
achievement, such as what it was, when they started, when it was completed to show
what type of information they should take down in their notes.
4. Independent Practice
i. The students will split into predetermined teacher assigned groups and take turns
visiting the different centers to watch the videos. The students will be given enough
time to watch the videos twice so the students can make sure they have the necessary
information.
5. Differentiation
Lesson will be differentiated based on the specific learning and behavioral needs of
students in classroom, such as ELL, gifted (above level), and remediation (below
level).
6. Closure
i. The students will come back together teach group will be given one person and as a
group must decide on one thing they have learn about that person and share with the
whole class.
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Formative/Summative Assessment(s)
A. Formative Assessment
i. The students will had in their notes to be checked by the teacher. The notes will
be checked for correct information and the details specified during the guided
practice. The teacher will check the notes and hand them back to the students.
Students will be docked half a point for incorrect information and one point if
they are missing the specified information. Along with their notes the students
will hand in a short paragraph stating which person they wish to write their paper
on, and what connection the students has made between that persons achievement
and their own life. This will be graded on spelling and correct information
regarding the persons achievement. The students will be docked a point for
incorrect information and 1/4 point for spelling and grammatical errors.
B. Summative Assessment
i. The students will write a paper on one of the people who was discussed in class
and how that persons achievement has made an effect on the students life. The
paper is to be a minimum of one page due the following day. The students are
allowed to do additional research on the person if they choose, including the
source of the information at the end of the paper, however it is not necessary. The
paper will be graded on correct information, connections made to the students'
life, and spelling. Incorrect information will be docked a point, weak or
unexplained connections will be docked half a point, missing connections will be
docked a point, and spelling errors will be docked 1/4th point.
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Technology/Materials/Equipment
Computer or laptop with internet and audio capabilities
Projection capabilities to a SmartBoard (or whiteboard) for the
computer/laptop
Classroom computers (for student use)
PowerPoint
Paper
Pencils (one per student)
IX.
Reflection on Planning
This lesson is an introduction for the students on how other cultures and how
immigrants have helped to form our culture and improve our lives. I have decided to
make this a more independent lesson to help students learn to independently take
notes as they will need to into in later grades. This lesson plan is straightforward in
expectations and all details will be explained to the students before they begin work.
This information will help tie the information the students have learned up to this
point in the unit together. I had to supplement the material as the information in the
textbook was weak. During my search for the videos for the lesson, I was bombarded
with issues. During my online searches, I had encountered many different
pornographic videos when searching for innocuous terms. This experience reminded
me to remember to encourage my students to not search for additional videos without
supervision if they choose to do additional research, and to make sure they only use
websites that end in .org or .edu or history.com.