EDEL453 Spring2013 JuliaVILLANUEVA Unit 1 Civics DAY 2

Title of Unit: Holidays and Symbols from Around the World Title of Lesson: Thanksgiving Submitted By: Julia
Villanueva
A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This social studies lesson is designed for 2nd grade students to learn about the first Thanksgiving and to compare and contrast it to modern celebrations of Thanksgiving. B. Target Population: Grade Level: 2nd grade Skill Level: students at all learning levels Grouping: whole group reading and discussions, independent for activity and assessment C. Materials: Oh, What a Thanksgiving! By Steven Kroll Chart paper Markers/crayons Thanksgiving Then and Now matchbook reproducible This lesson was retrieved from: http://www.lakeshorelearning.com/general_content/free_resources/teachers_corner/l esson_plans/thanksThenNow.jsp D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o C13.2.5 Describe traditional patriotic activities, holidays, or symbols from around the world.
Student-Friendly Standards I can write about traditional patriotic activities, holidays, or symbols from around the world.
E. Procedure: 1. Introduce vocabulary (Thanksgiving, entertainment). 2. Teacher will tell students that you are going to read aloud a story of the First Thanksgiving. Invite students to pay attention to the food, the way it was prepared, the guests who were present, the clothing they wore, and the entertainment they enjoyed. 3. Read aloud Oh, What a Thanksgiving! By Steven Kroll 4. After reading the story, invite students to volunteer and share their observations of how the First Thanksgiving that David visualizes in the story is different from or similar to the way we celebrate Thanksgiving today.
Nevada State College
EDEL 453 - Spring 2013
Karen Powell- Instructor
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Title of Unit: Holidays and Symbols from Around the World Title of Lesson: Thanksgiving Submitted By: Julia Villanueva
5. Draw a Venn diagram on chart paper and record students observations to compare and contrast the two events. For example, in the Then circle, you might write Pilgrims and Indians together. In the Now circle, you might write watch football on TV. In the intersecting portion of the circles, you might write, People give thanks. 6. Give each student a copy of the Thanksgiving Then and Now matchbook reproducible. 7. Have students cut along the dotted line and fold along the solid lines to assemble the matchbook. 8. Prompt students to use crayons or markers to draw a picture of Thanksgiving long ago on the left side. Then invite them to draw a picture of Thanksgiving as they celebrate it today on the right side. 9. Have students lift the flap beneath the illustrations and write a sentence that describes each scene. 10. CLOSURE: Invite students to share their sentences as they reflect on the different ways we celebrate Thanksgiving. F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? I will use the sentences they write in the matchbook reproducible to measure student understanding. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. Students must write about traditional patriotic activities, holidays, or symbols from around the world. Writing about the different ways we celebrate Thanksgiving will show if the students understand the concept. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? The easy part will be reading aloud and then discussing differences from the First Thanksgiving to the way we celebrate Thanksgiving today. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I dont think there is a challenging part to this lesson. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson?
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I can extend this lesson by having students draw a picture of they way they celebrate Thanksgiving with their family, and write 3 sentences to describe their picture. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? For students who dont grasp the concept, we can review the Venn diagram together, and go over key details form the lesson. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I dont think I would change anything about this lesson. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? Determining how to extend this lesson was a little difficult because there are some cultures that do not celebrate Thanksgiving, so how could they draw or write about this celebration.
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