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Susan (Susan)
| | Posted on Friday, August 16, 2002 - 06:41 am: |     |
No comments or questions? No one willing to give it a go and post an expanded unit study? OH well...since it has been almost two weeks, then on to the next section. |
Susan (Susan)
| | Posted on Monday, August 05, 2002 - 04:15 pm: | |
So you understand everything up to this point?
Great!
How do we put some flesh on the skeleton of our unit study that we created in Application One?
Using the following outline!
TOPIC: Write out a sentence for the main topic of your unit study. [Here's mine: Learn bout the period of George Washington's life when he was a surveyor]
RESOURCE MATERIALS: Make a list of all materials and books, and any field trips you plan to take.
INTRODUCTION: Introduction activity to introduce subject to students. This can be a hands-on activity or a special field trip, or even simply reading a story.
PRESENTATION: Present material to be learned. Hands-On material is good or a topic for child to research himself.
CULMINATING ACTIVITY: An activity or project to pull all the subject areas together, if possible...sometimes it is just the finishing of the presentation projects! This can be worked into the presentation portion of the unit study in some cases.
OTHER CORRELATING SUBJECTS AND ACTIVITIES: Often one unit study will spark interest in another, related area. Use one unit study as springboard for activities in other areas, using caution not to get so far from original unit study that lesson is obscured...
So...put flesh to your ideas, and put them up here!
Here is mine:
TOPIC: Learn about the period of George Washington's life when he was a surveyor
RESOURCE MATERIALS: "History Stories for Children", Map Store, graph paper, rulers, measuring tapes, field trips to map store, a store that sells surveying equipment, Mt. Vernon historical park, (related materials: books about GW as a child, specifically "George Washington's Mother" and "George Washington's Breakfast").
INTRODUCTION: Read the story about GW as surveyor from "History Stories for Children"
PRESENTATION: Allow children to look at a variety of maps, discuss the differences. Give children graph paper, pencils, measuring tape and have them create a map of the back yard, showing significant characteristics (sandbox, trees, birdfeeder, etc.)
CULMINATING ACTIVITY: Field trip to Mt. Vernon to see home of George Washington, and to see his surveyor's tools on display there, and of course to eat lunch in the restaurant to have a bowl of Peanut Soup (a featured item on the menu there)!
OTHER CORRELATING SUBJECTS AND ACTIVITIES:
Perhaps that bowl of peanut soup will spark interest in peanuts, which will lead to learning about George Washington Carver...the black scientist who discovered the many uses for the peanut, and off we go on to african-american history and inventions... |
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