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ALEX Lesson Plans
Subject:
English Language Arts (4), or Social Studies (4)
Title:
The Great Depression
Description:
During this lesson, students will research the social, political, and economic impact of the Great Depression on the lives of Alabamians. Students will collaborate to create a presentation from the project-based learning activity and present it to the class. This unit was created as part of the ALEX Interdisciplinary Resource Development Summit.
Subject:
English Language Arts (4)
Title:
Five Paragraph Expository Essay: What was the Social, Political, and Economic Impact of the Great Depression on the Lives of Alabamians?
Description:
Students will work in collaborative groups to analyze and interpret research information from their previous reading assignment on the social, political, and economic impact of the Great Depression on the lives of Alabamians. Next, students will use a graphic organizer to collect information needed to develop and write a five paragraph expository essay on the social, political, and economic impact of the Great Depression on the lives of Alabamians. Finally, students will present their expository essay to the class. This unit was created as part of the ALEX Interdisciplinary Resource Development Summit.
Subject:
English Language Arts (4), or Social Studies (4)
Title:
We, the People...
Description:
In 1819 the Constitutional Convention met in Huntsville, Alabama in order to write our state's constitution. In this lesson, students will learn what a preamble is, as well as, read both the United States' Preamble to the Constitution and the preamble to Alabama's Constitution. Students will examine similarities between both preambles and discuss possible reasons for such similarities. Fifth-grade teachers could also utilize this lesson to examine and compare both preambles and their purposes. This lesson was created in partnership with the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Subject:
English Language Arts (4), or Social Studies (4)
Title:
Hernando de Soto in Alabama
Description:
Students will use primary sources to gain information about Hernando de Soto, his route, and his interactions with Native Americans in Alabama. Students will read two articles in order to identify information about Hernando de Soto and his journey through Alabama. Students will also learn about the impact of European Exploration on the Native Americans who were in Alabama in the 1500s. This lesson was created in partnership with the Alabama Department of Archives and History.
Subject:
English Language Arts (4)
Title:
It Happened to Me: Eruption of Mount St. Helens
Description:
During this lesson, students navigate different websites to become familiar with volcanoes. Students then describe a volcanic eruption by creating their own stories about what it was like during the eruption of Mount St. Helens in 1980.
Subject:
English Language Arts (4), or Information Literacy (K - 12), or Technology Education (3 - 5)
Title:
You, Too, Can Be an Inventor!
Description:
How have inventions changed the world? This unit focuses on the importance, the process and the creativity involved in inventing. Through the study of inventions and inventors, students learn how inventions are created and the characteristics that inventors share. They will create a slideshow presentation on an invention/inventor of their choice. Students will work through steps to come up with their own unique inventions. Finally, they will develop brochures to promote their inventions.
Subject:
English Language Arts (4), or Information Literacy (K - 12), or Technology Education (3 - 8)
Title:
Skillful Slideshows
Description:
During this technology-based lesson, students learn how to create slideshow presentations that are creative and inviting to the audience. They use fonts, graphics, effects, etc, to capture audience attention.
Thinkfinity Lesson Plans
Subject:
Language Arts
Title:
Alaska Native Stories: Using Narrative to Introduce Expository Text
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Description:
Tradition and technology come together in this lesson in which students learn about Alaskan animals through Native American tales and their own online research.
Thinkfinity Partner:
ReadWriteThink
Grade Span:
3,4,5
Subject:
Language Arts
Title:
Q is for Duck: Using Alphabet Books With Struggling Writers
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Description:
A is for zoo? Q is for duck? The alphabet as students know it is transformed when students create a class book that contains clever associations for each letter of the alphabet.
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ReadWriteThink
Grade Span:
3,4,5
Subject:
Language Arts
Title:
Using Science Texts to Teach the Organizational Features of Nonfiction
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Description:
Students explore organizational features of nonfiction science. Students then work together to create a two-page spread using those features to present information about their local environment.
Thinkfinity Partner:
ReadWriteThink
Grade Span:
3,4,5
Subject:
Language Arts
Title:
Vote for Me! Developing, Writing, and Evaluating Persuasive Speeches
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Description:
This lesson encourages students in grades 4 and 5 to think critically and write persuasively by focusing on preparing, presenting, and evaluating mock campaign speeches.
Thinkfinity Partner:
ReadWriteThink
Grade Span:
4,5
Subject:
Language Arts
Title:
Using Historical Fiction to Learn About the Civil War
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Description:
Students in grades 4 and 5 discuss inferential comprehension and visualization as they use a think-aloud questioning strategy to develop a deeper understanding of a historical novel.
Thinkfinity Partner:
ReadWriteThink
Grade Span:
3,4,5
Subject:
Arts,Language Arts,Science
Title:
'Leap, plashless'': Emily Dickinson and Poetic Imagination
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Description:
In this lesson, from EDSITEment, students read and explore one of Emily Dickinson's nature poems, A Bird came down the Walk--through interaction with other art forms. First, they listen to clips of a hymn to help them hear Dickinson's meter. Then, they view 19th-century bird images and describe what they see, just as a poet would. They observe how a poet plays with language and imagery to create a scene by acting out verse lines. Finally, they write a brief poem of their own, using what they have learned and their own observations.
Thinkfinity Partner:
EDSITEment
Grade Span:
3,4,5
