J.E. Robins Elementary School

Amy Loftis

Susan Ratcliffe

Jennifer Smith


Grade levels: K, 3rd, 4th
Created May 19, 2003

Subjects: Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, Technology, Art, Study Skills

Description: Lights, Camera, Action spotlights African-Americans throughout history and their struggles, successes, and achievements using colorful literature, both fiction and non-fiction.

Learner Outcomes:

Lesson 1:

• Student will determine character traits by reading selection and identifying main  character'sdescriptive features. 
• Student will create graphic organizer using Microsoft Word.
• Student will read literary works of different genre.

Lesson 2:

• The students will be able to understand that African-Americans were not allowed to do the same things as caucasians.
• The students will be able to gain a knowledge of Ruby Bridges and her contribution to our society.
• The students will be able to determine how they are alike and different from their classmates.   
• The students will be able to locate the city and state of where Ruby Bridges went to school.
• The students will compare their lives to that of Ruby Bridges.
• The students will contribute to making a class story map for the book The Story of Ruby Bridges.

Lesson 3:

• The students will read Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt and summarize the sequence of events in the story.
• The students will analyze and discuss quilt patterns used as maps on the Underground Railroad.
• The students will create a quilt square using geometrical shapes and name the square.
• The students will create a quilt square on a 5x5 inch piece of paper that represents them.
• The students will combine all of the quilt squares to create a class quilt.

Lesson 4:

• Students will learn what an autobiography is by using the Internet website.
• Students will read a portion of an on-line electronic edition of an autobiography.
• Students will write a brief autobiography using Microsoft Word.

Lesson 5:

• The students will read Dinner at Aunt Connie's House and comprehend information about famous African-American women by summarizing.
• The students will research a famous African-American woman using the Internet or encyclopedias.
• The students will summarize and write a brief biographical sketch.
• The students will use Microsoft Word to type the biographical sketch.

 

State Standards:

	K	3	4
Reading	RLA.S.1,  RLA.S.2,   RLA.S.3	RLA.S.1, RLA.S.2, RLA.S.3	RLA.S.1, RLA.S.2, RLA.S.3
So. Studies	SS.S.1, SS.S.4, SS.S.5	SS.S.4, SS.S.5	SS.S.1, SS.S.2, SS.S.4, SS.S.5
Fine Arts			VA.S.1, VA.S.2, VA.S.3, VA.S.4, VA.S.6
Mathematics	MA.S.5

National Standards:

Language Arts -

1. Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process.
3. Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions
4. Gathers and uses information for research purposes.
5. Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process.
6. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts.  
7. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts.
8. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes.

Fine Arts -

1. Understands and applies media, techniques, and processes related to the visual arts.
2. Knows how to use structures (e.g., sensory qualities, organizational. principles, expressive features) and functions of art.
3. Knows a range of subject matter, symbols, and potential ideas in the visual arts.
4. Understands the visual arts in relation to history and cultures.
5. Understands the characteristics and merits of one's own artwork and the artwork of others.

History -

Topic 1 - Living and Working Together in Families and Communities, Now and Long Ago.

1. Understands family life now and in the past, and family life in various places long ago.
2. Understands the history of a local community and how communities in North America varied long ago.

Topic 2 - The History of Students' Own State or Region.

3. Understands the people, events, problems, and ideas that were significant in creating the history of their state.

Topic 3 - The History of the United States: Democratic Principles and Values and the People from Many Cultures who Contributed to its Cultural, Economic, and Political Heritage.

4. Understands how democratic values came to be, and how they have been exemplified by people, events, and symbols.

Topic 4 - The History of Peoples of Many Cultures Around the World.

5. Understands the causes and nature of movements of large groups of people into and within the United States, now and long ago.
6. Understands the folklore and other cultural contributions from various regions of the United States and how they helped to form a national heritage.
7. Understands selected attributes and historical developments of societies in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

Technology -

1. Knows the characteristics and uses of computer hardware and operating systems
2. Knows the characteristics and uses of computer software programs.
3. Understands the relationships among science, technology, society, and the individual.
4. Understands the nature of technological design.
5. Understands the nature and operation of systems.
6. Understands the nature and uses of different forms of technology.

Created by: Amy Loftis, Susan Ratcliffe, and Jennifer Smith
J.E. Robins Elementary

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