Grade Level:  2 and 3

Subject:  Technology/Math/Social Studies

Learner Outcomes: 
Students will use the internet to research heroes.
Students will use information found on the internet to list heroes.
Students will conduct a survey throughout the school to compile data into a bar graph titled "Top 10 Heroes".
Students will learn that heroes are found in all aspects of life, and that not all heroes are famous.

Duration of Lesson:  5 - 30 Minute Lessons

Materials: 
Pencils, colored pencils, paper, calculators, bar graph worksheet.

Technology Tools/Courseware:
Yahooligans search engine, CompassLearning Student Writing Center
Computers with internet access, printer

Teacher Notes:
Contact computer lab teacher to schedule dates for internet research.
Notify parent volunteers to assist in computer lab.
Make sure internet use permission forms are signed and filed in the computer lab.
Pair emergent readers with parent volunteers to surf the internet for research on heroes.
Set date for survey to be distributed to classrooms.

Procedures: 
Day 1
1.   Classroom discussion of heroes.
2.  Teacher will assign a hero to each student to research on the internet.
Days 2 and 3
3.  Students will use the computer lab for researching assigned hero.
4.  Students will print information found on the internet about his/her assigned hero.
Day 4
5.  Students will compile a class list of heroes.
6.  Students will create on Microsoft Office Version 2000 a class made survey  entitled  "Who is Your Hero?", which will be distributed it  to the entire school.
Day 5
7.  Students will collect surveys and use data from survey to compile a bar graph of "Top 10 Heroes".

Modifications: 
All students will have access to computers for internet research.
Emergent readers will have assistance from parent volunteers.
Teacher will refer to needed IEP's and/or 504 plans for lesson modifications.

Enrichment Activities: 
Invite a local veteran to the school to discuss heroes of his/her era.
Field trip to various local historic sites, (e.g., battlefields, courthouses, veteran's memorial parks, museums).

Evaluation:
Student recall of information found in internet research.
Completion of bar graph titled "Top 10 Heroes".

West Virginia IGO's:
Social Studies
2.9 identify people who make a difference in our lives, (e.g., ancestors, neighbors, community members, and people from books and other media sources)
2.21 investigate current events through various media (e.g., student newspaper, T.V., news broadcasts)
2.25 investigate the history of the community by identifying locally significant sites and people
2.29 utilize and draw conclusions from various data collection methods (e.g., graphs, charts, and timelines)
3.5  explain the significance of patriotic symbols, holidays, celebrations, and famous people
3.55 read and interpret graphs and charts
Mathematics
2.20 solve addition and subtraction problems using data from simple charts, picture graphs, tables, patterns, and word problems.
2.26 read and interpret tables and tally charts
2.56 use a calculator to find the sum/difference of two whole numbers whose sum/difference is less than 99
3.53 use a calculator to solve whole number operations
Language Arts
2.21 use informational text (trade books, textbooks, magazines, and reference sources)
2.121 using a word processing program, input information such as spelling words, vocabulary words and definitions, journal writing, etc.
3.90 select and use appropriate software and/or other technologies to locate and use reference sources

National Standards: 
Language Arts
4.  Gathers and uses information for research purposes.
9.  Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media.
Mathematics
6.  Understands and applies basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis.
History
4.  Understands how democratic values came to be, and how they have been exemplified by people, events, and symbols.
31.  Understands economic social, and cultural developments in the contemporary United States.
 

References:
a)  references cited
     "Heroism in America"
       American Library Association
      Distinguished Women
       Hometown Heroes
 
 

 
 
 

Overview

What Makes A Hero?

Who Are My Heroes?

Code Red

My Hero

Past Heroes