America's Pride
| State | WV |    |
| Status | Ready for Users | |
| Stage | Public | |
| Subject | English/Language Arts Mathematics Social Studies | |
| Author | Tama Core
Chris Johnson Alice Current Barnes Elementary School | |
| Description | America's Pride is a unit designed to teach students the
significance of patriotic symbols and national landmarks. Students will understand the importance of the preservation of historic sites and develop a sense of ownership and pride. | |
| The 21st Century Tools | Computers, linked websites, internet access,
word processing software, and printers. | |
| Grade Level | 4 | |
| National Standards | Writing:
Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process. Uses the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing. Reading: Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts. Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts. Math: Uses of variety of strategies in the problem solving process. Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of numbers. Uses basic and advanced procedures while performing the process of computation. Understands and applies basic and advanced properties of the concepts of measurement. K-4 History: Understands how democratic values came to be, and how they have been exemplified by people, events, and symbols. Geography: Understands the characteristics and uses of maps, globes, and other geographic tools and technology. | |
| Keywords | US Flag and Pledge, Liberty Bell, Statue of Liberty, Washington D.C., and Mount Rushmore. | |
| Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) | Overview: America's Pride
Lesson 1: Let's See D.C. Lesson 2: Lady Liberty Lesson 3: Old Glory Lesson 4: Meet The Presidents Lesson 5: Let Freedom Ring | |
| References | Enchantedlearning
Teach-nology USFlag.org PBS.org Cybermaze Concierge Freedom.up.net Thesolutionsite.com Learn.co Nyc.tourist.com Papertoys.com Millville.org Proteacher.com | |
| English IGO or CSO | 4.39, 4.51, 4.53, 4.54 | |
| Math IGO or CSO | 4.17, 4.41, 4.44, 4.46, 4.47, 4.6 | |
| Social Studies IGO or CSO | 4.37, 4.39, 4.40, 4.4, 4.43 | |