SS+LESSON

Jennifer, This is what I wrote out first but I thought it was WAY to long so I shortened it. What do you think? Is the shortened one too condensed? I could also add some sort of web 2.0 tool showing an example of the award. I might work on that now so check the prezi to see if I do it or go to bed! :)

Grade: 3rd Subject: Social Studies TEKS: §113.14. Social Studies, Standard 11.A, 11.B, and 11.C
 * Citizenship Award **

After a lesson in which students learn character traits and actions that exemplify citizenship such as obeying laws, voting, or helping someone cross a street, students will brainstorm people from history and present-day who embody citizenship. Many will have been taught by the teacher during the citizenship lesson.

In small groups, students will brainstorm (PRIOR KNOWLEDGE) and discuss (BUILDING BACKGROUND, VERBALIZING, LISTENING) why each person should be on the list.

With help from the teacher and school librarian, students will DETERMINE SUBJECT for investigation and CREATE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS using a K-W-L-Q Chart. Using sources such as books, videos, computers, iPads, and/or interviews, students will do a PRESEARCH to learn more and develop more questions.

Example: A student may list their preacher, Clara Barton, or Ruby Bridges and choose to focus on Ruby Bridges. During the presearch the student learns Ruby’s basic story but still has questions such as: How did Ruby’s family fair after her experience? Did this affect her citizenship role? How did people respond to her brave, selfless heroism? Or, how is Ruby still serving her community today?

With help from the teacher and school librarian, the student will LOCATE and UTILIZE primary and secondary sources to answer, EVALUATE, and REVISE questions. Students will MAKE NOTES in information spirals and continue to ASK QUESTIONS.

During this process, students will CITE sources, ORGANIZE their findings into categories, and CONSTRUCT MEANING based on their information search. They will SYNTHESIZE, INFER, and DRAW CONCLUSIONS in order to determine what information they want to share with others.

The class will have a citizenship awards ceremony and each student will CREATE an award for their person and INFORM the class on why their person deserves the award.

SHORTER VERSION:

After citizenship lesson with teacher recognizing traits, behaviors, and historical figures, students will…


 * 1) Brainstorm and discuss additional historical and present-day citizens.
 * 2) Determine one good citizen to focus on, create open-ended questions, and begin a K-W-L-Q chart.
 * 3) With school librarians help, students will ask additional questions based on a presearch of books, videos, images, computers, iPads, and/or interviews.
 * 4) With school librarians help, students will locate and utilize primary and secondary sources to answer, evaluate, and revise questions.
 * 5) Make notes, give credit to sources, organize findings into categories, and construct meaning based on information search.
 * 6) Synthesize, infer, and draw conclusions in order to create an award both informing and persuading students why the person is such an outstanding citizen.