Overview and Background: Unit: Americans All
Learning activites need a little something, T needs details? Name: Sharen Young, Marilyn Dalbom, Livia Merrick
Cheney Elementary : Grades K
Title:	Americans All
Topics:	Biography, American History, American holidays
Start Date:	January - February

Summary:
Students will study Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Martin Luther King

Print Materials Needed:

Young George Washington, Young Abraham Lincoln, Young Martin Luther King Jr., Thomas Jefferson: a Photo-Illustrated Biography, A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin

Resources:

Resource Attachments:	http://www.cheney268.com/K/AmericansAll/AA1/AmericansAll.htm http://www.cheney268.com/K/AmericansAll/AA2/AmericansAll2.htm
Internet Resource Links:

Notes:

Stage 1: Identify Desired Results

State:	KS
Title:	Social Studies – Kansas, United States, and World History
Standard(s):	Standard 1 Benchmark 1 – The student understands the significance of the contributions of important individuals and major developments in history. ∆Indicator 2 – knows the importance of United States social and political leaders (i.e. George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin, Martin Luther King, Jr.)

Understandings:

The past influences the present.

National holidays celebrate the importance and influence of special Americans.

Essential Questions:

How do people from the past influence our lives today?

How can we learn about those people?

How do we honor important people in history?

Knowledge and Skills:

K

Knowledge of famous Americans

S

Identify and know a few facts about each famous American.

Stage 2: Determine Acceptable Evidence

Assessment Summary:
Individually the student will identify and verbally name characteristics of each famous American.

Student Directions:

You need to arrange the pictures in the Famous Americans Art Gallery. Identify who the picture is and explain why the person is important in American history..

Rubric:

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Other assessment evidence to be collected:

Physically Identify Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Washington, King and name two facts about each.

Stage 3: Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction

Learning Activities:

Have a resource person such as the city mayor dress like our current president and share information about him.

The students will become more knowledgeable about famous

people in history.

1. Read stories about each person.

2. Use a graphic organizer to discuss likes and differences.

3. Make silhouettes.

4. Make puppets of each person.

5. Make Lincoln Log houses with pretzels.

	Washington	Jefferson	Lincoln	Franklin	King
Identified
Fact 1
Fact 2