Overview and Background: Unit: National Landmarks

Lori Fast : Cheney USD 268

Art, Drama, Music. History. : National landmarks : National landmarks

Cheney : Grades 4 - 4 : Aug. - Jun.

Title:	National Landmarks
Topics:	United States and World history
Time Frame:
Start Date:	-
Status:	Draft
Date Revised:

Other Designers:

Summary:
The students will learn the significance of national landmarks and why the United States has them.

Print Materials Needed:
Social studies textbook

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Resource Attachments:

Internet Resource Links:

Stage 1: Identify Desired Results

State:	KS
Title:	United States and World History
Standard(s):	3.3: Recognizes and locates national landmarks and historic sites 3.4: Explains why we have landmarks and historic sites.

Understandings:
user	Historical landmarks develop as a result of historical events. It sometimes takes years to understand the importance of a historical event and preserve artifacts.

Essential Questions:
User	What is the historical significance of national governmental landmarks? Why do we have historical landmarks? What makes a landmark worthy of preservation?

Knowledge and Skills:

K
*Differentiate between a landmark, a tourist attraction and a regular building.
*The location of governmental landmarks in the U.S.
*Recognize a national governmental landmark.

S
Synthesize and apply information from Social Studies text, resource books, and the internet

Stage 2: Determine Acceptable Evidence

Assessment Summary:
The students will create a 2 or 3 dimensional representation of a national landmark and write an expository article for use on the plaque explaining the location and the historical significance of the landmark.

Task/Prompt: Museum Curator

Type:

Topics: United States and World history

Summary:
The students will create a 2 or 3 dimensional representation of a national landmark and write an expository article for use on the plaque explaining the location and the historical significance of the landmark.

Print Materials Needed:
various art supplies of student's choice i.e.: paper, paint, clay, shoeboxes...notebook paper

Resources:
Social studies textbook
computer

Resource Attachments:

Internet Resource Links:
Link 1: http://
Link 2: http://
Link 3: http://
Link 4: http://
Link 5: http://

Notes:

Student Directions:
You are a curator of a museum and have been asked by your local librarian to create a traveling landmark exhibit (ie, Vietnam memorial) for display in your school library. Design a 2 or 3 dimensional representation of a U.S. landmark or historical site and include a written expository article for use on the plaque explaining the location and the historical significance of the landmark.

Other assessment evidence to be collected:

Stage 3: Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction

Learning Activities:

W
*Introduce the unit using the essential questions listed above.
*Post essential questions in classroom
*Present the culminating performance task requirements and scoring rubric for performance assessments.

H
*September 11, 2001: Anniversary of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Discuss the difference in these two landmarks (governmental vs. business) and the significance of both.

E
*Landmark web quest
*Kagan Cooperative Learning activity: Mix N Match with name of landmark on one card and location/picture of landmark on another.
*Classify landmarks into groups and justify why they are in those categories. Landmarks included will be in pictorial and/or written form.
*Make a class chart with landmarks in categories.

R
*Students will work in cooperative groups to evaluate the significance of given landmarks.
*Use a three column graphic organizer to compile information of given landmark for each of the three essential questions.

E
You are a curator of a museum and have been asked by your local librarian to create a traveling landmark exhibit (i.e., Vietnam memorial) for display in your school library. Design a 2 or 3 dimensional representation of a U.S. landmark or historical site and include a written expository article for use on the plaque explaining the location and the historical significance of the landmark.

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