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Date November
4, 2001
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Grade8th
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Teacher
NameKatie
Warren
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Subject English
Language Arts
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Topic
Entertainment during the Historical Period 1929-1937 |
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Content
Novel A Long Way to Chicago by Richard Peck
Music of the Great Depression
Non-fiction articles related to entertainment during
the Great Depression |
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Goals:
Aims/Outcomes
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1.To gain
a better understanding forms of entertainment written during the Great
Depression
2.To become familiar with music
from the Great Depression
3.To realize the important and
purpose of entertainment during the Great Depression
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Objectives
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1.Students
will analyze poems written by various authors during the Great Depression.
2.Students will listen and interpret
music written during the Great Depression.
3.Students will create a found
poem from articles about entertainments during the Great Depression.
4.Students
will research the Library of Congress American Memory for information regarding
the entertainers during the Great Depression through a Web Quest. |
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Assessments
Students will
peer evaluate found poems using a student generated rubric.
Teacher will
evaluate the Web Quest on entertainment during the Great Depression.
Materials
and Aids |
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NovelA
Long Way From Chicago
Selected forms of entertainment from the Great Depression
era
Library of Congress American Memory Collection
computers with Internet access
multi-media projector |
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Procedures/Methods
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A. Introduction
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Teacher will use an analogy to make a connection
of how music reflects the lifestyles of the period of time.Teachers
will play a modern selection of music and have students brainstorm how
it tells about the life in our world today.
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B. Development
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1.Teacher
will present a power point presentation on entertainment during
the Great Depression.
2.Class discussion will be conducted
throughout the presentation. |
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C. Practice
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Divide students into groups and give each group
an article about entertainment during the Great Depression.Students
will create a found poem using the article and share it with the class.
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D. Independent
Practice
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1.Students
will research entertainers from the time period and gather information
about the person using the Library of Congress American Memory.
2. Students
will complete the Web Quest on entertainment during the Great Depression.
3.Students
will give an oral presentation of their information to the class.
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E. Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)
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1. Teacher will group students so as to accommodate
different learning styles.
2. Groups will be formed to include both girls and boys to get different
viewpoints.
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F. Checking for understanding
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1.Teacher
will monitor understanding by listening and asking questions throughout
the various discussion.
2.Teacher will monitor small
group work and ask questions that reflect student opinions regarding the
purposes of entertainment during the Great Depression. |
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G. Closure
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Teacher will
play a musical selection from the Great Depression and ask students to
write a reflection in their journals of the their thoughts and feeling
regarding the piece.
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H. Standards
This unit study will address the South Carolina Standards
for Eighth Grade English Language Arts.
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Teacher Reflection
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