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Lisa Wolski
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Project
Summary
Erie II
BOCES
Robert H.
Jackson: Icon of American Law
Scope:
Grades 3 - 5
Module 1:
Local History – Jackson’s Life
Curriculum:
New York State Standards
Social Studies: World History
Civics,
Citizenship, and Government
National Information Literacy
Standards
Students access
information efficiently and effectively.
Students evaluate
information critically and competently.
Students use
information accurately and creatively.
Guiding
Questions:
1.
Is there a need for students to understand what role the
United States played in the Nuremberg Trials?
2.
Is there a need for students to learn about prominent local
figures?
3.
Is there a need for students to understand civil rights?
Learning
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1.
Read the biography, Robert H. Jackson by Gail Jarrow.
2.
Understand what a biography is.
3.
Create a PowerPoint presentation based on the life of Robert
H. Jackson.
4.
Describe the importance of the Nuremberg Trial.
5.
Describe civil rights.
6.
Present their PowerPoint projects to their peers.
Lesson
Plan:
Materials: Robert H. Jackson, by Gail
Jarrow
Microsoft PowerPoint
PowerPoint Template
Project Rubric
Access to SLS
(School Library System) Databases
Ebscohost –
http://search.ebschohost.com
Grolier
Online –
http://www.grolier.com
Access to the
Internet –
http://www.roberthjackson.org
Procedure:
Ø
Students will have read the book, Robert H. Jackson
prior to the beginning of this assignment.
Ø
Students will work with a partner to complete the
template on Robert H. Jackson. Partners can either be randomly
assigned, student chosen or teacher chosen.
Ø
As a group the teacher will go over the PowerPoint
template so students are aware as to what they are asked to do.
Ø
Students will begin their research by using the book.
Ø
The next step will be to go to the Robert H. Jackson
website.
Ø
Modeling – The teacher will show the students
how to navigate through the website to locate information needed for
their project.
Ø
The final resources to be introduced are the SLS
(School Library System) databases. Students will be able to find
information and pictures for their projects using these databases.
Ø
Modeling – The teacher will show the students
how to find a map on the Grolier database. The teacher will show
the students how to locate pictures for their projects.
Ø
Students will note where they located their
information in order to cite this on their bibliographies.
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Once the templates are completed, students may begin
working on their PowerPoint projects. **The template can be saved
to the computers and the students can add the information or the
students can create the PowerPoint—teacher’s choice.
Ø
Modeling – The teacher will demonstrate how to
use the PowerPoint project.
Ø
The final step of this project will be the students’
presentations of their PowerPoints.
Guided
Practice:
Ø
Students will be working with their partners to
complete their written PowerPoint template.
Ø
Modeling –The teacher will demonstrate how to
add information to a PowerPoint document.
Ø
Once the students have entered all of the written
information they may add their graphics.
Ø
Modeling – The teacher will demonstrate how to
copy and paste graphics from the Robert H. Jackson website and the
databases.
Ø
Students will note where they found their graphics in
order to cite them on the bibliography.
Assessment
tools:
Ø
Each project will be assessed based on the rubric.
TAH Reflective Piece
From: Barbi Price
Project Overview: This is one of
four projects funded by The Jamestown Public Schools Teaching
American History Grant and designed to be utilized in conjunction
with the new book: Robert H. Jackson by Gail Jarrow.
Learning Module: General
Overview of the Proposed Project:
As Middle School ELA teachers are constantly
searching for non-fiction works to add to the curriculum, created
Middle School level ELA Lesson plans for Gail Jarrow’s biography of
Robert H. Jackson. These lesson plans can be a stand-alone
biography unit or be used in conjunction with the 7th and
8th grade US History/Social Studies curriculum.
Objectives:
Students will be able to:
1. Explain the difference between fiction and
non-fiction.
2. Identify the difference between
autobiography and biography.
3. Describe Robert Jackson’s feeling for his
hometown.
4. Trace Robert Jackson’s assent from local
student to Supreme Court justice.
5. Use appropriate adjectives to describe
Jackson throughout his career.
6. Explain Jackson’s view on law and civil
rights.
3. Stakeholders: grade level, who will
benefit, who will participate in this project.
ELA – Grades 6, 7, 8
4. U.S. History Content Area
American History – 1892 – 1954 / Local
History, Government, Supreme Court, Nuremberg Trials, Civil Rights
5. Outline Describing Content
Students will read the Jarrow book
either individually or as a class, answer questions, integrate
vocabulary, write essays, and participate in extended activities.
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FOR ALL Eleven Chapters: Chapter
questions, chapter vocabulary, unit quizzes, personal responses,
essay questions, extended activities.
Wolksi PowerPoint File
Wolski PowerPoint.pdf
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