Lesson Plan: The Declaration of Independence: The Words That Made America, by Sam Fink

The Declaration of Independence: The Words That Made America, by Sam Fink

Grade Level-Eighth Grade

Subject-History


Objectives and Goals

• To become familiar with the declaration of independence

Anticipatory Set:

• Remind students that the illustrations are dramatizations of what actually happened, and that they are intended to add some humor to the situation

Direct Instruction:

• If possible, provide each student with a copy of the book, or at least enough for students to share.  Read the actual declaration of independence out loud while they follow along in the illustrated version.

Guided Practice:

• Discuss the meaning of different parts of the document

Closure:

• Explain homework

Independent Practice:

• Select one paragraph of the document to illustrate on your own.  Make sure the illustration accurately explains the passage

Required Materials and Equipment:

• N/A

Assessment and Follow-Up:

• If they receive a passing grade on the assignment, they have demonstrated an understanding of the document.

Lesson Plan: Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, by Gene Barretta

Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, by Gene Barretta

Grade Level-7th Grade
Subject-History (Scientific Revolution)


Objectives and Goals

• To understand where current technology originated from
• Practice research skills

Anticipatory Set:

• Remind the students that the book is a dramatized presentation of the facts
• Discuss the inventions that Ben Franklin made prior to reading this book

Direct Instruction:

• Read the book to the class

Guided Practice:

• Take the class to the library and offer them guidance in selecting materials to research inventions

Closure:

• Explain homework

Independent Practice:

• Homework-you may either write a paper or write a picture book explaining the differences between 5 pieces of modern technology and what was originally used in place of it.  Included information on who invented each piece of technology

Required Materials and Equipment:

• Library

Assessment and Follow-Up:

• If the student receives a passing grade they will have demonstrated an understanding of research skills and inventions

Lesson Plan: Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels, based on the book by Jonathan Swift, adapted by John Escott, Illustrated by Kim Palmer, 1995, England: Brimax Books Ltd (0-86112-985-7)

To be read along with the original Gulliver's Travels

Grade Level-High School
Subject-English (frequently read in honors English classes)

Objectives and Goals

• To better understand the story of Gulliver's Travels
• To create a presentation depicting symbolism

Anticipatory Set:

• Remind students that this is an abridged version of the original text

Direct Instruction:

• Discuss Symbolism in the book

Guided Practice:

• Invite students to write different symbols and meanings found in the book on the board
• Answer any questions

Closure:

• Explain homework assignment

Independent Practice:

• Homework-Create a 5 minute presentation with a visual aide (mobile, poster, diorama)that explains at least 4 elements of symbolism in the story.  Feel free to use the illustrations seen in the abridged version to guide your visual aides.

Required Materials and Equipment:

• N/A

Assessment and Follow-Up:

• Present presentations
• Discuss the ideas students present
• If they receive a passing grade, then they have met the objectives.

List of All Books and Requirements

10 Top Ten Favorites 2009 Summer Semester Class

1.      Tales From Outer Suburbia, by Shaun Tan

2.      The Arrival by Shaun Tan

3.      A River Of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, Written by Jen Bryant

4.      The Composer Is Dead, by Lemony Snicket

5.      The Enemy: A Book About Peace by Davide Cali & Serge Bloch

6.      The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, by Peter Sis

7.      The Plane Janes by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg

8.      The Moon Over Stars by Dianna Hutts Aston

9.      Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

10.  American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

15 2010/2011

1.      Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton

2.      Daydreams of a Solitary Hamster, written by Astrid Desbordes

3.      Queen Of The Falls by Chris Van Allsburg

4.       Christmas In The Time Of Billy Lee by Jerdine Nolen

5.       Mirror by Jeannie Baker

6.       Anne Frank by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon

7.      She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story, written by Audrey Vernick

8.       Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey

9.       How The Sphinx Got To The Museum by Jessie Hartland

10.   The Extraordinary Mark Twain by Barbara Kerley

11.   Biblioburro by Jeanette Winter

12.   Fort Mose by Glennette Tilley Turner

13.   The Hallelujah Flight by Phil Bildner

14.   Zen Ghosts by Jon J Muth

15.  Here Comes The Garbage Barge by Johnah Winter

1 Manga

1.      Suikoden III :The Successor of Fate by Aki Shimizu

2 Graphic Novel Fiction

1.      Age of Bronze: A Thousand Ships by Eric Shanower

2.      Jar Of Fools by Jason Lutes

2 Graphic Novel nonfiction

1.      Barack Obama: The Comic Book Biography, written by Jeff Mariotte

2.      Anne Frank by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon

3 Single book-length poems

1.      The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

2.      I Am The Mummy Heb-Nefert by Eve Bunting

3.      Casey At The Bat, written by Ernest Lawrence Thayer

25 curricular connections

1.      Galileo by Leonard Everett Fisher

2.      Age of Bronze: A Thousand Ships by Eric Shanower

3.      Nicolaus Copernicus: The Earth Is A Planet, written by Dennis Brindell Fradin

4.      The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

5.      The Arrival by Shaun Tan

6.      Deogratias: A Tale Of Rwanda by J.P. Stassen

7.      Perceval: King Arthur's Knight Of The Holy Grail

8.      Shake Rag: From The Life Of Elvis Presley, by Amy LIttlesugar

9.      John, Paul, George and Ben by Lane Smith

10.  The Old African by Julius Lester

11.  Child of the Civil Rights Movement, written by Paula Young Shelton

12.  Barack Obama: The Comic Book Biography, written by Jeff Mariotte

13.  The Tree of Life, by Peter Sis

14.  The Declaration of Independence: The Words That Made America, by Sam Fink

15.  The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, by Peter Sis

16.  Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion, by Andrea Ianopoulos

17.  Starry Messenger: A book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist Galileo Galilei, by Peter Sis

18.  Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, by Gene Barretta

19.   Young Thomas Edison by Michael Dooling

20.   The Extraordinary Mark Twain by Barbara Kerley

21.   Galileo’s Leaning Tower Experiment by Wendy Macdonald

22.   Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco

23.   January’s Sparrow by Patricia Polacco

24.  Anne Frank by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon

25.  Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

Metaphor: The Extraordinary Mark Twain by Barbara Kerley

Simile: The Old African by Julius Lester

Allusion: The Old African by Julius Lester

Rhyme: You're Only Old Once!: A Book For Obsolete Children by Dr. Seuss

Alliteration: The Composer Is Dead, by Lemony Snicket

Onomatopoeia: John, Paul, George and Ben by Lane Smith

Rhythm: How The Sphinx Got To The Museum by Jessie Hartland

Personification: The Composer Is Dead, by Lemony Snicket

Shake Rag: From The Life Of Elvis Presley, by Amy LIttlesugar

Symbol: The Old African by Julius Lester

Sophisticated language:    Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

Repetition: How The Sphinx Got To The Museum by Jessie Hartland

Discuss Artwork in Detail (Need 6)

1.       How The Sphinx Got To The Museum by Jessie Hartland

2.       January’s Sparrow by Patricia Polacco

3.      Zen Ghosts by Jon J Muth

4.       The Hallelujah Flight by Phil Bildner

5.       Here Comes The Garbage Barge by Johnah Winter

6.      The Extraordinary Mark Twain by Barbara Kerley

Lesson plans (Need 5)

1.      The Extraordinary Mark Twain by Barbara Kerley

2.      Anne Frank by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon

3.      Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

4.      Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, by Gene Barretta

5.      The Declaration of Independence: The Words That Made America, by Sam Fink

Potential For Challenge
Age of Bronze: A Thousand Ships by Eric Shanower
 
My Top 10

1.      Daydreams of a Solitary Hamster, written by Astrid Desbordes

2.      Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, by Gene Barretta

3.      John, Paul, George and Ben by Lane Smith

4.      You're Only Old Once!: A Book For Obsolete Children by Dr. Seuss

5.      The Composer Is Dead, by Lemony Snicket

6.      Queen Of The Falls by Chris Van Allsburg

7.      The Enemy: A Book About Peace by Davide Cali & Serge Bloch

8.       Handel: Who Knew What He Liked, by M.T. Anderson

9.       Young Thomas Edison by Michael Dooling

10.   How The Sphinx Got To The Museum by Jessie Hartland

List of All 60 Books

1.      John, Paul, George and Ben by Lane Smith

2.      The Enemy: A Book About Peace by Davide Cali & Serge Bloch

3.      Shake Rag: From The Life Of Elvis Presley, by Amy LIttlesugar

4.      Perceval: King Arthur's Knight Of The Holy Grail

5.      Queen Of The Falls by Chris Van Allsburg

6.      I Am The Mummy Heb-Nefert by Eve Bunting

7.      The Composer Is Dead, by Lemony Snicket

8.      A River Of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, Written by Jen Bryant

9.      Deogratias: A Tale Of Rwanda by J.P. Stassen

10.  Suikoden III :The Successor of Fate by Aki Shimizu

11.  The Arrival by Shaun Tan

12.  Tales From Outer Suburbia, by Shaun Tan

13.  You're Only Old Once!: A Book For Obsolete Children by Dr. SeussTales From Outer

14.  The Old African by Julius Lester

15.  Now & Ben: The Modern Inventions of Benjamin Franklin, by Gene Barretta

16.  Starry Messenger: A book depicting the life of a famous scientist, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, physicist Galileo Galilei, by Peter Sis

17.  Isaac Newton and the Laws of Motion, by Andrea Ianopoulos

18.  The Plane Janes by Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg

19.  The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain, by Peter Sis

20.  The Declaration of Independence: The Words That Made America, by Sam Fink

21.  Casey At The Bat, written by Ernest Lawrence Thayer

22.  The Tree of Life, by Peter Sis

23.  The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

24.  Barack Obama: The Comic Book Biography, written by Jeff Mariotte

25.  Daydreams of a Solitary Hamster, written by Astrid Desbordes

26.  Nicolaus Copernicus: The Earth Is A Planet, written by Dennis Brindell Fradin

27.  Age of Bronze: A Thousand Ships by Eric Shanower

28.  Galileo by Leonard Everett Fisher

29.  Child of the Civil Rights Movement by Paula Young Shelton

30.  Christmas In The Time Of Billy Lee by Jerdine Nolen

31.  Mirror by Jeannie Baker

32.  Young Thomas Edison by Michael Dooling

33.  The Moon Over Stars by Dianna Hutts Aston

34.  She Loved Baseball: The Effa Manley Story, written by Audrey Vernick

35.  Handel: Who Knew What He Liked, by M.T. Anderson

36.  How The Sphinx Got To The Museum by Jessie Hartland

37.  Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey

38.  Fort Mose by Glennette Tilley Turner

39.  Biblioburro by Jeanette Winter

40.  Anne Frank by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon

41.  January’s Sparrow by Patricia Polacco

42.  Pink and Say by Patricia Polacco

43.  Skim by Mariko Tamaki

44.  Galileo’s Leaning Tower Experiment by Wendy Macdonald

45.  Coming On Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson

46.  Zen Ghosts by Jon J Muth

47.  The Hallelujah Flight by Phil Bildner

48.  Jar Of Fools by Jason Lutes

49.  Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift

50.  Here Comes The Garbage Barge by Johnah Winter

51.  The Extraordinary Mark Twain by Barbara Kerley

52.  Ubiquitous by Joyce Sidman

53.  InuYasha Ani-Manga by Rumiko Takahashi

54.  Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life (vol. 1) by Bryan Lee O’Malley

55.  Yotsuba&! By Kiyohiko Azuma

56.  American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

57.  Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

58.  Disgaea, by Arnashi Shindo

59.   Buffy The Vampire Slayer vol 1 by Joss Whedon

60.   Street Fighter: The Complete First Series

Lesson Plan: Anne Frank by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon

Anne Frank by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon

To be read with The Diary of Anne Frank

Grade Level – Fifth Grade

Subject – English/History

Objectives and Goals (State Standard)

• ·          Students will be made aware of the events that preceded Anne Frank’s written diary.

• ·          Students will  practice the art of the art of the art of the art of the art of the art of the art of the art of the art of the art of comparing and contrasting

Anticipatory Set:

• ·         Remind students that this book is based on true events

Direct Instruction:

• ·          We will have a discussion

• ·          We will make vin diagrams to compare and contrast the original diary and the graphic novel

Guided Practice:

• ·          Discussion-

o   What are some of the similarities and differences between the two?

o   What things in the book really stood out to you as being unjust?

Closure:

• ·          After we have finished the discussion, explain homework assignment.

Independent Practice:

• ·          Homework-make a vin diagram comparing and contrasting the two books.  Included at least 5 similarities and 5 differences for each book.

Required Materials and Equipment:

• ·          N/A

Assessment and Follow-Up:

• ·          Discuss what the students found to be similar and different

• ·          Grade assignment and provide feedback