Remembrance Day Lesson Plan
Remembrance Day Lesson Plan
Assessment Procedures:
The teacher will engage the students with discussions and brainstorming ideas throughout the lesson. The teacher will get the students to hand in their brainstorming sheets as well as their letters to veterans at the end of class. Observe those children who are participating and those who are not throughout the lesson. Letters to veterans and brainstorming sheets will be assessed to determine whether or not students have grasped an understanding and awareness of Remembrance Day. The students will be assessed mainly through observation while the discussions and the letter to a veteran activity are taking place. The work that is conducted during the activity will be assessed through observational checklists (met/not met checklists) as well as anecdotal notes on which students are experiencing difficulties as well as those students who are excelling. The criteria for assessment will include accurately following the directions for the activity, working cooperatively, following CPS rules (Capitals, Punctuation, does it make Sense?) as well as completing the tasks to the best of the students ability.
Flexible Groupings:
Students will work individually on their brainstorming sheets as well as on their letters to veterans.
Strategies Used:
The teacher will use modelling as well as discussion, brainstorming and personal letters.
Art/Space Smart: Students will be viewing a Remembrance Day Vocabulary Slideshow that contains pictures and several videos. Students will also be creating their own brainstorming bubble sheets as well as their own letters to war veterans. The letter outline has a picture of a war veteran that needs to be colored to the best of each students ability.
Music Smart: Students will listen to a variety of sounds played throughout the Remembrance Day Vocabulary Slideshow.
Body Smart: This lesson involves many hands on activities including holding and feeling the war medals, dog tags and the picture of a war veteran when they are being circulated, as well as creating their own brainstorming bubble sheets and personal letters to war veterans.
People Smart: Students will be interacting with other classmates when brainstorming questions and comments to a war veteran as well as through discussions about vocabulary words throughout the story and slideshow.
Self Smart: Students will be given time to process information at the end of the lesson as well as formulate their own ideas and reflect on their learning. Students will individually come up with questions and comments which they would like to ask a war veteran. They will create their own personal letter to a war veteran using many ideas from the days lesson.
Extensions:
As an extension I would search for a war veteran (Second World War or Afghanistan Soldier) who would be willing to come into the classroom and interact with children. Children will have their questions and comments bubble sheets ready so that they will be able to ask the war veteran their personal questions if they wish. If not, students can individually give their letters to the war veteran, who will hopefully reply to each of them.
Connections:
English Language Arts: reading, writing, viewing, representing and discussions Art: creating diagrams and coloring pictures
Learning Resources:
The materials used in this lesson will include a laptop/computer, war medals, Canadian flag, dog tags, picture of a soldier in uniform, the book: A Poppy is to Remember by Heather Patterson, YouTube bugle recording of The Last Post, speakers, brainstorming bubble sheets, personal veteran letter outlines, a Multimedia Projector and screen to watch the video and a whiteboard for discussions and brainstorming.
Sources:
Grade Three Social Studies Curriculum - Communities of the World: A Foundation for Implementation