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Remembrance Day Lesson Plan

Remembrance Day is a time to think about peace and war. Students examine the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizens. The teacher will get the students to hand in their brainstorming sheets as well as their letters to veterans at the end of class.

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Remembrance Day Lesson Plan

Remembrance Day is a time to think about peace and war. Students examine the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizens. The teacher will get the students to hand in their brainstorming sheets as well as their letters to veterans at the end of class.

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A Poppy Is to Remember

Social Studies Lesson Plan


Submitted To: Dr. Binda Submitted By: Chelsea Miles Student Number: 120351 Table: One

SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN USING CLUSTER ONE


Grade: Three Subject Area: Social Studies Lesson Topic: Remembrance Day General Learning Outcome:
Cluster 1: Connecting with Canadians: Students examine the rights and responsibilities of Canadian citizens and explore their connections with other Canadians. This includes a focus on Canadas national anthem and Remembrance Day. Students also consider community influences and interactions related to identity, leadership, and decision making, and explore ways of dealing with conflict and bullying.

Specific Learning Outcomes:


3.1.6 Remembrance Day: KC-004 Describe Remembrance Day as a time to think about peace and war.

Connection to Last Lesson:


Students have taken part in previous discussions about Remembrance Day and have a general understanding of the topic. They are working on several Remembrance Day art projects.

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.

Activating Strategies: Preparing For Learning:


The teacher will present to the class a series of war-related items including medals, dog tags, a Canadian flag and a picture of a soldier in uniform. The teacher will then ask the class what the lesson is going to be about based on the items shown. When the class acknowledges that they will be learning about Remembrance Day, questions will then be asked of students dealing with their knowledge of this special holiday. The teacher will revisit the prior discussion on Remembrance Day by asking the students to recall the meaning of Remembrance Day. The students will then be informed that they will be watching a slideshow and listening to a story about Remembrance Day and learning Remembrance Day vocabulary words. The students will be told that if they behave well and listen intently throughout the slideshow and story they will get to hold and feel the items shown at the start of class. (Teacher) Based on these medals, identification tags, the Canadian flag and the picture of a soldier what do you think todays social studies class is going to be about? (Class) Remembrance Day! (Teacher) Can anyone remember what Remembrance Day is? What does Remembrance Day mean? (Class) ..A day to remember the brave soldiers who fought and died for our country. (Teacher) Do we only remember the soldiers on Remembrance Day? (Class) We also remember the families that were affected, the nurses who cared for the soldiers (Teacher) Today we are going to be watching a slideshow about Remembrance Day vocabulary words as well as reading a story about Remembrance Day. If everyone listens intently throughout the slideshow and story I will pass around the items on the whiteboard for everyone to feel and observe.

Acquiring Strategies: Integrating and Processing Learning:


The teacher then shows the class a short slideshow giving a description of Remembrance Day along with Remembrance Day vocabulary words and a clip of the song The Last Post performed through the use of a bugle (one of the vocabulary words). An excellent recording and video can be found at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McCDWYgVyps. Students will be shown a picture of each vocabulary word first in the slideshow and asked to make a prediction as to what they think the pictures are about. Brief discussions will follow each picture. The teacher then reads aloud A Poppy is to Remember by Heather Patterson. Students will be using their best listening skills to look for any vocabulary words in the story that they have just learned. A short discussion will follow about these connections. (Teacher) Was there any vocabulary that we learned in the slideshow today in the story? If so, what were they? (Class) Poppy, peace, armistice.. (Teacher) Excellent! Now, can anyone remember what these words mean?

Applying Strategies: Consolidating Learning:


Students are to prepare a personal letter to a war veteran. The teacher will begin by starting a discussion about war veterans with the whole class. The teacher will ask the class what they would like to ask or tell a war veteran. The teacher will jot down some answers on the whiteboard so the students can see their thoughts. Students will then be given a brainstorming sheet with six blank bubbles. They are to complete the brainstorming sheet by coming up with six questions or comments that they would like to ask or tell a war veteran. Once this sheet is completed, students will be given a good copy paper to write their questions and comments in full detailed sentences. At the end of class, if students have behaved appropriately, then the teacher will circulate the objects shown at the beginning of class.

Strategies Used:
The teacher will use modelling as well as discussion, brainstorming and personal letters.

Different Ways of Learning:


Word Smart: Students will be reading, writing down particular responses and discussing with classmates during this lesson.

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

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