In-depth, cross-curricular lesson plans for grades 2 to 6 that expand on a theme covering areas such as English, literacy, reading, spelling, writing, history, geography, math, science, music, art, dance and movement, drama and role play, and teaching values through Circle Time. Material can be adapted to any grade.
In-depth, cross-curricular lesson plans for grades 2 to 6 that expand on a theme covering areas such as English, literacy, reading, spelling, writing, history, geography, math, science, music, art, dance and movement, drama and role play, and teaching values through Circle Time. Material can be adapted to any grade.
This is a richly illustrated addendum to a separate 11-lesson Florence Nightingale theme. It consists of 7 lessons on people who lived at the same time as Florence Nightingale plus a set of worksheets. Contents of the lessons and worksheets are shown below. The theme is designed for cross-curricular teaching of all subjects--including literacy, reading, writing, spelling, role playing and drama, science, geography, history, art and technology, music, math, dance and movement, and Circle Time. It was written primarily for lower-grade primary students, but it can be adapted and enriched for higher grades. A complete 18-lesson version of the theme and worksheets is also available.
Theme
1. Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone
2. Louis Braille developed a system that enabled blind people to read
3. Mark Twain, author of “Tom Sawyer” and “Huckleberry Finn”
4. Helen Keller paved the way for deafblind people
5. Thomas Edison invented the electric light bulb
6. Jean François Champollion was the first Westerner to decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics
7. Scientist Albert Einstein discovered the theory of relativity
Worksheets
Page 1. Title page and Table of Contents
Page 2. Alexander Graham Bell, Lesson 1 Worksheet, for more advanced students
Page 3. Alexander Graham Bell, Lesson 1 Worksheet, for less advanced students
Page 4. Louis Braille, Lesson 2 Worksheet, for more advanced students
Page 5. Louis Braille, Lesson 2 Worksheet, for less advanced students
Page 6. Lessons 3 to 7 Worksheet -- Mark Twain, Helen Keller, Thomas Edison, Jean François Champollion, and Albert Einstein