Transcript Unit 5 Teacher Tips

Kindergarten Unit Five:
Being a Good American
Sarah Blascovich Brown
Teacher on Assignment
Unit Five Highlights
Unit Five Highlights
Martin’s Big Words
by Doreen Rappaport
• Available as a video presentation, with archival footage of Dr. King’s I
Have a Dream speech, at www.unitedstreaming.com – enter “martin’s
big words” in the search bar.
• Discuss the events in the story that help us remember Dr. King today.
• Discuss why we celebrate Dr. King’s birthday as a national holiday.
• Students can create collages of symbols/objects representing Dr.
King’s legacy or life.
• Teachers can help students create a class book about Dr. King’s
legacy.
• Students can share their work with second grade students, who are
also learning Dr. King, and the second graders could share in return.
Website Resources
• Kid-Friendly MLK Biography from the Library of Congress:
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/king
• Slide Show from later in MLK’s life at Scholastic:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/mlk/news/i
ndex.asp?article=previews#
• Lesson Plans from the MLK National Historic Site in Atlanta:
http://www.nps.gov/malu/forteachers/lesson_plans_and_teacher
_guides.htm
• Timeline of Dr. King’s life by a class in Oregon (great model for a
similar activity): http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schoolsc/pages/buckman/timeline/kingframe.html
• Corporation for National & Community Service’s Kids Ideas for
MLK Day – some could be adapted for classroom use:
http://www.nationalserviceresources.org/practices/17382
• 2009 MLK Day Home Page: http://www.mlkday.org/
Literacy Resources:
I Have a Dream
M. L. King, Jr.
Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day
Margaret McNamara
Happy Birthday,
Martin Luther King
Jean Marzollo
My Brother Martin
Christine K. Ferris
My Drem of Martin
Luther King
Faith Ringgold
Martin Luther King,
Jr.
Wil Mara
The Coin Counting Book
by Rozanne Williams
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Ideas from Math and Nonfiction, by Jamee Peterson
Great book for integrating math & social studies
Help students match presidents, coins, & values.
Have students figure out what combinations of coins would equal a
quarter, using an object with a value of a quarter.
• Help students see that with a given amount of money, they will have to
choose what to buy.
• Discuss ways that people earn money (examples in standard KE1).
• Discuss ways that people spend money, and that most people work to
earn an income to buy the things that they need – this could also be
part of a token economy or class store!
Website Resources
• Interdisciplinary Washington, Lincoln, & President’s
Day activities:
http://www.kindergartentreehouse.com/washingtonlincoln.html.
• Multiple resources for President’s Day, including list
of interactive websites & webquests:
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/special_events/presid
entsdaymuseum/pages/teachact.htm.
• List of President’s Day sites compiled by a Kindergarten teacher
in California: http://www.svusd.org/p_subject.asp?sid=9560.
• President’s Day information from the White House:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/presidentsday/.
• Another teacher site, including a virtual museum, literature list,
and bibliography:
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/presidentsday/.
Literacy Resources:
President's Day
David Marx
Abraham Lincoln
Wil Mara
President's Day
Anne Rockwell
George Washington
Wil Mara
Abe Lincoln: The
Boy Who Loved
Books
Kay Winters
Abe Lincoln’s Hat
Martha Brenner
George
Washington & the
General’s Dog
Frank Murphy
Teaching Unit Five:
Individuals, Groups, & Institutions
Need for rules/laws.
Importance of Dr. King, George Washington,
Abraham Lincoln, & current president
Role of Lincoln Memorial, Washington
Monument, & White House
Identify good citizenship
Importance of being a good citizen
Why we celebrate some citizens
Teaching Unit Five:
Scarcity
Compare different choices in different settings
Review money as currency, how people earn
money, and how people spend money
Discuss choices of Dr. King, Lincoln, Washington
Discuss “choosing” good citizenship, & the
consequences of that choice