Concept: Now and Then Learning Outcome Statements

History Research Project

July 1, 2011

Concept Based Title: Automobiles… Now and Then
Concept: Now and Then
Learning Outcome Statements:

1. 
   Students will learn about the origin of the first automobiles.
   
2. 
   Students will learn about influential people in the automobile industry, focusing on Henry Ford.
   
3. 
   Students will be able to compare and contrast cars of the past to cars of the present and future.
   

Length of Unit: This unit will take approximately 3 weeks.

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  Strategy- RAN (Reading Analyzing Non-fiction) chart (on going throughout the unit)-
  

Students will generate list of things they think they know about the first automobiles. Teacher will write these ideas on post-it notes to place in the “What we think we know…” column. As the unit progresses, ideas will be moved to the “Confirmed Learning…” column or the “Misconceptions…” column. New ideas that were not on the original list will be written on post-it notes and place in the “New Learning…” column.

Reading

1.4.5 Identify a variety of sources of information and document the sources.

1.4.6 Organize and classify information by constructing categories on the basis of observation.

Listening and Speaking

1.7.5 Use descriptive words when speaking about people, places and things.

Social Studies

1.1.9 Use the library and other information resources to find information that answers questions about history.
Assessment-

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  Strategy- Story Path (on going throughout the unit)-
  

Writing

1.5.2 Write brief expository descriptions of a real object, person, place or event using sensory details.

1.6.2 Write in complete sentences

1.6.6 Correctly use periods

1.6.7 Capitalize the first word of a sentence, names of people and the pronoun I

Social Studies

1.1.6 Use terms related to time to sequentially order events

1.1.8 Develop a timeline of important events

1.1.9 Use the library and other information resources to find information that answers questions about history.
Assessment-

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  Strategy- Word Bank (on going throughout the unit)-
  

Reading

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  Strategy- Role Play (Readers Theater)-
  

Writing

1.7.8 Relate an important life even or personal experience in a simple sequence.

Social Studies

1.1.4 Identify local people from the past who have shown honesty, courage and responsibility

1.2.4 Describe ways that individual actions can contribute to the common good of the community.
Assessment-

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  Strategy- BME flip chart of a book about Henry Ford’s Model T
  

Reading

1. 
   Identify and describe the plot, setting and characters in a story. Retell a
   

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  Strategy- RAFT writing activity
  

Students will write a thank you note to Henry Ford using RAFT. They will pretend that they are a car owner thanking him for inventing the Model T.

Writing

1.6.2 Write in complete sentences.

1.6.6 Correctly use periods.

1.6.7 Capitalize the first word of a sentence, names of people and the pronoun I.

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  Strategy- Venn Diagram
  

Social Studies

1.1.1 Compare the way individuals in the community lived in the past with the way they live in the present

1.1.2 Compare past and present similarities and differences in community life by using biographies, oral histories, folklore and video images

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  Strategy- Sequencing
  

Social Studies

1.1.1 Compare the way individuals in the community lived in the past with the way they live in the present
Assessment-

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  Strategy- Advertisement
  

Social Studies

1. 
   Compare the way individuals in the community lived in the past with the way they live in the present
   
2. 
   Compare past and present similarities and differences in community life by using biographies, oral histories, folklore and video images
   

Assessment-

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  Strategy- Invention
  

Art

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  1.1.1 Explore ways that art reflects a culture.
  
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  1.6.3 Identify and use symbols to express ideas.
  
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  1.6.4 Demonstrate thoughtfulness and care in creating artwork.
  
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  1.8.2 Create a work of art utilizing concepts, subject matter, or the sign systems, such as words or numbers, of another discipline.
  

Assessment-

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  Newspaper Article- Have students write a newspaper article about Henry Ford, the first automobile, etc.
  
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  Advertisement- Make a poster advertisement of a present day car after researching early car advertisements*
  
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  Thank you note- using RAFT write a thank you note to Henry Ford*
  
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  Venn diagram comparing and contrasting cars of the past and present*
  

Vocabulary Strategies:

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  Charades- After learning words for the unit, play charades to help review the words and meanings
  
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  Concentration- Match words with meanings
  
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  Acrostic poem- Write an acrostic poem using a vocabulary word from the unit
  
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  Word bank- keep a displayed word bank of all the words from the unit*
  

Comprehension:

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  Visual Imagery- At the beginning of the unit have students draw a picture of how they visualize the first automobile*
  
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  Sequencing- Have students sequence pictures of cars from then to now*
  
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  BME Flip Chart- listen to fiction book about automobiles*
  
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  Story Path- Create a mural in the classroom about the automobile*
  
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  RAN chart at the beginning of the unit*
  

Math:

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  Graph of cars students own
  

Social Studies:

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  Timeline of the automobile from 19^th century to present*
  
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  Map where cars were made in Indiana
  
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  Draw a map of how to travel from the students home to school
  

Art:

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  Invent a car of the future, draw it and design a logo*
  
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  Draw a picture of a car and label the parts
  

Role Playing/Simulations:

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  Readers Theater- Have students create a play about an important time in automobile history or of the life of Henry Ford*
  

Field Trips:

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  Wayne County Historical Museum
  
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  Model T Museum
  

Children’s Books:

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  The History of Automobiles by David Corbett
  
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  Mama and Me and the Model T by Faye Gibbons
  
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  Driven A Photobiography of Henry Ford by Don Mitchell
  
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  The Visual Dictionary of Cars by Eyewitness Visual Dictionaries
  
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  Car by Richard Sutton
  
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  The Internal Combustion Engine by Ross R. Olney
  
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  Eat My Dust! Henry Ford’s First Race by Monica Kulling
  

Primary Sources:

Books-

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  Indiana Cars A History of the Automobile in Indiana by Dennis E. Horvath and Terri Horvath
  

Websites-

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  http://www.loc.gov
  
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  http://www.historychannel.com
  
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  http://americanhistory.si.edu.index.cfm
  
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  http://www.indianahistory.org