Google+Tools+Lesson+Plan+(using+Clickers+and+Google+Earth)

Students will understand the meaning of symbols, landmarks, monuments, and memorials. Students will learn about symbols, landmarks, monuments, and memorials that are in the United States. ** Resources **- Clicker System Google Earth ** Procedure **- 1. Introduce the lesson to the students. Tell them what they will be learning about today. 2. Begin by talking about landmarks. a. Does anyone know what a landmark is?  i. Give definition of a landmark to the students. b. Who can name a landmark that is in our city? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> i. Is the post office a landmark? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ii. Is our school a landmark? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> iii. Is a piece of paper on the classroom floor a landmark? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">c. Tell them that there are manmade landmarks and natural landmarks that are found in nature. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> i. Open Google earth to begin showing natural landmarks. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- The Grand Canyon (3D)- Tell the students about the Grand Canyon such as where its located, how big it is, etc.? By looking at the picture what do you notice about the ground. Can you tell me what the definition of a canyon is then? Give definition of a canyon. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Niagara Falls (3D)- (show 360 degree image also) Tell the students to look at the picture and describe to me what they see (mist,etc.). Tell them that Niagara Falls is world famous, where it’s located, and that it has two large waterfalls. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3. Introduce U.S. Government Symbols. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">a. Give definition of a symbol. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">b. Use Google Earth to show the White House (3D). <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> i. Ask the students if they know who lives in the White House? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- What would you call them? (The first family) <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Tell them about the House. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level5 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">a. When was it built? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level5 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">b. How many rooms are there? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level5 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">c. Who was the first president to live there? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level5 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">d. How many presidents have lived in the White House? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">c. Use Google Earth to show the U.S. Capitol building (3D). <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> i. Tell the students when was it built and what it’s used for. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4. Introduce Statues, Monuments, and Memorials <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">a. Tell them the definition of a Statue. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> i. Use Google Earth to show the Statue of Liberty (3D). <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Ask if anyone knows what country gave us the Statue of Liberty. Tell them it was France. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- When did the Statue of Liberty arrive here? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Tell them that its original color was not the greenish/bluish that it has now. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">b. Tell them the definition of a memorial. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> i. Use Google Earth to show the Lincoln Memorial (3D) (360 degree tour). <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Who is this memorial honoring? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Ask the students questions like who was Abraham Lincoln or what did he do for our country? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">c. Tell them the definition of a monument. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> i. Use Google Earth (shown in the 360 degree tour of the Lincoln Memorial) to show the Washington Monument. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 2in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Tell them what the monument represents. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Assessment-  ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Use the Clicker System to ask questions about the lesson. (I will provide 10 multiple choice questions.) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Follow-Up Project: Draw a picture of your favorite landmark, memorial, statue, monument or symbol that you have seen. If you want to draw one that you think of one your own, ask me for approval first. Write a paragraph about what you chose to draw. ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">21st Century Skills Goal- ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">My lesson meets the skills of Critical Thinking and Problem. At the end of the lesson, students must correctly answer the clicker questions which allows for them to demonstrate the skill of use different types of reasoning to derive at an answer. Also throughout the lesson, I asked questions using the technique of scaffolding. This meets the standard of interpreting information and drawing conclusions based on the best analysis. For example, I asked them to look at the Grand Canyon and describe what they saw. From their descriptions I then asked for them to give me what they think the definition of a canyon is.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Goal **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">-