Day 20; Lesson 7

Warning: Obstacles–February 14th 2013

Objective:  Given a Kids Discover Magazine, whole class discussion, and independent work, students will be able to describe the obstacles Lewis and Clark’s crew encountered by creating warning posters illustrating the potential obstacles/challenge and solutions to those obstacles.

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To hook my students in, I showed a comic:

To continue thinking about obstacles, students worked on making “warning posters” for Lewis and Clark’s crew. Students were to pretend that these would be signs that Lewis and Clark would see on their journey. The signs would help “make things easier” for the crew. The obstacles needed to be physical obstacles, and students needed to create a draft in their journals before moving on to the final poster. Requirements included:

• Name an obstacle
• Add an illustration
• Put at least 2 descriptive words about why the obstacle is an obstacle
• Propose a solution

Here are some poster examples:

Class Set in Hallway

Bears

Rocky Mountains

Bears

Gnats

Rocky Mountains

Later Days and Peace to all ♥