Day 21; Lesson 8

Animal Sketch–February 15th 2013

Objective:    Given a Kids Discover magazine, whole class discussion, and independent work, students will be able to understand one of Lewis and Clark’s contributions to history by reading about what Lewis and Clark documented and drawing their own animal sketch

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This lesson’s focus was to get students thinking about journaling in terms of why it is beneficial, especially in Lewis and Clark’s time.  I adapted my lesson from this site: animal encounters

I had students listen to a description of a sage grouse and asked them to try to draw the animal based off of the description. When everyone had a chance to draw, I revealed the animal’s name and picture.

Sage Grouse

 

 

 

We talked about how important journaling was back in Lewis and Clark’s time and why they did it. To keep exercising this thought, I had students pick from a list of animals the Lewis and Clark saw and recorded in their journals. Students were to pick an animal, write a short but detailed description (without giving away the name) of the animal, and share it with a partner to try and guess what animal it is.

 

 

Later Days and Peace to all ♥

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 ♥