November 12, 2015
I concluded my first unit today with a lesson on the American symbol, the Liberty Bell. I spent a great deal of time trying to find a "wow" activity for the Liberty Bell. Unfortunately I came out empty handed from my many online searches. My co-op shared the same past experiences and we decided to do more of a "mini-lesson". I lacked the same excitement for this lesson that I did for my others. However, my attitude quickly changed while the lesson was going on and after it was over. I ended up doing a cloze passage activity. I wrote up a 1st grade leveled summary of the story of the Liberty Bell. I had printouts for each student and I had a version on the SmartBoard. I called on students to come up and write the answers on the SmartBoard while the rest of the class filled in their answers on their own printouts. We concluded the lesson by looking at a picture of the Liberty Bell and each student drew a replica on their own paper. As students finished they each verbally told me some of their favorite American Symbols we learned about throughout the unit.
The next social studies unit won't begin until after Christmas break. Because of this next week I will be doing a stand alone lesson.
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