Notes+from+March+20

Cory will combine the lesson plan templates into one and put it on the wiki. Email examples to cory.little@nebo.edu.


 * Next meeting Tuesday April 21, 3:30 at Cherry Creek**

Tentative schedule for the workshop:
 * Start Time || End Time || Activity ||
 * 8:00 || 8:45 || Morning Activity ||
 * 8:45 || 9:00 || Introduce New Core Changes and Resources ||
 * 9:00 || 10:00 || Becky 1.1 a and b - Geography affects settlement ||
 * 10:00 || 10:30 || Jill 1.3 b - Renewable and non-renewable resources ||
 * 10:30 || 11:00 || Irene 1.3 c - Reduce, reuse, recycle ||
 * 11:00 || 11:30 || Cory 1.3 d and e - Water quality and Dams ||
 * 12:00 || 1:00 || Lunch and games ||
 * 1:00 || 2:00 || Mary Lynn - Native Americans ||
 * 2:00 || 2:30 || Michelle - Interacting cultures ||
 * 2:30 || 2:45 || Michelle - Respecting others ||
 * 2:45 || 3:30 || Michelle - Inventions ||
 * 3:30 || 4:00 || Where to go from here. ||

Morning Activity - Give each teacher that comes in the name from one of the five Utah tribes. Classroom Classics has the song with the names of the tribes. They go to their section and meet with their tribe. Then they get cards with their assignment. Use the Utah map to look at the geographic features of their area to decide where to settle. Then how to organize as a government, then natural resources, then a rhythm /chant type thing. They would a poster to show about their tribe and a summary statement about why their plan is best. Then they show their poster and all vote on which tribe to join (can we join our tribes into one nation?)

Cory's Lesson - 1.3 d and e Looks at water quality issues and floods and dams. The lesson plan is on the main page.

Becky's lesson 1.1 a and b Looks at why people settle where they do. Teach vocabulary, show powerpoint from different places in America and maybe population there. Discuss how geography affects where people live and the population density. Graphic organizer. Talk about how geographical features affect settlement in Utah. Make a map of Utah (crayons, or clay, or food) and talk about why and where cities in Utah are. Nighttime population map, compared to physical map. How latitude affects population density. For math - compare and order the populations. Homework with questionaire for parents about reasons for settling, then graph results. This Land is your Land. Extension: fictitious map they create on transparency about a made-up place to settle.

1.3 b - Jill Renewable and non-renewable resources. The Lorax and Still, the Turtle Watched books might work with this. They could make a flip book to illustrate and describe renewable and non-renewable resources.

1.3 c - Irene Reduce, reuse, recycle. Just a Dream book, Agatha's Feather Bed book. What happens to all of the trash in the world? Explore ways to conserve and preserve. List items that are recycled, reused. Statistics on waste, usage, etc. Talk about the recycle symbol. In groups they design their own poster to be put up in the school to promote RRR. Songs to find. Hokey Pokey to a recycle theme. Trash math - from Kids Discover Garbage sculpture Oscar the Grouch sings, "I love trash" Kids Discover issue on Garbage - Garbologist Relay race with garbage Persuasive paper on the subject Musical instruments from trash - Promote Arts express 23-25 of June

Michelle - 2.1 e Changes in communities when 2 or more cultures interact What is a culture? Maybe bring in something from their background. Jigsaw maybe, to learn about a few different cultures Quilt or puzzle that highlights the differences fitting into one community Each gets a quilt square or puzzle piece Nolan has some movement activities that seem to fit well here.

2 a and b - Mary Lynn - Native Americans and their interaction with the Europeans that came Chart, with resources, let them do research, then fill in the matrix for each culture or region that is studied. Create some kind of a group project to present that info to the class

Michelle - Respect for others A few kids get candy, how did that feel? Movie clips of examples and non-examples Act out scenarios

Michelle - Inventions learn from powerpoint Stations with riddles, art, poem, discovery The Important book, make their own for an invention