2015-02-02
PreK Color Groups
Read: Laugh with a Giraffe & Percy Gets Upset
Check-out books
Watch: Giraffes Can't Dance
KDG
Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson.
A wordless book of pictures demonstrating letters of the alphabet as seen around the city.
Use ppt projector and file to show the scanned images of the book and the overlay of each letter.
z::\leesons\KDG\alphabet city.ppt
1st
Our Children Can Soar 323.0 COO
demonstrate e-books on FollettShelf on George Washington Carver
2nd
Read: "Some men are born to greatness, others have greatness thrust upon them" T. Roosevelt
Lesson on Rosa Parks
Discussion: How does this quote exemplify this simple woman who was simply too tired to stand up on a bus?
Exercise: Discussion of the history of Rosa Parks and her impact on the inception of the Civil Rights Movement. How does MLK play into her act of defiance?
Materials Needed: Rosa by Nikki Giovanni
3rd
Discussion: Origins of Black History Month
Exercise: Preview some questions on the history of Black History Month. Watch three minute video through www.historychannel.com and review the answers.
Materials Needed: Access to LCD projector. z:\Lessons\Holidays\Black History\The Beginning of Black History Month.ppt file.
4th
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month
Discussion: Origins of Black History Month
Exercise: Preview some questions on the history of Black History Month. Watch three minute video through www.historychannel.com and review the answers.
Materials Needed: Access to LCD projector. z:\Lessons\Holidays\Black History\The Beginning of Black History Month.ppt file.
5th
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks/videos/bet-you-didnt-know-rosa-parks
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Personification and Imagery
Boycott Blues Andrea Davis Pinkney
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