Grade 4
Erin Jackson
Leslie Johnson
Stephanie Preuss
Elizabeth Scoggin
Rochelle Szczepanski
Erin Jackson
Leslie Johnson
Stephanie Preuss
Elizabeth Scoggin
Rochelle Szczepanski
Anticipatory Set:
Students' interest will be captured by having them guess what is in the closed "treasure chest". Students will learn what the difference between primary and secondary documents. They will be able to classify them into two categories by using the examples that are provided in the "treasure chest".
Input Mode of Instruction: Classifying
and Discussing
Hands-on activity:
Closure/Reflection:
- After the students have guessed what is in the "treasure chest" they will receive a piece of paper which they will divide into two sections, one for primary documents
and the other for secondary documents.
- Have students open the chest and begin to classify the articles in the chest by what type of document they believe each article to be.
- Next, teacher should pull out each individual article from the chest and ask students how they classified each article as and why they did so.
- Teacher will give the correct classifications to each article and explain why it is classified that way.
- Discuss the three Founding Documents of our country, the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Constitution. The students will be asked to read the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence.
- Discuss why the document is important and why it is used today.
Students will be asked to answer questions about primary and secondary documents. Discuss the following questions to create generalizations and applications about the lesson presented:
- What did you notice about primary documents and secondary documents.
- What is the difference between primary and secondary documents,
- Students will conclude by discussing how we would create our own primary document for the classroom.
Materials
Primary Documents
Secondary Documents