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Johnny Appleseed

Participant Names: Juliette Lambert, Linda Ross, and Janet Carlson

Focus of Unit: Social Studies and Language Arts:  2^nd grade

Rationale: Who was Johnny Appleseed?

Curriculum Standards: 

Alabama State Course of Study for Language Arts

                      7. Read and comprehend a variety of material.

                     13. Demonstrate appropriate listening and communicating behaviors.

                     14. Exhibit expanded vocabulary and sentence awareness.

             Alabama State Course of Study for Social Studies

1. Develop map and globe skills appropriate to developmental level.

2. Develop the ability to interpret and display information in graphic form.                    

10. Identify ways the natural environment affects occupational opportunities.

22. Compare transportation methods of families now to those used by families long ago.

Alabama State Course of Study for Technology

·Student use technology to locate, evaluate, and collect information from a variety of sources. 

·Students use technology tools to process data and report results.

·Students employ technology in the development of strategies for solving problems in the real world.  

Learning Activities:

1. The students will view Power Point presentation as whole group, with pauses for class interaction.

2. The students will divide into small cooperative groups to complete Kidspiration activities.

3. The students will retell the story of Johnny Appleseed.

Rubrics, Assessment, and Evaluation:

                        See attached Story Telling rubric file.

                        Student participation; teacher observation.

Learning Environment: Second grade students will develop an understanding of the curriculum standards through the legend of Johnny Appleseed.

            Passive Resources:

Apples by Gail Gibbons

Apples Here! by Will Hubbell

Appleseed John by Andrew Glass

Passive Resources (con’t)                     

Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale by Steven Kellogg

                        Johnny Appleseed Goes a’Planting by Patsy Jensen

                        Johnny Appleseed: The Story of a Legend by Will Moses

                        The Real Johnny Appleseed by Laurie Lawlor

                        Johnny Appleseed by Rabbit Ears Productions (videocassette recording)

            Dynamic Resources:

                        Websites:

 http://www.appleseed.org/johnny.html

 http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/apples/facts.html

                        Software:

                                    Microsoft Power Point

                                    Kidspiration

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