Last updated: October 7, 2019
Lesson Plan
Family Ties (Post Visit)
- Grade Level:
- Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subject:
- Social Studies
- Lesson Duration:
- 30 Minutes
- Common Core Standards:
- 4.SL.1
- State Standards:
- SL.4.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussion
- Thinking Skills:
- Remembering: Recalling or recognizing information ideas, and principles. Understanding: Understand the main idea of material heard, viewed, or read. Interpret or summarize the ideas in own words. Applying: Apply an abstract idea in a concrete situation to solve a problem or relate it to a prior experience. Analyzing: Break down a concept or idea into parts and show the relationships among the parts. Evaluating: Make informed judgements about the value of ideas or materials. Use standards and criteria to support opinions and views.
Essential Question
How do our family experiences impact our lives?
Objective
Identify differences and similarities between student families and those of President Clinton
Background
Families are more similar than we think. This activity will be good for relationship building and demonstrate similarities between students.
Preparation
| Site visit to President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site |
Materials
Used for post-visit activity to consider similarities and differences in the student's life to that of Bill Clinton's upbringing.
Lesson Hook/Preview
As a class, what are some of our similarities?
Procedure
| Teacher will lead a discussion on what aspects of President Cllinton's early years were similar or different than the student's experiences. Using the enclosed Venn diagram, students can compare and contrast their family lives to that of Bill Clinton's. |
Vocabulary
Compare
Contrast
Venn Diagram
Relationship
Similarities
Enrichment Activities
For younger students, the teacher could designate a linear spectrum, ask aloud questions and students could "vote with their feet" by moving from one end to the other based on their individual answers, e.g. live with grandparent, has a brother, likes music, etc.