Last updated: November 2, 2018
Lesson Plan
Measurements
- Grade Level:
- Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subject:
- Math
- Lesson Duration:
- 30 Minutes
- State Standards:
- NATIONAL/STATE STANDARDS:
SC - 3-5 Student understands length, time, weight, & liquid measurements; relationships between systems of measure; accurate, efficient, & general methods of determining polygon perimeters, & the values & combinations of coins re - 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.
Essential Question
How far is a distance of 50 yards? 300 yards?
Objective
Students will be able to understand the distances of 300 yards and 50 yards.
Background
Students will be able to understand the distances of 300 yards and 50 yards.
Preparation
To be brought from home or school:
- Yard sticks
- Stop watch
- Yarn
- Tally table chart
Procedure
Pre-Video Procedure (activities/discussion/lesson)
www.nps.gov/cowp/planyourvisit/outdooractivities.htm. Read aloud the transcript of the selected Bearss clip.)
Talk about the rifle firing accurately up to 300 yards and the musket up to 50 yards. The rifle could only fire one musket ball per minute, and the musket could fire three in one minute.
Divide students into groups. Each group will measure a 300-yard string and a 50-yard string.
Post-Video Procedure (activities/discussion/lesson)
Find an open space where the students can stretch their strings out and stand 300 yards and 50 yards apart.
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Time 1 minute
300 yards
50 yards - Students measure the string and record each yard on a tally table.
- After students stretch their strings out, use the stopwatch to time how far they can travel in 1 minute. Then divide the minute into thirds.
- Talk about how this would feel on the battlefield.