Last updated: October 7, 2019
Lesson Plan
Why Visit His Home?
- Grade Level:
- Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subject:
- Literacy and Language Arts
- Lesson Duration:
- 90 Minutes
- Common Core Standards:
- 4.SL.4, 4.SL.5, 4.W.1, 4.W.2, 4.W.3, 4.W.3.a, 4.W.3.b
- 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. Creating: Bring together parts (elements, compounds) of knowledge to form a whole and build relationships for NEW situations.
Essential Question
Why should you visit the Clinton Birthplace Home?
Objective
Compose a persuasive writing to others to visit the Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site.
Preparation
Students will complete a Writer's Workshop after conducting a site vist and tour of the home.
Materials
Used to activate prior knowledge and memories of the visit.
Download Images of Bill Clinton
Procedure
In a classroom setting, students will organize their thoughts, draft, edit and publish an essay, draft a speech or create a Prezi to persuade others to visit the site.