To begin the unit, I sent home a note to the parents stating that the child and I were collecting information on Abe Lincoln. As the children bring information in, it is placed in our display area.
ABE UNITABE UNIT
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
Alec’s great, great, great, great grandfather was a Civil War Soldier. He brought in documents about his grandfather, Abe and the Civil War.
I created an Abe Lincoln Power pointPower point Show. We viewed it as a class, then they watched in individually.
The History Place on the Internet http://www.historyplace.com/lincoln/
The class documented information we found on Abe. I had former
children of mine came in and read the Abe Lincoln Books they created
the year before.
Language Skills (Nouns) We listed “THE PLACES” that Abe is associated with.
One initial activity was a web about Abe’s childhood. We read a couple of books and then we listed facts about his
boyhood. Each child had to create an ABE WEB using any of the facts.
One example of my Group Center – This one had the children labeling two maps. The students are labeling the North and South regions on their maps (1860) map. Then on a separate empty US map, they had to color the four places Lincoln lived
in his life.
• Centers are a part of my classroom.
I usually have four groups or centers
1. Computer Group2. Seat work 3. Group Activity4. Guided Reading
Sequence – Using Power PointPower Point photos of events in his life. Individually, the students had to place
these in the correct order.
Then we looked at his childhood.
Using KIDSPIRATION,KIDSPIRATION,
the children had to list “FACTS”
about his childhood. They
had to know their source.
Math Lesson – To demonstrate Lincoln’s 6 foot 4 inch height,
we measured the board with a
basketball player. We were learning about measuring with inch
rulers, so we converted Abe’s
height to 76 inches tall and marked how tall Abe was on the
cut out.
Using the power pointpower point I created, I printed it putting two slides on one page. Then I made “ABE” guided reading books to read during
center time.
As and ART Project, we used the “Community Construction Kit”“Community Construction Kit” CD and we
created a house that looked liked a log cabin. We printed it and they constructed
their log cabin.
Another ART project was our ABE STAMPS. Using KID PIXKID PIX the students had to create ABE stamps they would
have liked to see designed.
Then I took the original slides from myfrom my MS Power MS Power pointpoint Show and deleted my words. The students then Show and deleted my words. The students then
labeled each photo.labeled each photo.
Our Abe Word
Bank is placed on the comput
er to assist
them in labeling
.
Using the
word bank, I created an ABC Order
Review Test
One final project
included our
completed research paper.
(Microsoft Word Document)
Using Microsoft WordMicrosoft Word, the students had to create questions they would
like to ask ABE.
On the INTERNETINTERNET, the students were able to take an electronic practice test on ABE.
