3rd Grade Digital research: famous people
The Standards
ELACC3W8: Recall information from experience or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
ELACC3W6: With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Common-Core/Common%20Core%20Frameworks/CCGPS_ELA_Grade3_Standards.pdf
SS3H2 The student will discuss the lives of Americans who expanded people’s rights and freedoms in a democracy. These important people are: Paul Revere (independence), Frederick Douglass (civil rights), Susan B.Anthony (women’s rights), Mary McLeod Bethune (education), Franklin D.Roosevelt (New Deal and World War II), Eleanor Roosevelt (United Nations and human rights), Thurgood Marshall (civil rights), Lyndon B. Johnson(Great Society and voting rights), and César Chávez (workers’ rights).
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Georgia%20Performance%20Standards/Gr3%20Social%20Studies%20Stds%202009-2010%205-27-08.pdf
ELACC3W6: With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using keyboarding skills) as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Common-Core/Common%20Core%20Frameworks/CCGPS_ELA_Grade3_Standards.pdf
SS3H2 The student will discuss the lives of Americans who expanded people’s rights and freedoms in a democracy. These important people are: Paul Revere (independence), Frederick Douglass (civil rights), Susan B.Anthony (women’s rights), Mary McLeod Bethune (education), Franklin D.Roosevelt (New Deal and World War II), Eleanor Roosevelt (United Nations and human rights), Thurgood Marshall (civil rights), Lyndon B. Johnson(Great Society and voting rights), and César Chávez (workers’ rights).
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Standards/Georgia%20Performance%20Standards/Gr3%20Social%20Studies%20Stds%202009-2010%205-27-08.pdf
What you will accomplish in this lesson...
- Research and select facts about a famous person from digital sources, take brief notes, and sort those facts into the appropriate category
- Publish the famous person facts on the class blog and comment on two classmates’ blog post
Tools to review before you begin...
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The steps you will take to get there...
STEP 1: In class, I have already introduced you to all of the websites you will be using for independent research. They are GALILEO resources you used for your research project earlier in the year.
STEP 2: During center time, you will independently visit the websites listed below to find famous person facts. You must divide the facts you find and write them in the correct area of your notes page. You will be graded using the rubric above. To be sure you stay on track, you are required to find a minimum of four facts each day! (Yes, I will be checking.)
**The password for all these sites is "feather" until May 20, 2015.
STEP 2: During center time, you will independently visit the websites listed below to find famous person facts. You must divide the facts you find and write them in the correct area of your notes page. You will be graded using the rubric above. To be sure you stay on track, you are required to find a minimum of four facts each day! (Yes, I will be checking.)
**The password for all these sites is "feather" until May 20, 2015.
STEP 3: Each day, you write the famous person facts you have found in note form NOT sentence form.
STEP 4: Each day, you will sort your famous person facts and write them into the correct area of your notes.
STEP 5: When you have found all 25 famous person facts and sorted them into the correct category, use the rubric to check your work and ensure you've met all the assignment's criteria.
STEP 6: Next, you're ready to post the famous person facts on our class blog.
STEP 6: Read two other students’ work on the blog. Select the two facts that are the most interesting to you. Submit a comment on each student's post explaining why you think those facts are interesting.** Your comments will be graded using the checklist included above. As always, you are expected to use kind words, show respect, and use appropriate language. Please check your grammar and usage when writing.
**Alternate assignment option: Rather than commenting on your classmates’ famous person, you may formulate a comparison of your famous person with your classmate's animal using a Venn Diagram. Please let me know that you are considering this option. I will give you more details on how to complete this post.
STEP 4: Each day, you will sort your famous person facts and write them into the correct area of your notes.
STEP 5: When you have found all 25 famous person facts and sorted them into the correct category, use the rubric to check your work and ensure you've met all the assignment's criteria.
STEP 6: Next, you're ready to post the famous person facts on our class blog.
STEP 6: Read two other students’ work on the blog. Select the two facts that are the most interesting to you. Submit a comment on each student's post explaining why you think those facts are interesting.** Your comments will be graded using the checklist included above. As always, you are expected to use kind words, show respect, and use appropriate language. Please check your grammar and usage when writing.
**Alternate assignment option: Rather than commenting on your classmates’ famous person, you may formulate a comparison of your famous person with your classmate's animal using a Venn Diagram. Please let me know that you are considering this option. I will give you more details on how to complete this post.