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Subject:  Social Studies
Topic:  People Who Make a Difference
           George Washington Carver, Sally Ride, Eleanor Roosevelt, Marie Curie,
            Albert Einstein, Louis Pasteur, Sitting Bull, Jackie Robinson, Golda Meir
Grade Level: 2nd grade
Student Lesson name and URL:
http://berners.bcoe.butte.k12.ca.us/~jhenning/student/

Roseville City School District Standards   Social Studies

2.5  The student will begin to appreciate the importance of individuals from many cultures, now and long ago, who have made a difference for the better in people's lives by:

 2.5.1  Reading or listening to simple biographies to understand major discoveries and accomplishments in various fields, their impact and the people responsible for them, how people overcome obstacles and what makes a a hero.

 2.5.2  Write a brief history of someone the student knows and explain how he or she makes a difference for the better.

California State Standards 
Social Studies

2.5 Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past have made a difference in others' lives. 

Reading

2.0  Students read and understand grade-level appropriate material.  They draw upon a variety of comprehension strategies as needed.
2.5  Restate facts and details in the text to clarify and organize ideas.

Listening and Speaking

2.2  Report on a topic with facts and details, drawing from several sources of information.

Link to State Standards
  

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1. After  completing the matching activity the students will be introduced to the faces and names of nine people they will be studying.
2. After completing the activities the students will be familiar with nine people who made a difference, know their names, and their occupations.
3. Students will be able to identify facts about a person of their choice from the web site.
4. Students will be able to identify the way the person of their choice made a difference in the world around them.
5. Students will be able to organize the information they have gathered for an oral report.
6. Students will be able to present their information, orally to the class, on the way a  person of their choice, made a difference. 

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Students will be able to log on and print out a Matching Page, that requires them to match the names of nine people with their pictures.  Then they will be required to print a Word Search that will familiarize the names of some of the nine people and some words that are associated with these same people.  This will continue to familiarize them with the people and their names and what they did.

 Enabling Activity(ies)

The students will be reading specific information from the web site about the Person of their Choice.  From this material they will be finding facts about the person's birth date, place of birth, family background, education, career choice, and what they did to make a difference.  They can also read any books or articles that they may find in the classroom or library on the person of their choice.  They will then be organizing their information into a written report.  This report will include the basic facts they learned and recorded on their Fact Sheet, as well as how the person made a difference.

Culminating Activity

The students will be preparing an oral report to give to the class using the information in their written report.  Their emphasis will be what the person did to make a difference, but will include other facts that will make the report informative and interesting.  They may also use pictures or other  visual materials that will help the other students in the classroom understand better what the person did to make a difference

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Culminating Activity
Pre-Test/Post-Test 
   Login under Student Login
   The Secret Word:  GIBBON1
   Enter your name
   Click Okay
   Select Social Studies Pre-Test

http://funbrain.com/quiz/index.html
 

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