Subject History 
                                                Topic: National Landmarks/Symbols 
                                                Grade Level: 3rd 
Standards Addressed 

Third Grade History 
3.4-Students understand the basic history of important  national landmarks, symbols, and documents that create a sense of community and cherished ideal amongst its citizens (the U.S. flag, the bald eagle, the Statue of Liberty, the US Capitol, etc.) 
                                                                                                                                                Instructional Objectives 
1.Students will compose and answer Who, What, Why, Where, and When questions on the topic -Bald Eagle after reading the same information on the topics. Students will choose one of the following landmarks/symbols as their topic:
White House, Washington Monument, Mt. Rushmore, Lincoln Memorial, Statue of Liberty, Liberty Bell, Jefferson Memorial, Capitol, Grand Canyon, and  St. Louis Arch. 
2.Students will read about their topic in a variety of resources (internet, books and magazines.) 
 3. Students will paraphrase information to have a Who, What, Why, Where, and  When for their topic. 
4. Students will make a hyperstack for their topic. 
5. Students will make an oral presentation of their hyperstacks. 

Student Activities 
Students will play a game making who, what, why, where, and when questions. Then
 they'll research a topic finding the who, what, where, why, and when information about
 their topic. Finally they will present a hyperstack they have made about their topic. 

Introductory Activity 
Students will listen to a story about the bald eagle. Then all students will read  in their
Houghton-Mifflin textbook  a story about the bald eagle and compose their who, what ,
why, where and  when questions and answers. Students will then form teams. They 
will take turns asking opposing teams the questions they just wrote.  They will score 
points for answering questions or stumping their opponent. 

Enabling Activity(ies) 
 Students will listen to books about America. They will choose with a partner one of the
  ten landmarks to research. Together they will find  the Who, What, Why, Where, and When  information about their topic using a variety of sources. They will also save
pictures of their landmark in a class Hyperstudio Drop folder. 

Culminating Activity 
 Students will make a hyperstack using Hyperstudio about an American landmark and present their hyperstacks to the class.