The Life of Abraham Lincoln

Roberta Bird
Introduction
Standards 
Objectives
Activities
Assessment 
Results
Resources

Introduction
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Subject Language Arts/ Social Science
Topic: Abraham Lincoln
Grade Level:2
Student Lesson name and URL:Abraham Lincoln 
Standards Addressed

Second Grade
Language Arts
Life Story of Abraham Lincoln

Students write clear and coherent sentences and paragraphs that develop a central idea. Their writing shows they consider the audience and purpose. Students progress through the stages of the writing process (e.g., prewriting, drafting, revising, editing successive versions).

2.5 Students understand the importance of individual action and character and explain how heroes from long ago and the recent past make a difference in others’ lives (e.g., biographies of Abraham Lincoln, Louis Pasteur, Sitting Bull, George Washington Carver, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, Golda Meir, Jackie Robinson, Sally Ride)

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Instructional Objectives
  1. Given a KWL chart, students will record their prior knowledge about Abraham Lincoln
  2. After listening to three stories, students will answer guided questions about Abraham Lincoln.
  3. After viewing information from the world wide web with teacher, students will record more information on their KWL chart.
  4. Using answers to guided questions and KWL chart , students will group related ideas together to create 3 to 5 paragraphs.
  5. Students will peer edit a partners document.
  6. After student's paper is edited by a peer, student will create a readable document with legible handwriting.
  7. Students will publish their writing in a classroom book.
 
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Student Activities
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Introductory Activity
tStudents will make a sillohuet of Lincoln and then be asked to name who the person is.  Then students will take a pre test and complete the KW of a KWL chart.

Teaching/Learning Activity
At listening center, students will listen to A Picture Book of Abraham Lincoln and record 3 facts on their chart.

Students will listen to stories read aloud by the teacher and record 3 different facts about Lincoln on their chart.

Students will access a website to collect three more facts to add to their chart.

Students will access the web to take a quiz for reviewing facts.

With teacher assistance, students will organize their information into 3 to 5 paragraphs .

 

Culminating Activity
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Assessment
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Web Resources & Supplementary Materials

Introductory Activity
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Enabling Activity
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Culminating Activity
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Hedrick Elementary
El Centro, CA
rbird@icoe.k12.ca.us 
:06/23/00