VA U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
National Cemetery Ad ministration
,~ UCF
Department of History
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
Veterans Legacy Program Curricular Materials
DiscoveringourVeteransandtheir RelationtoFrance
Grade Level: Fifth Grade
SubjectArea:SocialStudiesandFrench
Benchmarks :
FrenchStandard:Culture: The studentwillbeabletousethetargetlanguagetogain
knowledgeanddemonstrateunderstandingoftherelationshipamongpractices, products, and perspectivesofculturesotherthanhis/herown. Science Standard: SC.5.N.1.1 Defineaproblem, useappropriatereferencematerialstosupportscientific understanding, planandcarryoutscientificinvestigationsofvarioustypessuchas:systematic observations,experimentsrequiringtheidentificationofvariables, collectingandorganizing data, interpretingdataincharts, tables, andgraphics, analyzeinformation, make predictions, anddefendconclusions.(DOK 3) Social StudiesStandard: SS.5.A.1.1 Useprimaryandsecondarysourcestounderstandhistory. SS.5.A.1.2 UtilizetimelinestoidentifyanddiscussAmericanHistorytimeperiods. SS.5.G.1.6 Locateandidentifystates, capitals, andUnitedStatesTerritoriesonamap. SS.5.G.4.1 Use geographicknowledgeandskillswhendiscussingcurrentevents.
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VA U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
National Cemetery Ad ministration
,~ UCF
Department of History
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
Veterans Legacy Program Curricular Materials
LESSONCONTENT:
Vocabulary: Textdependentquestions, evidence, inference, conclusions, primary documents, veterans, expositorywriting
SuggestedTechnology: DocumentCamera, ComputerforPresenter, ComputersforStudents, InternetConnection, LCDProjector, Speakers/Headphones, AdobeFlashPlayer, Microsoft Office, ComputerMediaPlayer, JavaPlugin, posterboards
LearningObjectives:Whatshouldstudentsknowandbeabletodoasaresultofthislesson?
Studentswillbeabletosummarizebasedupondetailsfromatext. Studentswillbeabletoinferanddrawconclusionsbasedupondetailsfromatext. Studentswillbeabletoanalyzeprimarysourcesandgatherinformationfromthetext. Studentswillbeabletouseevidencefromthetexttosupporttheirinferences. Studentswillbeabletointegrateinformationfromprimarysourcesandwriteabout the subject.
PriorKnowledge:Whatpriorknowledgeshouldstudentshaveforthislesson?
Studentswillneedtobeabletosummarizeinformationaltext. Studentswillneedtobeabletomakeinferencesfromtexts. Studentswillneedtobeabletoworkwithapartner. Studentswillneedtobeabletocompleteagraphicorganizer. Studentswillneedtobeabletocreateaposterboardpresentation. StudentswillneedtobeabletowriteusingtheconventionsofstandardEnglish.
GuidingQuestions:What are the guidingquestionsfor thislesson?
HowcanIorganizetheinformationobtainedinchronologicalorder? HowcanIsummarizetheinformation? HowcanIcollaboratewithotherstudentstocompleteanassignment? Whatisaprimaryresource? Howwouldaprimaryresourcebeused? Whataresomeexamplesofprimaryresources? Whatinformationcanbelearnedfromaphotograph? Whatdetailsareimportantinaparticularphotograph? Whatisaconclusion? Whatdoesareaderdowhentheyinfer? Howcanapersoninferfromaphotograph?
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VA U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
National Cemetery Ad ministration
Department of History
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
Veterans Legacy Program Curricular Materials
TeachingPhase:Howwilltheteacherpresenttheconceptorskilltostudents?
Thislessonwilltake45minutesperdayfor5days.
Part 1
Theteacherwillbegininstructionbyshowingthe PowerPoint onprimarysourcesand explainingtheslides.Forthelastslide, havestudentseithergiveathumbupordownto answereachquestion.
Studentswillwatchavideobuildingpriorknowledge
ToestablishpriorknowledgeonwhofoughtinFrance, thestudentswill learnabouttheUS thirdinfantry andtheroleitplayedinFranceduringWorldWarIandWorldWarII.Kenneth Holliday(UCFStudentandUSArmyVeteranwhoservedintheThirdInfantry)providesabrief historyoftheThirdInfantryanditsmotto, " RockoftheMarne,"intwoshortvideosonWorld WarIandWorldWarII. WWI-https://youtu.be/jqSCKZRuJdc WWII-https://youtu.be/JjC90ssKYP4
Teacher will explainthedifferent symbolsandtheirmeaningusingtheresourcesatthe NationalCemeteryAdministrationWebpage. Informationaboutheadstones, markersand medallionscanbefound here andalistofemblemsofbeliefcanbefound here.
Parts 2and3
Theteacherwillpartnerstudentsandgoovertherubricandthequestions.
Studentswillworkcollaborativelytoreadthebiographyontheveteransselectedfromamong thosewhohaveaconnectiontoFrance, andgatheranswerstothefollowingquestions.
Createa posterboard ofa veteran has a connection to France.
● Theboardwillhaveatimelineofthesoldier'slife. ● Theveterantombstonewiththereligioussymbolandthemeaningofthesymbolswill
bedrawnontheposterboard. ● Summarizehisorherlife.
○ HowistheveteranconnectedtoFrance?
○ When will your soldier be honored?
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VA U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
National Cemetery Administration
~ UCF
Department of History
UNIVERS I TY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
Veterans Legacy Program Curricular Materials
○ Whatwardidtheyfoughtin?whenisthedayforcelebratingthiswar?Inthe
UnitedStatesandinFrance.(ExampleVeteransDay, November8, November11, memorialdayetc.)
● Whatisyourprimarysource?Usevisualaidandexplain. ● Ifyoulearnednewvocabularywhataretheyandwhatistheirmeaning. ● Didyoulearnanyinteresting(wow)facts?
Parts 4&5
Studentswillbuildtheirposterboardwiththeirpartners.
Teacherwillcollectallboards.
Extra Activity
ResearchandStats Mostveterans’ tombstoneshaveasymbol. Gobacktothewebsiteandfindthenumberofveteranswhohavethesamesymbol.
● Basedonthe120biographiesmade, howmanysoldiershavethesamereligion you do?
● Createagraph/chartcomparingallthesymbolsandreligions.
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VA U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
National Cemetery Ad ministration
Department of History
UNI V ER S ITY OF CENTRAL FLOR I DA
Veterans Legacy Program Curricular Materials
GenericPosterGradingRubric
CATEGORY 4 3 2 1
Use of ClassTime
Usedtimewell duringeachclass period.Focusedon gettingtheproject done.Never distractedothers.
Usedtimewell duringeachclass period.Usually focusedongetting theprojectdone andnever distractedothers.
Usedsomeofthe timewellduring eachclassperiod. Therewassome focusongettingthe projectdonebut occasionally distractedothers.
Didnotuse classtimeto focusonthe projectOR oftendistracted others.
Graphics-Originality
Severalofthe graphicsusedon theposterreflecta exceptionaldegree ofstudent creativityintheir creationand/or display.
Oneortwoofthe graphicsusedon theposterreflect studentcreativity intheircreation and/ordisplay.
Thegraphicsare madebythe student, butare basedonthe designsorideasof others.
Nographics madebythe studentare included.
Required Theposter All required Allbut1ofthe Several Elements includesall
requiredelements aswellas additional information.
elementsare includedonthe poster.
requiredelements areincludedonthe poster.
required
elementswere missing.
Content– Atleast7accurate 5-6accuratefacts 3-4accuratefacts Lessthan3 Accuracy factsaredisplayed
ontheposter. aredisplayedon
theposter. aredisplayedonthe
poster. accuratefacts aredisplayed ontheposter.
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National Cemetery Ad ministration
Department of History
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
Veterans Legacy Program Curricular Materials
Grammar Thereareno grammatical mistakesonthe poster.
There is1
grammatical mistakeonthe poster.
Thereare2 grammatical mistakesonthe poster.
Therearemore than2 grammatical mistakesonthe poster.
Labels Allitemsof importanceonthe posterareclearly labelledwithlabels thatcanberead fromatleast3ft. away.
Almostallitemsof importanceonthe posterareclearly labelledwith labelsthatcanbe readfromatleast 3ft.away.
Severalitemsof importanceonthe posterareclearly labelledwithlabels thatcanberead fromatleast3ft. away.
Labelsaretoo smalltoview ORno importantitems werelabelled.
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VA U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
National Cemetery Ad ministration
,~ UCF
Department of History
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLOR I DA
Veterans Legacy Program Curricular Materials
VeteranBiographiesRelatedtoFranceandFrancophoneTerritories
Allareavailable here.
World WarI John Antuono John Borris HylonBroadbrook EugeneBartoFricks HenryL.Gau MelvinHemmerle FrancisGerould FredKalinchuk Charles“Carlo”Leonetti AlexanderLucas GiosueNasso WilliamHenryOliver ClarenceL.Ostrander FelizPrendota WesleyZimmerman
World WarII DavidCarlHaberstroh MelvinA.Hemmerle SidneyMalatsky HarryWeber
FranceandFrancophoneterritories JohnMarcelAndres HenryFrancisCavicchi BryceLafave
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