Integrated Literacy

AssignmentBy: Jillian Lewis

1-H2.0.7 Identify the events or people celebrated during U.S. national holidays and why we celebrate them.

Independence DayConstitution Day

Martin Luther King Jr. DayPresidents Day

GLCE:

Books• Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr.

Martin Luther King, JR.• By: Doreen Rappaport• Picture book biography

• So You Want to Be President?• By Judith St. George • multiple biographies- tell details from

the lives and accomplishments of presidents, along with the basic facts about each leader.

Books Continued• Fourth of July Mice • By: Bethany Roberts• Four little mice celebrate

Independence Day. The rhyming text is great to for young kids, and it’s a fun way to celebrate the 4th of July.

• We the Kids: The Preamble to the Constitution of the United States

• By: David Catrow • Shows kids the role that the

Constitution plays in their present-day lives and futures.

• Includes a glossary of terms

Pictures

POETRY

POETRY CONTINUED

Artwork

Songs and Videos• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_8Z1mi6eyM Independence Day

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30OyU4O80i4 Constitution Day

• http://www.schooltube.com/video/cdb54b6de09bd9244882/THE-PRESIDENT-childrens-song-about-Washington-and-Lincoln President’s Day

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQy1o6JVPIQ M.L. K. Jr. Day

http://www.icivics.org/teachers/lesson-plans/constitution-day This website is designed to help teachers with civics lesson plans and more!

http://www.usconsulate.org.hk/pas/kids/mlkd.htmThis is a great website for young kids. It is informative, yet not too difficult and is colorful and user friendly. http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/martinlutherkingjr/One of the unique things that this website provides is cartoon videos filled with facts that help young children learn about important events and people significant to our country. http://www.usa4kids.com/presidents/Presidents.html This website is a fun, interactive site specifically designed for young users. It has accurate, factual information about all the presidents of the U.S. and shows the dates of major U.S. holidays. http://v7.k12.com/constitutionday/lessons/K-1/lesson_holder.htm?preloader.swf?Title=Preview%20-%20CH_K-01_01&userType=1000&lessonFile=content_lesson_39166.txt&previewMode=1&subjectID=4&uiType=33&targetType=1&stateAbbrev=PA&envID=1' This website narrates the meaning of the Constitution

Resources http://constitutioncenter.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence http://inspirevibrance.com/photo/martin-luther-king-jr http://theobamacrat.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/hope-by-shepard-fairey.jpg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_8Z1mi6eyM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30OyU4O80i4 http://www.schooltube.com/video/cdb54b6de09bd9244882/THE-PRESIDENT-childrens-song-about-Washington-and-Lincoln http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQy1o6JVPIQ http://www.icivics.org/teachers/lesson-plans/constitution-day http://www.usconsulate.org.hk/pas/kids/mlkd.htm http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/martinlutherkingjr/ http://www.usa4kids.com/presidents/Presidents.html http://v7.k12.com/constitutionday/lessons/K-1/lesson_holder.htm?preloader.swf?Title=Preview%20-%20CH_K-01_01&userType=1000&lessonFile=content_lesson_39166.txt&previewMode=1&subjectID=4&uiType=33&targetType=1&stateAbbrev=PA&envID=1'

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/so-you-want-be-president http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/martin39s-big-words http://www.amazon.com/Fourth-July-Mice-Bethany-Roberts/dp/0618313664 http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/book/we-kids http://uwglibrary.wordpress.com/2010/09/08/a-few-things-you-may-not-know-about-the-constitution/constitution-day-poster-september-17-2009-6/ http://www.icivics.org/teachers/lesson-plans/constitution-day http://moralheroes.org/martin-luther-king-jr http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mount_Rushmore_National_Memorial.jpg http://vfwpost3142.com/flag.html http://ingles360.blogspot.com/2012/12/martin-luther-king.html http://restorethepledge.org/

http://www.crayola.com/crafts/i-have-a-dream-craft/ http://kindergartensmorgasboard.blogspot.com/2013/02/a-kindergarten-smorgasboard-schedulin_17.html http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/signers.html