Introduction
The main goal of this unit is to introduce the students to basic Unite States history.
Task
The job of the students will be to make a journal. In this journal the students will draw a picture, and write a few sentences about what they learned that day. At the end of each day the students will present their drawings.
Process
1. Watch Video about George Washington
2. Have a discussion about how Important George Washington is to the United States gaining their freedom, and becoming a country.
After the students gain all this information they will begin their journals. Each day after the students gain more information, they will be required to draw a picture and write a few sentences about something that they learned that day.
Evaluation
(1) Needs Improvement- students don't draw anything, and have nothing written.
(2) Satisfactory- student has some pictures, and sentences related to the content we are learning in class.
(3) Excellent- students listen to directions, and have a picture along with sentences that are related to the content for each day of class.
Conclusion
Living in the United States gives you a lot of opportunities, and freedoms that you would not have in a lot of other countries. Many people move to the United States for these freedoms. Many things had to happen for you today to have this kind of freedom. Can you name any freedoms that you have?
Credits
I would like to thank the other kindergarten teachers who all came together to help find good videos for this unit.
Video obtained from:
Youtube
Images obtained from:
Google Images
School Clip art
Teacher Page
The goal of this WebQuest is intended for the children to get an introduction to early United States history. The students will have an opportunity to learn about important people like George Washington, and other important people. The students will also become familiar with the struggles that the United States faced to get freedom.