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Title:
A Walk Through the White House
Type of teaching unit: Lesson Plan
Grade Level: Second and Third Grades
Time Frame: 3 days
Subject Matter: Social Science
Lesson
Methods
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Teacher Information:
Names: Stacy Brase and Shannon Weber
Schools: Midway Elementary
and Hamel Elementary
AAM affiliation: Southern
Illinois University Edwardsville
Email addresses: sbrase@ecusd7.org and sweber@ecusd7.org
Lesson Plan Description and Rationale:
Our second and third graders
study the celebration of America and the importance of our national government. The
purpose of this lesson is to introduce the students to the home of our
President which rests in our nation’s capitol, Washington, D.C. Appreciating
the impact that the White House plays on our governmental systems and
understanding the activities that take place in this famous building are goals
of this lesson.
State Standards:
State Goal 14: Understand
political systems, with an emphasis on the United States.
Standard 14B: Understand the
structures and functions of the political systems of Illinois, the United States, and other nations.
Objectives:
1.
Students will
learn about the importance of the White House through pictures from American
Memory.
2.
Students will
explore the White House and important rooms within through books in the
classroom, as well as a PowerPoint of primary sources.
3.
Students will
take an online tour of the White House and take notes of interesting facts
found.
4.
Students will select
3 rooms within the White House and design a tour brochure including interesting
facts that they have found in books, the internet, etc. The brochure will also
include interesting facts on the White House in general as well as 1 page of
“other interesting facts”.
Resources:
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Runyon,
Robert, 1881-1968 . White House, June 1917. The South
Texas Border: The Robert Runyon Photograph Collection. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/runyon:@field(DOCID+@lit(txuruny.04169)). February 2004.
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Harvard
University
Graduate School
of Design, Frances Loeb Library, Gund Hall,
48
Quincy Street, Cambridge MA
02138. White House, south
front, Washington, DC. Building/structure/site dates: 1792-ca.1801. American
Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/alad:@field(DOCID+@lit(h119022)).
mhsdalad 290020. February
2004.
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Delano,
Jack, photographer. White House. Washington,
D.C. 1941 July. America from the Great
Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1935-1945. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/fsaall:@field(NUMBER+@band(fsa+8c06267)).
(intermediary
roll film) fsa 8c06267. February 2004.
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Horydczak,
Theodor, ca. 1890-1971, photographer. White House interiors. Grand
staircase in White House I. ca. 1920-ca. 1950. Washington as It Was:
Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/horyd:@field(NUMBER+@band(thc+5a50856)).
(color
corrected film copy slide) thc 5a50856
urn:hdl:loc.pnp/thc.5a50856 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/thc.5a50856.
February 2004.
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Horydczak,
Theodor, ca. 1890-1971, photographer. White House interiors. East Room
in White House, piano corner. ca. 1920-ca. 1950. Washington as It Was:
Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/horyd:@field(NUMBER+@band(thc+5a50851)).
(color
corrected film copy slide) thc 5a50851
urn:hdl:loc.pnp/thc.5a50851 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/thc.5a50851.
February 2004.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Washington,
D.C. 20540 USA.
[President's Office, White House, Washington,
D.C.]. c1904. Touring
Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company,
1880-1920. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/detr:@field(NUMBER+@band(det+4a11663)).
(intermediary
roll film) det 4a11663. February 2004.
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Horydczak,
Theodor, ca. 1890-1971, photographer. White House interiors. Green
Room in White House. 1946. Washington as It Was:
Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/horyd:@field(NUMBER+@band(thc+5a50854)).
(color
corrected film copy slide) thc 5a50854
urn:hdl:loc.pnp/thc.5a50854 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/thc.5a50854.
February 2004
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Horydczak,
Theodor, ca. 1890-1971, photographer. White House interiors. Blue Room
in White House. ca. 1920-ca. 1950. Washington as It Was:
Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/horyd:@field(NUMBER+@band(thc+5a50861)).
(color
corrected film copy slide) thc 5a50861
urn:hdl:loc.pnp/thc.5a50861 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/thc.5a50861.
February 2004.
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Horydczak,
Theodor, ca. 1890-1971, photographer. White
House interiors. Red Room in White House. ca. 1920-ca. 1950. Washington as It Was:
Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/horyd:@field(NUMBER+@band(thc+5a50859)).
(color
corrected film copy slide) thc 5a50859
urn:hdl:loc.pnp/thc.5a50859 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/thc.5a50859.
February 2004.
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Horydczak,
Theodor, ca. 1890-1971, photographer. White House interiors. Private
dining room in White House. ca. 1920-ca. 1950. Washington as It Was:
Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/horyd:@field(NUMBER+@band(thc+5a50857)).
(color
corrected film copy slide) thc 5a50857 urn:hdl:loc.pnp/thc.5a50857
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/thc.5a50857.
February 2004.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Washington,
D.C. 20540 USA.
The Cabinet Room, White House. c1904. Touring
Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company,
1880-1920. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/detr:@field(NUMBER+@band(det+4a11662)).
(intermediary
roll film) det 4a11662. February 2004.
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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Washington,
D.C. 20540 USA.
Napoleon clock and mantle, Blue Room, White House, Washington, D.C. c1904.
Touring
Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company,
1880-1920. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/detr:@field(NUMBER+@band(det+4a11669)). (intermediary
roll film) det 4a11669. February 2004.
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Jackson,
William Henry, 1843-1942, photographer. [East portico of the White
House, Washington]. [between 1900 and 1906]. Touring
Turn-of-the-Century America: Photographs from the Detroit Publishing Company,
1880-1920. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/detr:@field(NUMBER+@band(det+4a10705)).
(intermediary
roll film) det 4a10705. February 2004.
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Horydczak,
Theodor, ca. 1890-1971, photographer. White House. Easter egg rolling,
rear view of White House. ca. 1920-ca. 1950. Washington as It Was:
Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/horyd:@field(NUMBER+@band(thc+5a46480)).
(intermediary
roll film) thc 5a46480
urn:hdl:loc.pnp/thc.5a46480 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/thc.5a46480.
February 2004.
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Horydczak,
Theodor, ca. 1890-1971, photographer. White House exteriors. North
side of White House at night I. ca. 1920-ca. 1950. Washington as It Was:
Photographs by Theodor Horydczak, 1923-1959. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/horyd:@field(NUMBER+@band(thc+5a51206)).
(color
corrected film copy slide) thc 5a51206
urn:hdl:loc.pnp/thc.5a51206 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/thc.
February 2004.
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Websites:
1.
Enchanted Learning: http://www.enchantedlearning.com
2.
White House:http://www.whitehouse.gov
Books:
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Symbols of Freedom: The
White House by Tristan Boyer Binns
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Math CrossSections:
The White House by: Susan Ohanian
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Capital!
Washington, D.C. from A to Z by: Laura
Krauss Melmed and Frane’ Lessac
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Software:
1.
PrintShop Deluxe
Methods:
1.
Students will
complete an “anticipation guide” of true/false questions based on the book Symbols
of Freedom: The White House by Tristan Boyer Binns.
2.
Teacher will read
the book Symbols of Freedom: The White House by
Tristan Boyer Binns.
3.
After listening
to the story, the students will complete their “anticipation guide”.
4.
"A
Trip Through The White House" PowerPoint
presentation will be shown to the students and predictions will
be made of what the use of these rooms might be.
5.
Students will
select 3 rooms that they would like to research.
6.
Students will
then take an online tour of the White House on the website
http://www.whitehouse.gov. They will work
in pairs to take notes on information obtained about each room that they have
chosen, as well as interesting facts about the White House in general.
7.
Students will
explore various books about the White House, including Math CrossSections: The White House
by: Susan Ohanian and Capital! Washington, D.C.
from A to Z by: Laura Krauss Melmed and Frane’ Lessac during silent
reading time, continuing to take notes on the rooms they have selected as well
as other interesting facts they have found.
8.
Students will use
their notes to complete their tour brochure which has been created by the
teacher using PrintShop.
9.
Students will
share their brochures with their classmates through a presentation.
10. Students will
complete a quiz on the important aspects of the White House (downloaded from
http://www.enchantedlearning.com).
Evaluation:
1.
Students will
create a tour brochure of different rooms in the White House.
2.
Students will
complete a quiz on important aspects of the White House.
Keywords for this lesson: National Monuments, White House, National Government,
Washington, D.C., President, Congress, House of Representatives, Senate
