Title: Lincoln Theme: Collage Project
Type of teaching unit: Lesson
Plan
Grade level (s): 5th grade
Time frame: 1 hour
Subject matter: Social Studies
Teacher information:
Lisa Smith/Paula Hummel
Mitchell Elementary School
AAM affiliation: Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
lsmith@madison.k12.il.us
phummel@madison.k12.il.us
Lesson plan description and rationale: Students will have prior knowledge and background information in order to analyze the impact that Abraham Lincoln had upon our nation. The students will understand the importance of honoring President Lincoln.
State Goals/Standards:
State
Goal 14D: Understand the roles and influences of individuals and interest
groups in the political systems of Illinois, the
State Goal 16A: Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.
State Goal 16B: Understand the development of significant political events.
State Goal 18A: Compare characteristics of culture as reflected in language literature, the arts, traditions and institutions.
State Goal 18B: Understand the roles and interactions of individuals and groups in society.
Objective: Before going on a field trip to Springfield and New Salem, Illinois, students will compare and contrast a song written before the election of Abraham Lincoln with a song written after his assassination. The students will be able to assess the feelings of the nation before and after the death of Abraham Lincoln.
Resources:
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Steele, Silas S. and Chestnut, J. Magee. Song, on the death of President Abraham Lincoln. 1865. America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=amss&fileName=cw1/cw105410/amsspage.db&recNum=0] (February 2004). |
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People's campaign song, No. 1. Lincoln & Hamlin. Tune-"Columbia's the gem of the ocean." [n.d.] America Singing: Nineteenth-Century Song Sheets. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=amss&fileName=cw1/cw104580/amsspage.db&recNum=0] (February 2004). |
Method:
1. Group students in groups of five.
2. Ask the students to brainstorm how they believe people felt about Abraham Lincoln before he was elected president and how people felt now about Lincoln.
3. After reading the words, then comparing and contrasting the words to the song before the election and the words to the song after his assassination, the students will develop a collage depicting the feelings the writers have about Abraham Lincoln.
4. The students will then present the mood of the nation on a poster board with half portraying the mood before his election, and the other side portraying the mood after his assassination.
5. After the group creates their collage, they will then write a brief summary to justify their choices in representing each song.
6. Students will then display the collages that they have developed to the class.
7. The students will each be given an index card, in which they will evaluate each individual collage by expressing their opinion of which side represents before the election and which side represents the mood after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Evaluation:
Lincoln Theme: Collage Project
Rubric
4=Exceeds requirement
3=Meets requirement
2=Partially meets requirement
1=Beginning to meet or lacks requirement
_______Logically organizes items/color – (poster has two distinct sides).
_______Key themes are thoroughly identified on the collage.
_______Written summary gives a reasonable explanation of how
items/colors in the collage relate to the assigned songs.
_______Appropriately analyzed, evaluated, and synthesized the songs; reaching an informed conclusion based on evidence in the song words–
(One side of the collage accurately represents the mood prior to election after reading song-opposite side accurately represents the mood following the death of Lincoln).
_______ Class time used wisely – time and effort went into the planning and design of the collage.
_______ Works effectively with group members.
_______ Total Points
*Sources: Social Science Rubric – http://www.isbe.net/assessment
RubiStar: Making a Collage – http://rubistar.4teachers.org
Keywords for this lesson: Lincoln, collage, assassination, president
Materials: Paper or poster board, drawing tools, magazines, glue, paintbrush, tissue paper, and other materials the students may request in advance.
A member in each group will be responsible for locating and printing the following from the American Memory website: People’s Campaign Song, No. 1. Lincoln and Hamlin and Song on the Death of President Abraham Lincoln.