Name:  Kathryn M. Thyer

School:  Bunker Hill CUSD#8, Wolf Ridge Education Center

AAM affiliation:  Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Email:  kthyer34@hotmail.com

Lesson Plan Description and Rationale

Students will understand the information associated with the invention of the light bulb.  Students will understand the impact of the invention of the light bulb on their everyday lives and the sources of light that they use. 

State Standards

State Goal 3: Write to communicate for a variety of purposes.

3C – Communicate ideas in writing to accomplish a variety of purposes.

State Goal 5: Use the language arts to acquire, assess and communicate information.

5B – Analyze and evaluate information acquired form various sources.

5C – Apply acquired information, concepts and ideas to communicate in a variety of formats.

State Goal 10: Collect, organize and analyze date using statistical methods; predict results; and interpret uncertainty using concepts of probability.    

10A – Organize, describe and make predictions from existing data.

State Goal 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States and other nations.

16A – Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.

Objectives

Students will discuss and chart the who, what, when, where and why of the “A Day With Edison” video.  They will view photos of light bulbs in use and discuss the impact of this invention.  Students will go on a “light bulb hunt” and create a bar graph depicting how many light bulbs they found.  Students will create individual books titled Light Up My Life.

Resources:

	Schroeder, H. “A Day With Thomas A. Edison/ General Electric Co.; producer, Bray Studios.” 1922.  Inventing Entertainment: The Motion Pictures and Sound Recording of the Edison Companies.  [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/papr:@filreq(@field (NUMBER+@band(edmp+4057s6))+@field(COLLID+edison))] [edmp 4057s3 4057s4 4057s5]  (February 3, 2004)
	Chicago Daily News, Inc. “Electric show at the Coliseum, taken from the floor of the exhibition room toward a columnar sculpture and showing display booths lit with various electric lights.” 1911. Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cdn: @field(NUMBER+@band(ichicdn+n008925))] [ichicdn n008925]  (February 10, 2004)  Chicago Daily News negatives collection, DN-0008925.  Courtesy of the Chicago Historical Society
	McClure, L.C. “Denver Gas & Electric Co. bldg.” 1910-1920.  History of the American West, 1860-1920: Photographs from the Collection of the Denver Public Library. [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hawp: @field(NUMBER+@band(codhawp+00071917))] [codhawp 00071917] (February 10, 2004)  Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library

Methods 

Anticipatory Set:   Students will view the video (parts 3-5), “A Day With Edison”.  The class will then create a concept chart including the who, what, when, where and why of the video.

1.    The students will view two photographs that show light bulbs being used.  They will discuss how this invention effects their lives today.

2.    Students will go on a light bulb hunt throughout the school.  The class will tally up the number of light bulbs they see in each area of the building.

3.    Each student will be required to conduct a light bulb search in two rooms at their home and tally the total number of bulbs found. Student Tally Sheet 

4.    The class will create a bar graph depicting how many light bulbs they found for each area.  They will discuss how much this invention impacts everything they do.

5.    Each student will create an individual book titled Light Up My Life.  This book will include illustrations created by the students showing where light bulbs are used in their lives.

Evaluation

Students will be assessed on the tally sheet they bring from home after going on the light bulb hunt.  They will also be assessed on the creation of their individual book Light Up My Life.  A rubric for both of these items has been included. Lesson 1 Rubrics

Keywords

Thomas A. Edison, light bulb, inventor, invention, impact