Title:   Rural, Urban, and Suburban

Type of teaching unit:  Lesson Plan

Grade Level(s):  2^nd, 3^rd, 4th

Time Frame: 2 days

 

TEACHER INFORMATION:

Name:  Kevin Van Ness

School:  Officer Elementary School

Email Address:  lebnme1@yahoo.com

 

Lesson plan description and rationale: 

 

The children will be learning to relate where they live to other surrounding areas.  Understanding the different types of residential areas will help them in the future understand what types of opportunities, businesses, and people can be found in each area. 

 

State Standard(s):

 

17.A.1a  Identify physical characteristics of places, both local and global

 

Objectives: 

 

The children will be able to analyze and arrange new information presented to them into rural, urban or suburban areas.

 

Methods: 

 

1.  We will begin the lesson by performing a KWL chart.  The

     topic will be what we know about cities, what we know about

     towns and small communities and what we know about rural places.

 

2. The children will view a power point presentation containing photos of the

    different types of  land use. (0r give the printed/lamented photos for the

    children to preview.)

 

3.  The children will be asked to look at each photo again and

     determine the number of people (few, some, many) , the type of land, the                              

     types of buildings (few, some, many) and any other unique characteristics 

     about the photo. The children will be given a Venn Diagram to      

     compare and contrast the photos.  They will be asked to note what is the

     same in each photo (people, buildings, businesses, etc.) and what is

     different (the number of people, types of buildings, types of businesses, 

     etc.).

 

 4. On the second day, the kids will be given photos of nearby

     surrounding areas and asked to categorize them as either urban, rural or  

     suburban. After they have finished categorizing the photos, they will be

     asked to respond in writing why each photo was put into the category

     they placed it into.

 

Evaluation:

 

The children will be given laminated photos of St. Louis, MO, East St. Louis, IL and the Breese, IL  area and asked to classify each one as urban, suburban, or rural.  The children will be able to tell why in writing each photo is either a rural, urban or suburban area.

 

 

Keywords for this lesson:

 

rural, suburban, urban, city, farms

 

Resources:

 

	McClure, L.C. “A Rural Scene in Colorado .” between 1890 and 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+00072104))] [codhawp 00072104 http://photoswest.org/cgi-bin/imager?00072104+MCC-2104] (Feb. 2004).
	Lange, Dorothea. “Rural rehabilitation, Tulare County, California.”   Nov. 1938.  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+8b32746))]  [fsa 8b32746] (Feb. 2004).
	Solomon, D. Butcher. “Cole Farm, south of Mason City, Nebraska.” 1888. Prairie Settlement: Nebraska Photographs and Family Letters, 1862-1912    [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/psbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(p12491))] [nbhips 12491] (Feb. 2004).
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	Mydans, Carl. “Suburban section. Hamilton County, Ohio.” Dec. 1935. 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+8b26818))] [fsa 8b26818] (Feb. 2004).
	GSD lantern slide 30077 “City views, a square in the city, Detroit, MI.” 1925.  American Landscape and Architectural Design, 1850-1920 [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/alad:@field(DOCID+@lit(h118361))] [mhsdalad 060071] (Feb. 2004).
	Chicago Daily News, Inc. “Line of buses and automobiles moving on 5th Avenue and crowds of pedestrians in New York City.” 1924. Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933                     [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cdn:@field(NUMBER+@band(ichicdn+n076977))] [ichicdn n076977] (Feb. 2004).
	Chicago Daily News, Inc. “John A. Dowie on a crowded street in New York City” 1903.  Photographs from the Chicago Daily News, 1902-1933 [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/cdn:@field(NUMBER+@band(ichicdn+n001197))] [ichicdn n001197] (Feb. 2004)
	Rosskam, Louise.  “Car in front of Shulman's Market on N at Union Street S.W., Washington, D.C.” between 1941 and 1942.  America from the Great Depression to World War II: Color Photographs from the FSA-OWI, 1939-1945   [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/fsaall:@filreq(@field (NUMBER+@band(fsac+1a34424))+@field(COLLID+fsac))]                   fsac 1a34424 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/fsac.1a34424 (April 2004).