LESSON TWO

Lesson Title: K-W-L (r) about the East St. Louis Community.

Unit title: The East St. Louis Community

Grade Level: 9^th and 10^th grades

Submitted by: Elena Badjie

Subject: Social Studies

Timeframe: 45 minutes of a 90 minute block schedule

Materials:

K-W-L copies for each student, http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/lessons/97/crow/kwls.html

Illinois State Goal, Standard, and Benchmark/Objective:

Social Science Goal 17 http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/socscience/sog17.html

STATE GOAL 17: Understand world geography and the effects of geography on society, with an emphasis on the United States.

As a result of their schooling students will be able to:

A. Locate, describe and explain places, regions and features on the Earth.

17.A.3b Explain how to make and use geographic representations to provide and enhance spatial information including maps, graphs, charts, models, aerial photographs, satellite images.

STATE GOAL 18: Understand social systems, with an emphasis on the United States.

Social Science Goal 18 http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/socscience/sog18.html

As a result of their schooling students will be able to:

B. Understand the roles and interactions of individuals and groups in society.

18.B.5 Use methods of social science inquiry (pose questions, collect and analyze data, make and support conclusions with evidence, report findings) to study the development and functions of social systems and report conclusions to a larger audience.

Cross – Curricular Goals

STATE GOAL 4: Listen and speak effectively in a variety of situations.

http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/english/eng4.html

B. Speak effectively using language appropriate to the situation and audience.

4B.4b Use group discussion skills to assume leadership and participant roles within an assigned project or to reach a group goal.

STATE GOAL 5: Use the language arts to acquire, assess and communicate information.

http://www.isbe.state.il.us/ils/english/eng5.html

A. Locate, organize, and use information from various sources to answer questions, solve problems and communicate ideas.

5.A.4a Demonstrate a knowledge of strategies needed to prepare a credible research report (e.g., notes, planning sheets).

5.A.4b Design and present a project (e.g., research report, scientific study, career/higher education opportunities) using various formats from multiple sources.

Methods:

1. Pass out the K-W-L (r) copies

2. Model how to use the K-W-L (r) by using a different topic such as “The World Series”.

A. In the KNOW column list what you know about the World

Series

B. In the Want To Know column list everything you want to know about the World Series.

C. In the LEARNED column will be a list of those things that will be learned about the World Series.

D. In the Research To Do area write a plan on what we will research about the World Series.

3. Give students five minutes to individually fill out their K-W-L (r) copy one K-W-L (r) about the East St. Louis History.

4. Divide class into groups of threes.

5. Each group will make one K-W-L (r) about the East St. Louis History.

6. The groups will report their individual information and make one K-W-L (r) about the East St. Louis History.

ASSESSMENT: In concise, well-planned sentences, please answer the two questions below: 1.What are the two things you have learned during this session? 2. What question(s) remain uppermost in your mind?