Creek versus Cherokee eBooks: a lesson plan incorporating PowerPoint and eBooks
By: Krista Bowen, Sheila Blocher, and Leah Doughman
Assessment(s): (What evidence will show that students understand?)
Students will be able to create eBook pages using Web 2.0 application PowerPoint to demonstrate their knowledge about Creek and Cherokee Indians.
Second Grade Content Standards:
GPS Standards:
SS2H2 The student will describe the Georgia Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past in terms of tools, clothing, homes, ways of making a living, and accomplishments.
a. Describe the regions in Georgia where the Creeks and Cherokees lived and how the people used their local resources.
b. Compare and contrast the Georgia Creek and Cherokee cultures of the past to Georgians today.
ELA2R4 The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text. The student
a. Reads a variety of texts for information and pleasure.
d. Recalls explicit facts and infers implicit facts.
e. Summarizes text content.
f. Distinguishes fact from fiction in a text.
n. Uses titles, tables of contents, and chapter headings to locate information quickly and accurately and to preview text.
ELA2W1 The student begins to demonstrate competency in the writing process. The student
t. Uses a variety of resources (encyclopedia, Internet, books) to research and share information on a topic.
NETS●S:
1. Creativity and Innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:
a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
b. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
2. Communication and Collaboration: Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students:
a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
b. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
Essential Question(s):
1. How are we like the Creek Indians? Different?
2. How are we like the Cherokee Indians? Different?
Materials:
· Computers with PowerPoint application installed
· Handout of How to Make an eBook Using PowerPoint
· Teacher Selected Websites:
o Creek Indian Fact Sheet
o Cherokee Indian Fact Sheet
o EBooks for Young Readers: Creating Your Own EBooks
· Creek and Cherokee books
· Pencils and Paper (to record information)
· Mystery Box (include arrowheads, moccasins, pottery, necklaces, pictures, etc from Creek and Cherokee tribes)
· Projector
· Microphone(s)
· Student Checklist
· Tip Sheet
Lesson:
Activating Strategy:
Before students arrive, have the mystery box ready with different Creek and Cherokee artifacts inside the box. Once the students are settled, have students pull different artifacts from the box and discuss each artifact. Place artifacts in a group and have students brainstorm what these items have in common. This will lead into the introduction of the new unit: Creek and Cherokee Indians in Georgia.
Procedures:
· After sharing the mystery box, take the students to the library to investigate, research, and checkout books about Creek and Cherokee Indians. Explain to the students that they will be using the information they gathered to create eBooks about the two tribes.
· Read one of the informational books and model how to gather, summarize, and record facts about a specific tribe (may need to be modeled for a couple of days).
· After adequate time modeling, split the students into two groups (Cherokee group/Creek group).
· Tell students that they will be working with their group members to research their tribe. Provide students with the materials and support needed to carry out the task. (This too may take several days.)
· Once the research is completed, model how to create an eBook using Microsoft PowerPoint. Select a topic that is not related to the Creek or Cherokee Indians. (You may use a template provided through this website EBooks for Young Readers: Creating Your Own EBooks or create your own using PowerPoint.)
· Teachers may use the “Tip Sheet” linked above to guide them in creating an eBook.
· Once books have been completed, allow students the opportunity to present them to the class. After viewing the eBooks, use a Venn diagram to compare the Cherokee to Georgians of today. Then, repeat process with the Creek Indians.
Summarizing Strategy:
In summarizing, do a “ticket-out-the-door”. Have the students tell one way that they are like and different from the Creek and Cherokee Indians.