Title: Area 9/Memorial Chamber-Lesson 4

Title: Area 9/Memorial Chamber-Lesson 4

Author

/ Deborah Anderson
Grade Level / 4
Class Period(s) / Adaptable to student needs

Adapted from: Put here name of person for major attribution (delete if inappropriate)

Nebraska Social Studies Standards / Nebraska Math Standards / Nebraska Language Arts Standards / Nebraska Fine and Preforming Art Standards
4.1.2a Identify rights and responsiblities of citizens (e.g., voting public service projects) at the state level
4.1.2c Identify ways students can be engaged to have an impact in their state
4.2.10a Identify goods and services funded through state taxes (e.g. human services)
4.3.5a Describe the impact of extreme natural events in Nebraska (e.g., tornadoes, floods, dust storm, insect infestation) on the human and physical environment
4.4.1 Apply concepts of time and chronology / 4.1.1 Numeric Relationships: Students will demonstrate, represent, and show relationships among fractions and decimals within the base-ten number system
4.1.1.f Compare whole numbers up to one million and decimals through the hundredths place unsin symbols and visual reprentations / 4.1.5 Vocabulary: Students will build and use conversational, academic, and content-specific grade-level vocabulary.
4.1.5.c Acquire new academic and content-specific grade-level vocabulary, relate to prior knowledge, and apply in new situations
4.2.2 Writing Modes: Students will write in multiple modes for a variety of purposes and audiences across disciplines.
4.2.2.a Communicate information and ideas effectively in analytic, descriptive, informative, narrative, poetic, persuasive, and reflective modes to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats. / 5.2.1 Students will use the creative process to make works of art exploring subjects and themes with a variety of materials
5.2.2 Students will develop presentation skills to communicate meaning

Overview

All cultures are dependent on individuals who provide public service to protect their fellow citizens and property. All communities have people who daily risk their lives for the sake of others. In 1990 , a call for proposals for Nebraska artists was released to submit designs for murals for the Memorial Chamber on the 14th Floor Observation Level. These paintings are “dedicated to the forms of heroism called for in the public service and in devotion of humanity.”

Big Idea or Theme

Community success and safety depend on those public service individuals, whether professional or volunteer, who are willing to sacrifice themselves to protect their fellow citizens.

Public service represents the professionals and volunteers who willingly sacrafice themselves to protect their fellow citizens and their property. They are often called public servants.

Essentail Question/s:

Discuss services provided?

How are they funded?

Why are public services needed to protect the citizens of a community?

What are the pros and cons of professional versus volunteer public service individuals?

How do we honor both professionals and volunteers who respond to dangers?

What could our community look like if we became service minded individuals?

What public services are the most important to our community? Why?

Who sacrifices more to give us our public services, professionals ro volunteers?

Purpose/Rationale

To develop within the student appreciation and respect for those giving service to the community.

Key Concepts/Vocabulary

Public service

Volunteer – A person who freely helps others

Urban – living in a town or city

Rural-Ruralmeans relating to or characteristic of the country or the people who live there.

Sacrifice- Asacrificeis a loss or something you give up, usually for the sake of a better cause. Parentssacrificetime and sleep to take care of their children, while kids mightsacrificeTV time to hang out with mom and dad.

Emergency – an unexpected event with need for immediate help and action. When there's anemergency, the stakes are high and you may need to act quickly. There's a tornado! Someone's collapsed! The cat's stuck in a tree! It's anemergency! Call 911!You can see the wordemergeinemergency, and an emergency suddenly emerges — it happens all of a sudden and can take you by surprise. hear sirens and see flashing lights, there's probably an emergency . . . unless you're in a dance club.

Memorial-Just as the Lincoln Memorial pays tribute to Abraham Lincoln, amemorial is anything that symbolizes or celebrates someone who died. Every gravestone in a cemetery is actually a smallmemorial.

Chamber-Achamberis an enclosed space, often used for a specific event— such as a sleepingchamberor a torturechamber.

Peril - If you realize mid-climb that your rock climbing rope is frayed, you might be inperil. The wordperilmeans imminent danger to life and limb.

Commendation - If you got acommendationfor your brave deeds during the earthquake, then congratulations! Acommendation is an award praising someone’s actions.A commendation can be an official award for notable action, often given out by a government or other group. A police officer might receive a special commendation for being particularly brave. This kind of commendation is often awarded at a public ceremony. You can also usecommendationmore broadly to mean "praise," even if it's not official. It'd be nice to tell your teacher she deserves commendation for the good-natured way she has handled your rowdy class all year.

Materials

· Access to Virtual Tour of Nebraska Capitol

· Graphic organizer to list public service

· Primary documents relating to Governor Proclamations

· Black construction paper and chalk

Objectives

The student will be able to:

1. Use a primary document to analyze the proposal of the mural with the final piece of art.

2. Identify public service occupations in your community.

3. Distinguish between professional and volunteer public service individuals

4. Will compare and contrast professional versus volunteer public service individuals

5. Evaluate how public service contributes to the welfare and success of a state and its people

6. Predict what public service will look like in the future.

Procedures

SESSION ONE

1. Study the mural Peril of Fire which represents an aspect of public service

2. Study primary document, page 7, from the Call for Proposals – (link to document)

3. Read artist representation( link) primary document and view video clip of artist

4. Complete t-chart analyzing the proposal with the final mural that was selected by the commission

5. Comparing the proposal (primary document) with the completed mural, does the mural accurately represent the proposal? Complete the graphic organizer. (Handout 1)

6. Firemen and police are considered public service positions, with your partner list other public servants in your community

7. Identify difference between professional and volunteer positions.

SESSION TWO

1. Reviewing the mural and the proposal, does the mural contrast professionals from volunteers?

2. What are the difference or similarities of volunteer or professional public service careers using a graphic organizer

3. Discuss how acts or service or service people contribute to the welfare and success of a community.

4. Interactive public art – students will complete their contribution to a word wall (link image using black paper/chalk) – I’ll contribute to the welfare public service by…running for school board Children are invited to share their personal aspirations for their own contributions to public service (Handout 2 – image of wall art)

5. Extend an invitation to staff/other students to contribute to the word wall

Assessment

Options for Assessment

A. Write a letter to a firefighter thanking them for their service.

B. Create a proclamation thanking a public servant for their contribution to the community.

How do we thank those that are involved in public service?

What is a proclomation?

Students write commendations/proclomations to public service professionals and volunteer

1. Students examine primary documents of letters of commendation or proclomations.

2. What do they all have in common?

3. Students use the provided template to complete their own proclamation

4. A proclamation is a formal way to make a public announcement or declaration. Government officials, such as mayors, state legislators, members of Congress and the President of the United States, often write proclamations to commend individuals or to announce upcoming events or celebrations. In some states, proclamations are reserved for recognizing and celebrating the extraordinary achievements of state citizens and non-profit organizations, honoring occasions of significance to the citizens of a state and increasing public awareness of issues. PA Week is the perfect opportunity to solicit a proclamation to honor and recognize the contributions the PA workforce makes to the community. See https://governor.nebraska.gov/proclamation-request

For official form and criteria for writing proclamations.

5. Students orally present their commendations/proclomations - (This could provide an opportunity to role play)

6. Proclomations could be actually sent or shared with the public

Extensions

A. Obtain Do You Know a Hero? By Dr. Jean A. Lukesh

B. Students nominate their own hero and nominate them to the Nebraska Hall of Fame

C. ELL powerpoint illustrating concepts and vocabulary (i.e. mosaic)

D. Interview public service individuals – invite a firman, police officer, soldier or animal shelter volunteer to class and have the student interview the individuals.

Sources

http://www.themandarin.com.au/28316-public-servants-make-good-politicians-says-anna-bligh/?pgnc=1

http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/Documents/college-social-sciences/public-service-academy/twenty-first-century-public-servant--eight-lessons.pdf

http://opd.ci.omaha.ne.us/employment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3A50-m5BUio

http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary

http://www.emsworld.com/news/10412072/rural-iowa-nebraska-areas-struggle-to-find-fire-and-rescue-volunteers

http://www.nebr-schoolboards.org/Publications/06CandidatesGuide.pdf

(Describes volunteer moving to paid positions)

http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/city-council-job-description-3296.html

http://www.pasconnect.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Proclamation-And-Template.pdf http://netnebraska.org/interactive-multimedia/none/capitol-murals - video clip of selection and creation of murals

Nebraska State Capitol Memorial Chamber Murals – Call for requests pages 6 & 7

Where Can I Find Nebraska Governors Proclamations?

§ Finding Aids for State Governors RecordsDocuments listing contents of records held by the Library-Archives of the Nebraska State Historical Society. E-mail for specific records help. Searches and copies by NSHS staff may entail a fee.

§ Library Services of the Nebraska State Historical SocietyLinks to information about using the library, fee schedules for research, interlibrary loan, etc. Governors proclamations are quite numerous, and the person inquiring should have some knowledge of the year and month the proclamation was issued. Call 402-471-4751 or email .

§ Messages and proclamations of the governors of Nebraska, 1854-1941This 4-volume publication in the Library Commission collection contains text of messages and proclamations of Nebraska's governors 1854 through 1941. Go to the Library CommissionAsk A Librarianpage for assistance. (Call Number: W5000 T001 -1942)

§ Nebraska Secretary of StateContact Administration for assistance 402-471-4070. Proclamations from 1999 onward are in secure storage and not readily accessible.

§ Office of the Lieutenant GovernorThe Office retains proclamations of the current Governor. Call 402-471-2256 for assistance.

Examples of Proclamations