Portland Unit – North Clackamas School District

Project G.L.A.D.

North Clackamas School District

City of Portland Unit

3rd Grade

IDEA PAGES

  1. UNIT THEME
  • From forest to City: The Great City of Portland
  1. FOCUS/MOTIVATION
  • Go on Portland walking tour-downtown
  • Field trip to Washington Park
  • Portland big book
  • Play-How did Portland Get its Name?
  • Observation charts
  • Inquiry chart
  • Guest Speakers from Portland Art Museum or longtime Portland resident
  • Bridge tour field trip
  1. CLOSURE
  • Field trip
  • Class mural
  • Class big book
  • Unit test
  • Parent letter
  • Letter to teacher
  • Journal write
  • Class poems and chants
  1. CONCEPTS
  • How Portland became a city
  • How Portland was named
  • How and why cities are constantly changing
  • How people are affected by the physical environment
  • Geography of Portland and surrounding areas
  • Government and roles of leaders

V. SCIENCE STANDARDS

  • Identify the structure of the Earth system and the availability and use of the materials that make up the system.
  • Describe objects according to their physical environment

VI. SOCIAL STUDIES STANDARDS

  • Identify history of the City of Portland
  • Identify population patterns and cultures in a community
  • Identify people and places of the world and where they live.
  • Describe how people’s lives are affected by the physical environment
  • Explain how family life is affected by making and spending money
  • Identify opportunities for leadership and public service in own classroom and school community

VII. LANGUAGE ART STANDARDS

  1. READING
  2. Interpret information from diagrams, charts and graphs
  3. Use a dictionary to learn meaning and other features of unknown words
  4. Use titles, table of contents, chapter headings, illustrations, captions, glossaries, and indexes to locate information in text
  5. Recall major points in text and make predictions
  6. Distinguish cause and effect and fact and opinion
  7. Use knowledge of the author’s purpose to comprehend informational text
  8. Summarize major points from informational text
  9. Identify answers to questions about the text
  10. Determine significant information from text, including problems and solutions
  11. Predict probable future outcomes or actions
  1. WRITING
  • Convey main ideas with some details
  • Use sentence structures that flow and vary in length
  • Write in a variety of modes: narrative, imaginative, persuasive and expository
  • Structure writing by developing a beginning, middle and end supported by some transitions
  • Demonstrate some control of correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization
  • Use a variety of words that are functional and appropriate to audience and purpose to effectively convey intended message
  1. LISTENING/SPEAKING
  • Retell in own words and explain what has been said by speaker
  • Answer questions completely
  • Identify the sound elements of literary language, including rhymes, repeated sounds, and instances of naming something by using a sound associated with it (such as hiss or buzz)
  • With guidance, organize ideas sequentially or around major points of information
  • Provide a beginning, middle and end
  • Use appropriate intonation and vocal patterns to emphasize important points and maintain good eye contact while speaking

VIII. MATH STANDARDS

  • Order, model, compare, and identify commonly used fractions, using concrete models and visual representations
  • Estimate and round whole numbers to hundreds
  • Choose appropriate strategy to solve a problem
  • Determine the mode and range of a set of numbers
  • Represent and interpret data using tally charts, pictographs and bar graphs

IX. VOCABULARY

skyscraper bridges transportation old town city mayor Oregon City Portland

architecture Washington Park Stump Town Fort Vancouver Pettygrove Lovejoy

Overton Willamette Rose City immigrants trading post Willamette River

MAX Skidmore China Town Japanese Gardens Rose Gardens OMSI

Tom McCall Waterfront Park Columbia River Pittock Mansion Civic Auditorium

Mt. Hood Mt. St. Helens Vancouver, WA governor

X. RESOURCES

  1. NON-FICTION
  • Our Portland , M.J. Cody and photography by Rick Shafer, Voyageur Press, Inc.
  • Portland From the Air, Photos by Russ Hienl and Sallie Tisdale
  • Portland- Image of a City, Text by Spencer Gill, Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company
  • Portland- Then and Now, Linda Dodds and Carolyn Buan, Thunder Bay Press
  • Kidding Around Portland, Deborah Cuyle, John Muir Publications
  • The Great Extravaganza, Carl Abbot, Oregon Historical Society Press
  • Human Nature: The Japanese Garden of Portland, Oregon, Bruce Taylor Hamilton
  • An Architectural Guidebook to Portland, Bart King and Mayor Vera Katz
  • Classic Houses of Portland, Oregon:1850-1950, William John Hawkins, William F. Willingham
  • Portrait of Oregon, Rick Schafer
  1. ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
  • The Big Oregon Reproducible Activity Book! Carole Marsh, Gallopade International
  • Portland City Kids Fun Book, Todd Duvall, Todd’s House of Copy, Association for Portland Progress
  • Greater Portland Map Book, GM Johnson Associates, GM Johnson and Associates Ltd.
  • Out and About Portland With Kids, Nelle Nix
  1. WEBSITES
  • Urban Tour Group
  • Search Images: Portland, Oregon
  • OMSI
  • Oregon Historical Society
  • Portland Art Museum
  • Portland’s Local Art

WEBSITES Continued

  • Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society
  • City of Portland
  • Metro
  • Portland Museum of Art

Project G.L.A.D.

North Clackamas School District

City of Portland

3rd grade

Unit Planning Pages

I.Focusing/Motivation

  • Super Citizen Awards
  • Author books-bridges
  • Big Book: From Forest to City: Portland’s History
  • Signal Words- downtown, convention center, world trade center
  • Cognitive Content Dictionary
  • Observation Charts-City Walk
  • Inquiry Chart-What do we Know and Portland/What do we want to know about Portland
  • Picture File Cards
  • Portland City Tour
  • Field Trips
  1. Input
  2. Pictorial Input
  3. Location of Portland
  4. City Demographics: Graphs and Pie charts
  5. Bridges of Portland
  6. Maps of Portland
  7. Narrative Input Chart
  8. Moving to the Big City of Portland
  9. Comparative Input charts
  10. Transportation then and now
  11. Changes over time
  12. Living Wall
  13. All around our city
  14. Timeline of the History of Portland
  15. Read aloud
  16. Children’s history of Portland

III.Guided Oral Practice

  • Sentence Patterning chart: Noun: Portland Citizens
  • Chants, raps and poems
  • Process grid
  • Expert groups: Bridges of Portland
  • Play: How Portland Got its Name
  • T-Graph for Social Skills: Citizenship
  • Exploration Report: City of Portland
  • Team tasks
  • Picture file activities-shared, groups, individual
  • Play-How Portland got its name
  • Home School Connections and sharing

IV. Reading/Writing Activities

A.Total Class Modeling
Learning centers
Group frame
Cooperative strip paragraph
Journals Story maps
Descriptive writing
  1. Small Group
  2. Group frames
  3. Research a bridge
  4. Ear to ear reading
  5. Timeline of Portland
  6. Cooperative strip paragraph
  7. Flexible reading groups
  8. Descriptive writing about a bridge
  9. Guided reading
  10. Shared readings
C. Individual
  • Interactive Journal
  • Listen and Sketch
  • Read the walls
  • Learning logs
  • Poetry writing
  • Reading and illustration of poetry book
  • Letter writing to governor
  • Expository and Narrative Writing
  • Story starter-use observation charts-students take a walk and develop questions about pictures and content
  • Flip book about Bridges
  • Flip book about History
  • Individual input charts
  • Sentence patterning charts
  • Exploration reports
  1. Writer’s Workshop
  • Mini Lessons
  • Conferencing
  • Author’s Chair
  1. Extended Activities for Integration
  • Student made Big Book
  • Poetry writing-Portland-Haiku
  • Research bridges
  • Living history talk
  1. Closure/Evaluation
  • Field trip downtown
  • Processing of Charts
  • Processing of inquiry Chart
  • Student/team chants
  • Poetry frame
  • Journals
  • Reflection about unit
  • Letter to teacher
  • Thank you letter to Urban Tour Group

City of Portland, Oregon

Prediction Page

Name______

  1. Where is Portland located?
  1. Which of the following items would you find in Portland?

parkstreesold architectureno trees

museumszoono forestnew architecture

skyscrapershospitalsriverlakeshorses

elephantsno lakesno rivertheatresforest

oceanpollution city government different cultures

rainydessert coolhotmountains

  1. What is a city?
  1. Make a sketch of what Portland looks like on the back of this page.

Portland Vocabulary List

  1. Willamette River- The Willamette River runs through the city of Portland and eventually meets the Columbia River and the two rivers flow northwest to the Pacific Ocean. The Willamette River is one of only a few rivers in the world that flows north.
  2. Skidmore Fountain- The fountain was built in 1888 in old town, and is the oldest fountain in Portland. Stephen Skidmore left $5,000 to the city when he died to create a watering hole for the city’s horses, men and dogs.
  3. Pittock Mansion- It’s considered a small-scale “castle” built on 46 acres above Portland. It was built by Henry Pittock in the late 1800’s.
  4. Columbia River- Meets the Willamette River in Portland and flows northwest to the Pacific Ocean. Also divides part of the states of Oregon and Washington.
  5. Tom McCall Waterfront Park- Named after a former Oregon governor, the park is roughly 23 acres of grass and trees which run along the Western side of the Willamette River in downtown Portland.
  6. Washington Park Zoo- Located in Washington park, you will find a natural habitat for hundreds of animal species. The zoo also has the largest herd of Asian elephants this side of the jungle.
  7. OMSI- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry is located downtown Portland on the Eastern side of the Willamette River. Here you can build a bridge, see how money is made, explore space or make electricity.
  8. Ft. Vancouver- The Hudson’s Bay Company Post. Located in Vancouver, WA.
  9. Francis Pettygrove- A general store owner in Oregon City in the early 1840’s. He flipped a coin with Asa Lovejoy to name the city and won, naming it Portland (around 1844-1845).
  10. William Overton- Portland landowner who lived in Oregon City and partnered with Asa Lovejoy.
  11. Asa Lovejoy- A lawyer who lived in Oregon City and who wanted to name Portland Boston. He also was half- owner of land with W. Overton (the land is now the downtown center of Portland).
  12. Hudson’s Bay Company- Located at Ft. Vancouver in the early 1800’s. Travels, settlers and traders went to the post to buy and sell goods.
  13. Willamette Falls- The falls are located on the Willamette River in Oregon City.
  14. Dr. John McLoughlin- Chief Factor of the Hudson’s Bay Company. He lived in Oregon City and is considered the Father of Oregon.
  15. Chinatown- In the late 1800’s Portland’s Chinese community was the second largest in the U.S. The entrance to Chinatownis at N.W. Fourth and Burnside. There you will see the two bronze lions, five roofs and sixty-four dragons.
  16. St. Johns Bridge- The suspension bridge was built from 1921 to 1931 for four million dollars. It had towers over 408 feet above the water and it was made of twisted galvanized wire strands which weighed about 1,200 tons.
  17. Mt. Hood- Located about 60 miles from downtown Portland, Mt. Hood is a beautiful majestic mountain seen from all over the city. Mt. Hood is an active volcano which stands over 11,000 feet above sea level.
  18. Willamette Valley- Portland sits in the heart of the Willamette Valley which is famous for its fertile land and soil and temperate climate.
  19. Pioneer Courthouse Square- Located downtown, Pioneer Courthouse Square is made from 66,000 bricks, many which have names of people on them. Part of the square is an Amphitheater with long curved bleachers, where you can hear your own echos. You will also find the life size bronze man who holds an umbrella where you can stand under during a typical Portland rainy day.
  20. Benson Bubblers- In 1912 lumber boss, Simon Benson, gave $10,000 to the city for public drinking fountains. The fountains are now considered historic landmarks throughout downtown Portland.

From Forest to City: Portland’s History

Big Book Text By Karen McCulloch

Page 1

The Portland History story clearly tells us how over time a small clearing in the forest evolved into a thriving U.S. city.

Long ago tall cedar, pine, and many other kinds of trees made a thick forest over this area we now call Portland. The Willamette River made rippling sounds on its way down to the Columbia River.

There was an opening in the forest. The Multnomah Indians used it as a campsite while traveling between Fort Vancouver and Willamette Falls in their canoes. They called it “the Clearing.”

In 1806 Captain Clark, a white explorer, saw the mouth of the Willamette River. He paddled his canoe up river, to the clearing, and spent the night with the friendly Indians. Soon many other white people stayed there on their way to Oregon City.

Page 2

The Portland History story clearly tells us how over time a small clearing in the forest evolved into a thriving U.S. city.

34 years later Captain Couch sailed his ship up the Willamette and saw “the clearing”. He thought it would make a good seaport. Two years later one of his sailors, William Johnson, stayed and built a cabin nearby. Other sailors and pioneers came to stay. They built log cabins.

In 1843 William Overton was traveling by canoe up the Willamette with several men. They stopped at “the clearing” for a midday rest. He decided to claim 640 acres around the clearing. He marked the trees with an axe.

William Overton asked one of the other men, Asa Lovejoy, to share half of the claim if he would file the claim and pay the 25 cent fee. Then Overton started a shingle mill on the land.

Page 3

The Portland History story clearly tells us how over time a small clearing in the forest evolved into a thriving U.S. city

A few months later Mr. Overton bartered his half of the claim for $50 worth of clothes, equipment, and food to Francis Pettygrove. He wanted to go to California. Pettygrove built a log cabin and opened a store. This was the first building at the clearing”.

In 1845 Mr. Lovejoy and Mr. Pettygrove flipped a coin to decide what to name the city. Mr. Pettygrove won the toss and the city was called Portland after Portland, Maine, his hometown.

Life was not easy for the early settlers. They made almost everything they used. They made their own clothes and gathered their own food.

Page 4

The Portland History story clearly tells us how over time a small clearing in the forest evolved into a thriving U.S. city.

Despite the hard work, the pioneers had fun together. They had square dances and box socials. The children loved hayrides and taffy pulls. People played instruments, sang songs, and danced. The women had quilting bees. Some families put on plays.

One day a man bought all the picks, shovels, and tools in town. He didn’t want people to know why. But his secret got out one day. He was going to California to dig for gold. Almost all the men left for California. The women stayed home to care for the farms and stores.

Portland begins to grow. Streets were planned. Industries and businesses began like ship building, a tannery, sawmill, hotel, blacksmith, and a transportation system.

Page 5

The Portland History story clearly tells us how over time a small clearing in the forest evolved into a thriving U.S. city.

800 people lived in Portland in 1850. It was time to elect a mayor. Hugh O’Bryant was the first mayor. A town marshal and deputies were elected to keep the town safe.

The first newspaper was The Oregonian founded in 1850. Thomas Dryer started it but soon gave it to H.L. Pittock.

The first school was a small log cabin. Each child paid $10 to go to school for 3 or 4 months. Ralph Wilcox, a young doctor, was the teacher.

Page 6

The Portland History story clearly tells us how over time a small clearing in the forest evolved into a thriving U.S. city.

The first free school opened in 1852. John T. Outhouse was the teacher. Children ages 4-21 could go to the school.

Before there was a church in Portland, a minister rode horseback from place to place. The first Methodist Church opened in 1850.

James B. Stephens built his home on the east side of the river and helped plan East Portland. He gave land for Portland’s first cemetery.

Page 7

The Portland History story clearly tells us how over time a small clearing in the forest evolved into a thriving U.S. city.

First Indians helped the pioneers across the Willamette River in canoes. Then a canoe ferry was used. A real ferry was built by James B. Stephens. A foot passenger paid 10 cents and 25 cents for a horse. Next a steamboat ferry was used to cross the river.

There were many boats on the river. Sailboats and steamboats made regular trips up and down the Willamette. The pioneers continued to build many ships. One ship called The Columbia brought Chinese people to help with the work of building a city.