Our Country: Thematic Unit : Intermediate

by Hart, Melissa

• ISBN13: 9780743931045
• ISBN10: 0743931041
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Partners Pub Group

Table of Contents

Introduction	3	(5)
So You Want to Be President?
Judith St. George
Eyewitness: Presidents	5	(12)
James Barber
Summary
Sample Plan
Overview of Activities
Presidential Name Game
Presidential Facts
Mount Rushmore
Getting Personal with Presidents
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Presidential Patriots
Uncle Sam and Old Glory	17	(13)
Delno C. West
Jean M. West
Summary
Sample Plan
Overview of Activities
Flag Etiquette
The Pledge
Lady Liberty
The Great Seal
Uncle Sam Wilson
Journey to America
The First Thanksgiving
Create a Symbol
The Log Cabin
Cowboy Days
A is for America	30	(11)
Devin Scillian
Summary
Sample Plan
Overview of Activities
All American ABCs
Immigration
Timely Dates
Latitude and Longitude
American Poem
Patriots and Patriotism
A New Reason to Celebrate
Commemorative Postage Stamps
Across the Curriculum	41	(30)
Language Arts: A Day in the Life of the President
Presidential Epitaphs
The National Mall
Packing for the Voyage
Descriptive Language
Crazy Stories
Daily Writing Topics
Ode to America
Math: Fun with Frybread
Your Average President
Nifty Fifty
The Money Makers: U.S. Mint
Colonial Comparisons
Washington, D.C., Logic Puzzle
Science: Bald Eagle
Buffalo
Fire Prevention
Be a Washington Meteorologist
Social Studies: Presidential Birthplace Map
Branches of Government
Flag Gallery and History
National Historic Landmarks
National Parks Locator
Current Events Summary
Veterans' Day
All Around Town
Art/Music: Norman Rockwell
John Philip Sousa
``This Land is Your Land'' Mural
``The Star-Spangled Banner''
Culminating Activities	71	(3)
All American Picnic
All American Time Capsule
Games
Flag Ceremony
Bulletin Board Ideas
Unit Management	74	(4)
United States Map
Presidents' Faces
Our Country Clip Art
Bibliography	78	(1)
Answer Key	79