Ohio Through Time and Place

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Ohio Through Time and Place

• A Fourth Grade Exploration
• Social Studies Standards Project
• October 19, 2006
• Susanne Smith
• Jennifer Wolfe

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Table of Contents

• History
• Activities
• Websites
• People in Societies
• Activities
• Websites
• Geography
• Activities
• Websites
• Economics
• Activities
• Websites

• Government
• Activities
• Websites
• Citizenship Rights Responsibilities
• Activities
• Websites
• Social Studies Skills Methods
• Activities
• Websites

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History - Activities

• Fishbone Diagram for Cause and Effect While
  studying the causes and effects of the frontier
  wars of the 1790s, students will complete a
  fishbone diagram. This will help students to
  identify how conflicts such as the Battle of
  Fallen Timbers changed the lives and futures of
  those involved such as the Native Americans.
• Timeline After reading about how Ohio developed
  from a territory to a state, students will
  individually fill in a timeline with significant
  dates, words, and graphics that depict the period
  1750-1875. Timelines will include at least five
  significant events during this time period and
  all students must include the following on their
  timeline Northwest Ordinance, Ohio Statehood,
  opening of Ohio and Erie Canals.
• Design a Commemorative Stamp Once students have
  completed the timeline activity described above,
  each student will select one event from the
  timeline and design a commemorative stamp for
  that event.

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History Activities cont.

• Invention Improv Five students will be randomly
  selected to perform an invention improv in
  front of the class. Each student will be
  assigned an invention created by one of the
  following individuals for which they will act out
  using the invention without explicitly stating
  what it is Wright Brothers, Charles Kettering,
  Garrett Morgan, Granville Woods, and Thomas
  Edison. The classroom of observers will then try
  to guess what the invention is that is being
  utilized.
• Wax Museum Students will create a wax museum
  of famous Ohio inventors (Wright Brothers,
  Charles Kettering, Garrett Morgan, Granville
  Woods, and Thomas Edison). Each student will
  dress up like the inventor and write a brief
  description about the inventors life and
  inventions to accompany the wax figure.

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History - Websites

• OPLIN Famous Ohioans
• http//www.oplin.org/famousohioans/index.html
• OPLIN Evolution of Ohio
• http//www.oplin.org/evolution/
• Flights of Inspiration
• http//www.fi.edu/flights/
• 50states.com
• http//www.50states.com/ohio.htm
• SHG Resources
• http//www.shgresources.com/oh/timeline/

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People In Societies
Activities

• Amish KWL Chart Students will begin this
  assignment as a pre-reading activity. They will
  fill in the chart based on what they already know
  about the Amish people and what they would like
  to learn about them. After reading a brief
  selection on the Amish, the students will
  complete the chart by listing what they learned
  from reading the selection. Further, students
  could discuss as a class the questions they had
  that were not answered by the reading or
  additional questions they thought of as a result
  of the reading.
• Venn Diagram Upon learning about the diverse
  immigrant groups that settled in Ohio during its
  history, students would complete a Venn Diagram
  comparing and contrasting two distinct groups of
  Ohio residents. For example, two Native American
  tribes could be analyzed or one Native American
  tribe and another group such as
  African-Americans.
• Gather Oral Ohio History Students will be given
  the chance to interview a speaker who moved to
  Ohio from a foreign country. Having previous
  exposure for the reasoning behind peoples
  immigration, the students will be able to ask
  relevant questions.

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People in Societies Activities
cont.

• Immigrant Letter Home After the students have
  had the opportunity to listen to the Ohio
  immigrant speaker and ask clarifying questions,
  the students will write a letter home (to a
  foreign country) describing their reasons for
  immigrating, their experience of moving, and
  their new life in Ohio.
• Journal Entry Students will write a journal
  entry from the perspective of a Native American
  who has recently been displaced as a result of an
  influx of European settlers into Ohio.

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People In Societies Websites

• Ohios Amish Country
• http//www.gpubs.com/oac/
• Shelby County History
• http//www.shelbycountyhistory.org/schs/immigratio
  n/homepageimmigra.htm
• National Association of Counties
• http//www.naco.org/Template.cfm?SectionFind_a_Co
  untyTemplate/cffiles/counties/usamap.cfm
• Ohio History Central
• http//www.ohiohistorycentral.org/
• Ohio Kids History for Kids
• http//www.ohiokids.org/

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Geography - Activities

• Word Sort Students will be given slips of paper
  with various geography vocabulary terms written
  on it. They will sort the words individually in
  any manner they wish as long as they are able to
  explain the reasoning behind their sort upon
  completion of the task. This will serve as an
  opening activity to an investigation on maps and
  their uses.
• Map Creation Using globes and other maps as
  resources, students will create a map of Ohio
  that depicts the following Lake Erie, Ohio
  River, five landform regions, capital city, and
  bordering states.
• ABC Geography Game This simple game begins when
  the teacher says the letter A at which point
  one or more students will raise their hands to be
  called on. The student that is called upon must
  state a geographic location beginning with that
  letter. Cities, counties, states, countries,
  continents, etc. are all acceptable.

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Geography Activities cont.

• Look and Draw/Write Students will be divided up
  into two groups. One group will look at a
  picture of an Ohio landscape and write what comes
  to mind. The other group will read a poem or
  other piece of prose about Ohios landscape and
  will be responsible for drawing a picture that
  correlates. When both groups are done, students
  pair up with someone in the other group and share
  their work.
• Map Usage Given a map with a linear scale on
  it, students will calculate the distances for
  traveling from their hometown to various other
  historically significant cities.

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Geography - Websites

• KidsKonnect.com
• http//www.kidskonnect.com/Ohio/OhioHome.html
• Classbrain.com
• http//www.classbrain.com/artstate/publish/
• Enchanted Learning
• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/usa/states/ohio/
• WorldAtlas.com
• http//worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/namerica/u
  sstates/oh.htm
• Ohio Kids History for Kids
• http//www.ohiokids.org/games/puzzle.shtml

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Economics - Activities

• Classroom Jobs Students would be assigned
  classroom jobs such as librarian, travel agent
  (takes messages to the office), and recorder
  (attendance taker). In exchange for taking care
  of the duties associated with these jobs, the
  students would be paid in a classroom currency
  that could later be redeemed for an extrinsic
  reward, homework pass, etc. By holding jobs
  themselves, the students will be experiencing
  first hand what it is like to obtain and use
  income.
• Create-A-Product The class would brainstorm
  together and ultimately vote to select a product
  that they will attempt to create, market, sell,
  and profit from. In conjunction with this
  activity, students would be able to make
  connections to economic concepts such as how
  resources are organized to produce goods and
  services to their own experience as
  entrepreneurs.
• Propaganda Project Students would work in pairs
  or small groups to design a propaganda project
  surrounding either a real or fictionalized good
  or service. The whole class would learn about
  advertising tactics and methods of persuasion, so
  that these elements could be incorporated into
  the projects. Students would create a poster
  advertisement as well as a brief television
  commercial urging the buyer to act now.

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Economics - Activities cont.

• Structured Note Taking Because economic
  concepts such as supply and demand are foreign to
  many students at the is age level, it would be
  very beneficial to provide the students with
  partially filled in notes that would allow them
  to remain attentive during lectures, but at the
  same time it reduces their anxiety level. An
  example of these types of handouts would be a
  supply and demand curve already drawn in, but
  missing its proper labels and headings.
• Visual Flow of Market Reliance To illustrate
  the interdependence of the Ohio, United States,
  and foreign economies, the students will create a
  visual representation of the flow of goods,
  services, and currency. By providing the
  students with a visual, they will be more able to
  grasp this seemingly large and abstract concept.

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Economics - Websites

• OhioPix
• http//www.ohiohistory.org/etcetera/exhibits/ohiop
  ix/
• Ohio Memory An Online Scrapbook of Ohio History
• http//www.ohiomemory.org/
• U.S. Census Bureau
• http//quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/
• Americas Story
• http//www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi
• Ohio Historical Society
• http//www.ohiohistory.org/

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Government - Activities

• Branches of Government Circle Flip Book
  Students would create a circle flip book that
  would illustrate the three branches of government
  (legislative, executive, and judicial) as well as
  their primary responsibility and who they are
  headed by. The process of making the books would
  help to reinforce the material and upon their
  completion, the students would have a review
  guide.
• School Constitution After learning about the
  significance and purpose of Constitutions of the
  United States and Ohio, students could work in
  small groups to write a constitution for the
  school. Each group could be assigned to write a
  different part of the constitution which would
  later be combined as a class for form the
  finished document.
• Sidewalk Chalk Drawings Weather permitting,
  students would work in pairs to illustrate major
  state and national symbols (flags, seals, etc.)
  in sidewalk chalk.

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Government Activities
cont.

• Debate Present students with an article about a
  current local or state government issue. Divide
  the class up into two sides and have them
  brainstorm reasons why individuals should or
  should not support the issue as described by the
  articles author. Several students from both
  sides will get the chance to explain their
  reasoning and then partake in a mini-debate with
  an opposing team member.
• Legislation Proposal In small groups, students
  will draft legislative changes for the classroom
  or school. These proposals may be to install a
  new policy, revise a procedure, or remove a
  current rule. Students must come up with a
  rationale that supports their proposal.

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Government - Websites

• State of Ohio Website
• http//ohio.gov/
• First Gov for Kids
• http//www.kids.gov/
• Bens Guide to US Government for Kids
• http//bensguide.gpo.gov/
• Netstate
• http//www.netstate.com/states/symb/oh_symb.htm
• Newseum
• http//www.newseum.org/

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Citizenship Rights
Responsibilities - Activities

• Freewrite While the teacher is informing the
  incoming class of the school rules, a comparison
  could be made to laws that govern citizens.
  After this brief introduction, students would be
  asked to freewrite based on the following prompt
  Imagine that you went to a school without rules.
  Describe how the students and teachers would
  act? Explain what might go on during the day.
  Would you want to go to this school? Why do you
  think it is important for students and citizens
  to follow rules and laws?
• Citizenship Posters Students will be divided
  into small groups of approximately four
  individuals. Each group will be assigned one of
  the six ways to show good citizenship (respect,
  fairness, reliability, honesty, wisdom, and
  courage) and will then create a poster
  illustrating the characteristic. This poster
  will define the attribute and give examples of
  how one would exhibit it. This project may be
  done at the beginning of the year to help
  students get to know one another. The groups
  could present their finished posters to the class
  and then display them on the walls of the room.

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Citizenship Rights
Responsibilities Activities cont.

• Game of 20 Questions After learning about those
  listed below who exhibited characteristics of
  good citizenship, the class could review by
  playing 20 questions to identify the individuals
  based on the facts of their lives. (Marie
  Aull-respect, George Washington-courage, Thomas
  Worthington-reliability, Abraham Lincoln-honesty,
  Garrett Morgan-wisdom, Florence Allen-fairness)
• Observation Log Students keep a log of the
  examples of good citizenship that they observe at
  their school and share them weekly with the
  class.
• Student Council Elections At the beginning of
  the school year, student council elections may be
  held in which student representatives must be
  chosen from each classroom. Those wishing to be
  elected would be asked to give a brief speech on
  why it is important for all students vote and
  further elect them. The class could be divided
  into groups and work as speech writing teams for
  the candidates.

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Citizenship Rights Responsibilities - Websites

• Kids Voting USA
• http//www.kidsvotingusa.org/
• Sound Out
• http//www.soundout.org/
• White House for Kids
• http//www.whitehouse.gov/kids/
• What Kids Can Do
• http//www.whatkidscando.org/index.asp
• Ease History
• http//www.easehistory.org/index2.html

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Social Studies Skills
Activities

• Textbook Scavenger Hunt Students will be given
  a scavenger hunt list that requires them to
  locate specific information in their Social
  Studies textbook by utilizing the glossary and
  index. The teacher may want to model how to use
  the various parts of the text before letting the
  students begin.
• Newspaper Article Based on the teacher lecture
  about the scientific theory that glaciers shaped
  Ohios landscape during the last Ice Age,
  students would be asked to write a newspaper
  article about the glacial grooves observed at
  Kelleys Island and whether or not this supports
  the theory.
• Umbrella Graphic Organizer After learning about
  the characteristics that make Ohio part of the
  Midwest (climate, landforms, and agriculture)
  students can illustrate their knowledge by
  completing an umbrella graphic organizer. This
  tool would allow them to input the main idea
  being discussed as the top of the umbrella and
  then list the supporting details as what holds
  the up.

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Social Studies Skills
Activities cont.

• Ohio Landmark Brochure Students would work in
  pairs to research an Ohio landmark and create a
  brochure for it to attract visitors. To complete
  this task, students would research the landmarks
  using atlases, encyclopedias, dictionaries,
  newspapers, and electronic resources.
• Two Facts and an Opinion Game This is based on
  the game Two Truths and a Lie in which an
  individual tells the class two truths about
  themselves and one lie. It is then up to the
  class to determine which statement was false.
  This game could be adapted to help the students
  recognize the difference between facts and
  opinions. To begin, the teacher should model how
  to play the game both as the speaker and as the
  observer. It might also be a good idea to
  provide students with facts and opinions to read
  to the class until they become more familiar with
  the game and are able to make them up themselves.

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Social Studies Skills Websites

• OPLIN What Tree Is It?
• http//www.oplin.org/tree/index.html
• OPLIN Whats That Snake?
• http//www.oplin.org/snake/index.html
• OPLIN Whats The Point?
• http//www.oplin.org/point/index.html
• Time for Kids
• http//www.timeforkids.com/TFK/
• CNN Student News
• http//www.cnn.com/EDUCATION/

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• Board game
• Interpret pic and draw pic and compare
• Artistic representation
• Poem
• Word sort
• Skit
• Play script
• Comic strip/cartoon
• Song
• Write quiz
• Take test
• Write, produce, film news program
• Develop community service project
• Read book B Is For Buckeye An Ohio Alphabet
  Edition by Marcia Schonberg

• Multigenre project
• SWBTSF summary
• Diarama
• Shoe box scene