Kindergarten Unit Five

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• Kindergarten Unit Five
• Being a Good American

Sarah Blascovich Brown Teacher on Assignment
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Unit Five Highlights
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Unit Five Highlights
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Martins Big Words by Doreen Rappaport

• Available as a video presentation, with archival
  footage of Dr. Kings I Have a Dream speech, at
  www.unitedstreaming.com enter martins big
  words in the search bar.
• Discuss the events in the story that help us
  remember Dr. King today.
• Discuss why we celebrate Dr. Kings birthday as a
  national holiday.
• Students can create collages of symbols/objects
  representing Dr. Kings legacy or life.
• Teachers can help students create a class book
  about Dr. Kings legacy.
• Students can share their work with second grade
  students, who are also learning Dr. King, and the
  second graders could share in return.

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Website Resources

• Kid-Friendly MLK Biography from the Library of
  Congress http//www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/p
  age.cgi/aa/king
• Slide Show from later in MLKs life at
  Scholastichttp//teacher.scholastic.com/scholast
  icnews/indepth/mlk/news/index.asp?articlepreviews
  
• Lesson Plans from the MLK National Historic Site
  in Atlanta http//www.nps.gov/malu/forteachers/le
  sson_plans_and_teacher_guides.htm
• Timeline of Dr. Kings life by a class in Oregon
  (great model for a similar activity)
  http//www.pps.k12.or.us/schools-c/pages/buckman/t
  imeline/kingframe.html
• Corporation for National Community Services
  Kids Ideas for MLK Day some could be adapted
  for classroom use http//www.nationalserviceresou
  rces.org/practices/17382
• 2009 MLK Day Home Page http//www.mlkday.org/

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Literacy Resources
I Have a DreamM. L. King, Jr.
My Brother MartinChristine K. Ferris
Martin Luther King, Jr. DayMargaret McNamara
My Drem of Martin Luther KingFaith Ringgold
Happy Birthday, Martin Luther KingJean Marzollo
Martin Luther King, Jr.Wil Mara
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The Coin Counting Book by Rozanne Williams

• Ideas from Math and Nonfiction, by Jamee Peterson
• Great book for integrating math social studies
• Help students match presidents, coins, values.
• Have students figure out what combinations of
  coins would equal a quarter, using an object with
  a value of a quarter.
• Help students see that with a given amount of
  money, they will have to choose what to buy.
• Discuss ways that people earn money (examples in
  standard KE1).
• Discuss ways that people spend money, and that
  most people work to earn an income to buy the
  things that they need this could also be part
  of a token economy or class store!

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Website Resources

• Interdisciplinary Washington, Lincoln,
  Presidents Day activities http//www.kindergarte
  ntreehouse.com/washingtonlincoln.html.
• Multiple resources for Presidents Day, including
  list of interactive websites webquests
  http//score.rims.k12.ca.us/score_lessons/special_
  events/presidentsdaymuseum/pages/teachact.htm.
• List of Presidents Day sites compiled by a
  Kindergarten teacher in California
  http//www.svusd.org/p_subject.asp?sid9560.
• Presidents Day information from the White House
  http//www.whitehouse.gov/kids/presidentsday/.
• Another teacher site, including a virtual museum,
  literature list, and bibliography
  http//score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/presidentsday
  /.

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Literacy Resources
Abe Lincoln The Boy Who Loved Books Kay Winters
President's Day David Marx
Abe Lincolns Hat Martha Brenner
President's Day Anne Rockwell
George Washington the Generals Dog Frank Murphy
Abraham Lincoln Wil Mara
George Washington Wil Mara
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Teaching Unit Five

• Individuals, Groups, Institutions
• Need for rules/laws.
• Importance of Dr. King, George Washington,
  Abraham Lincoln, current president
• Role of Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument,
  White House
• Identify good citizenship
• Importance of being a good citizen
• Why we celebrate some citizens

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Teaching Unit Five

• Scarcity
• Compare different choices in different settings
• Review money as currency, how people earn money,
  and how people spend money
• Discuss choices of Dr. King, Lincoln, Washington
• Discuss choosing good citizenship, the
  consequences of that choice