Writing Media Literacy Speaking/Listening Grammar

1. Write the biography of a
historical figure of your
choosing. Make sure to
include contributions and
connect them to other
historical figures in
Georgia. (IAI)
1. Compile information 1.Listen to Martin Luther 1. Compose a story with the
on Jimmy Carters time King Jr.s I Have a words that were given on
as president and then Dream speech. Allow the worksheet. Each word
create an Adobe Spark students to share any describes the contributions
video on all the thoughts at the end of the made by each historical
information you video. figure. It is your job to
retrieved. This should make up your own story
end up acting as a about how you think there
timeline of Jimmy lives went or how you see
Carters time in them as a person.
presidency.

Reading
1. Read the book, As good as anybody: Math:
Martin Luther King and Abraham 1. Produce a word problem
Joshua Heschel's amazing march toward that asks, Jackie Robinson
freedom by Richard Michelson. Have
students pair up and perform a skit that
hits 12 home runs at the
shows their understanding of social beginning of his career. He
Lives and Contribution of
justice. continues to hit more home
Historical Figures in Georgia
2. Read the book, Teammates by runs and he ends his career
Peter Golenbock, to introduce Jackie with 137 home runs. How
Robinson and his contributions. 2nd Grade many more home runs did he
Have a worksheet ready for them to hit during his career? (LOI)
fill in his contributions that you just Kathy Mynatt & Katie Runyon 2. Construct a bar graph that
read.
makes a visual representation
of the number of home runs
Jackie Robinson had during
his baseball career.

Social Studies:
1. Pre/Post Test (VL)
2. Research Jackie Robinson and the impact he
had on the Major League, then discuss and
create a timeline of his life as a class. (ITI)
3. Create an artifact with clay that was used by
Jackie Robinson. (VI)
4. Research Jimmy Carters presidency and
then discuss why he was a good president or
why he was one of the worst president. Then
present your argument to the class. (LOI)
5. Recreate your life as though you were Martin
Luther King Jr. Describe how you have
changed the South. (IAI)
6. List artifacts that were used by settlers during
the founding of Georgia.
7. Locate the region that the English settlers
were coming to and where Chief Tomochichi
claimed his land.
8. Complete a web quest with group members
that will focus on the contributions of each
historical figure.
9.Research the Native American tribes that
were settling in Georgia and find what tribe
Chief Tomochichi was in and how he was the
mediator for all tribes. (LOI)
Science:
1. Have a class discussion
about how stars are used to
help explorers navigate, and
then students will discuss
how they think James
Oglethorpe used the stars to
find Georgia.
2.Discover Sequoyahs
invention of the Cherokee
alphabet and analyze what
other inventions the
alphabet leads to. (LOI)
MI: Musical Intelligence
BKI: Bodily-Kinesthetic Intelligence
VI: Visual-spatial Intelligence
LI: Linguistic Intelligence
EI: Existential Intelligence
Fine Arts
1. Music- Invent musical instruments
used by the Indian tribes using craft
materials that will be given. (MI)
2. Art- Illustrate a picture that you think
describes Jackie Robinson. (VI)
3. Drama- Dramatize a scene with each
person in the group being a different
historical figure. Act out how they
interacted with each of the historical
figures if they ever did interact. (BKI)
LOI: Logical Intelligence
IAI: Intrapersonal Intelligence
ITI: Interpersonal Intelligence
NI: Naturalist Intelligence