The+Camping+Trip+that+Changed+America+Reinforcing+Activity

The reinforcing activity that takes the reader in some detail through the steps of how I would use this book to teach the Topic and/or Content Statement I have selected would be an Inquiry-Based activity followed by a Venn Diagram where students compare and contrast the two main characters of the book, Theodore Roosevelt and John Muir. The inquiry-based activity would look as follows:

__Materials:__ -The Camping Trip that Changed America, by Barbara Rosenstock -Venn Diagram page -Image of Theodore Roosevelt: __Procedures:__ __Discussion Questions:__ __Prior to reading book:__ __After reading book:__
 * Students listen to me read the book out loud to them in class.
 * Throughout the read aloud, the students can take notes on what they are finding interesting in the book.
 * As I (the teacher), am reading the book out loud to the class, I am not saying the name, “President Roosevelt.” I will say “President”, but never the president’s name. In doing this, this is creating inquiry-based instruction by me not letting the students know what President is being spoken of.
 * Using the clues from the book, the students make observations (book will be passed around/on doc cam after read aloud is complete) to make a guess about who the President in the book is.
 * If the students still have not figured it out, I will show them a real image of President Roosevelt, and see if they can guess based on the image.
 * If not, I will give them the first letter, “R” of the President from the book.
 * Once the students have either guessed the correct President in the book, or I have told them, they will complete a venn diagram where they compare and contrast President Roosevelt and John Muir, based on what they have learned in the book.
 * The students can then come to the front of the room and present their venn diagrams in front of the class, and the rest of the students in the class can add to their own venn diagrams.
 * 1) What do we think this book is going to be about, based on the illustrations on the cover/throughout the pages of the book?
 * 2) Why do we think this?
 * 3) Do you have any guesses on who the people are on the cover of this book?
 * 4) Do you have any guesses on where these people might be during this book?
 * 5) Based on the title, how do you think their camping trip changed America?
 * 1) Were our predictions correct about what we guessed the book would be about? How so/not so?
 * 2) Who were the two main characters in this book? (After activity is complete)
 * 3) Why is this book important?
 * 4) Did this event really happen?
 * 5) Why is it important that we save our forests/wildlife?

Another reinforcing activity that can be used to teach this Topic and Content Statement could be as follows: __Materials:__ -The Camping Trip that Changed America, by Barbara Rosenstock -Venn Diagram page -Image of Yosemite National Park: __Procedures:__ __Discussion Questions:__ __Prior to reading book:__ __After reading book:__
 * Students listen to me read the book out loud to them in class.
 * Throughout the read aloud, the students can take notes on what they are finding interesting in the book.
 * After reading the book to the class, I can teach a lesson about Yosemite National Park through the use of this book, images of the park, and other facts/information about the park.
 * I can start out by showing students images of the park and reading facts about it, and follow up by having the students make observations about the park.
 * Once they do this, they can use information from the book about why this park is important, and how it relates to the book.
 * To demonstrate their understanding, I can have the students research different national parks and compare/contrast them to Yosemite National Park using a venn diagram page.
 * 1) What do we think this book is going to be about, based on the illustrations on the cover/throughout the pages of the book?
 * 2) Why do we think this?
 * 3) Do you have any guesses on who the people are on the cover of this book?
 * 4) Do you have any guesses on where these people might be during this book?
 * 5) Based on the title, how do you think their camping trip changed America?
 * 1) Were our predictions correct about what we guessed the book would be about? How so/not so?
 * 2) Who were the two main characters in this book? (After activity is complete)
 * 3) Why is this book important?
 * 4) Did this event really happen?
 * 5) Why is it important that we save our forests/wildlife?

This book can also be used to teach social studies in the __Geography strand.__ The topic that it could be used to teach is __“Spatial Thinking and Skills”__, followed by the __Content Statement: “Human activities alter the physical environment, both positively and negatively.”__

Outdoors

Change

America

President

United States

Washington DC

Theodore Roosevelt “Teedie”

John Muir “Johnny”

Travels

Wildlife

Naturalist

Yosemite

The White House

Mountain Forests

Vanishing

Wilderness

Government

Letter

Western States

Camping

California

America’s Forests

Train

Raymond, California

Sequoia Trees

Bear

Glacier Point

Valley

Nature

1903

Protect

Congress

Laws

National Parks

Wildlife Sanctuaries