Mind+Your+Manners+Reinforcing+Activity


 * NCSS Notable Trade Book Lesson Plan**

Lesson Plan Author: Deborah L. Morowski, Ph.D. Auburn University

Written by Leslie Kimmelman Illustrated by Adam Gustavson || IV. Individual Development and Identity VI. Power, Authority, and Governance || T Chart Picture of Theodore Roosevelt available at zencollegelife.com/people-worth-knowing-theodore-roosevelt Posterboard Venn diagram for each student Books about life in 1910 Current newspapers and magazines Glue Scissors Computers ||
 * **Title of NCSS Notable Trade Book:** || //Mind Your Manners, Alice Roosevelt//
 * **Book Summary:** || The story recounts the antics of President Theodore Roosevelt’s oldest daughter, Alice. Children are introduced to the accomplishments of Roosevelt’s presidency while learning about Alice, a free spirit who rebelled against being a conventional woman. ||
 * **NCSS Standards:** || II. Time, Continuity, and Change
 * **Materials:** || //Mind Your Manners, Alice Roosevelt//
 * **Objectives:** || At the conclusion of the lesson students should be able to:

-Identify two accomplishments of Theodore Roosevelt's presidency and judge the effect of these accomplishments on current life. -Compare/Contrast life during 1900-1910 and 2000-2010. || //Exploration/ Introduction://
 * **Procedures:**

//Development://

//Expansion:// || Teacher asks, “Have you ever behaved in a way that your parents didn’t like? What happened?”

Students are shown a picture of Theodore Roosevelt and asked to identify it.

Teacher identifies picture as Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States.

"Today we’re going to read a story about what happened when the daughter of the President didn’t behave as people expected."

Read //Mind Your Manners Alice Roosevelt//

Ask students to identify some of the accomplishments of President Roosevelt and list on the left side of the T chart.

Ask students what are some of the tasks and accomplishments of modern presidents and record on the right side of the T chart.

Discuss how the tasks and accomplishments of the President have changed over the past one hundred years.

Refer to the book’s illustrations and ask students to describe the clothing, transportation, and women’s roles from the story.

Divide students into groups of four or five - Person 1 – Gathers resources - Person 2 - Organizes pictures - Person 3 – Oversees poster layout - Person 4 – Presents poster - Person 5 – Return resources - All group members – Find facts and pictures for posters

Each group will create a poster illustrating one of the aspect comparing life during 1900-1910 and 2000-2010. Possible topics include clothing, transportation, music, women’s roles, cost of food and clothing, schools, and entertainment.

Posters will be presented to the class and displayed in the classroom.

Individually, students will complete a Venn diagram noting at least two similarities and two differences of the two centuries on their given topic. ||
 * **Assessment:** || Through discussion, the teacher will informally assess students to determine if they can identity tasks and accomplishments of the presidents and the differences between the centuries.

Students will be evaluated on the completeness and the accuracy of their Venn diagram.

Students will complete a self evaluation and peer evaluation for group work on their poster. ||
 * **Suggested**
 * Extension**
 * Activities:** || Students may explore the lives of other Presidents’ children who have lived in the White House.

Students may research the life of Alice Roosevelt. || //Dawn of the Century 1900-1910// [|www.google.com/images] (Search life in 1910) Life in 1910 available at [|www.teachnet.ie/dhorgan/1900-10.html] Teddy and the Children’s Room available at [|www.theodoreroosevelt.org/kidscorner/trchildrens.htm] ||
 * **Additional**
 * References & Web Links** || //Time for Kids: Theodore Roosevelt//