History s Kid Heroes. Standards. Multiple Intelligences Utilized. Teaching. Go to for a complete list of titles in this series.

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1 Teaching History s Kid Heroes 3rd 5th Grade Interest Level 3rd Grade ing Level Go to for a complete list of titles in this series. Writing Uses the general skills and strategies of the writing process Uses the stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written composition Gathers and uses information for research purposes Standards ing Uses the general skills and strategies of the reading process Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts Listening and Speaking Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes History Understands family life now and in the past, and family life in various places long ago Multiple Intelligences Utilized Spatial, linguistic, interpersonal, and intrapersonal ISBN

2 2 T E A C H I N G H I S T O R Y S K I D H E R O E S Lesson 1 Story Problem Students will demonstrate reading comprehension by identifying an important problem in a story and describing its solution. Materials History s Kid Heroes series Story Problem Planning Sheet p. 5 pencil lined paper Prepare Copy Story Problem Planning Sheet p. 5 for each student. Pretest Tell students that they are going to read a story about a person with a problem. Discuss other stories the class has read that have problems in them. Remind students that as they read, they need to find the most important problem in the story. They will be writing about it when they are finished reading. Each student will read one book from the History s Kid Heroes series. Model Use a story familiar to the class to demonstrate how to do the activity. Using Story Problem Planning Sheet p. 5, encourage the class to help you identify the most important problem in the familiar story, and tell how the problem was solved. Show students how to take the information from Story Problem Planning Sheet p. 5 and write about it. Practice Students determine the most important problem in their History s Kid Heroes book, why it is important, and how it was solved. Students should record their ideas on Story Problem Planning Sheet p. 5. On a piece of lined paper, students should write about the problem and how it was solved. Encourage students to imagine they are explaining the story to someone who has not read it. Discuss Have students read their story problem to a partner. Encourage partners to give compliments and suggestions to make the writing complete. Evaluate Evaluate Story Problem Planning Sheet p. 5 and the students writing for completeness and understanding. Extension Use the above activity for creative writing. Have students plan and write about a problem in their own lives.

3 T E A C H I N G H I S T O R Y S K I D H E R O E S 3 Lesson 21 Character Animal Needs Traits Students will create a life-size poster analyzing Students will learn what animals need in order to survive. the characteristics of a story character. Materials History s Kid Heroes series butcher paper pencil index cards lined paper crayons or markers scissors glue Character Trait Self- Evaluation p. 6 Prepare Copy Character Trait Self- Evaluation p. 6 for each student. Pretest What are character traits? Discuss personality traits and physical traits. Can you tell what kind of person someone is by something he or she says or does? Ask for examples. Tell students that they are going to be creating character trait posters. As they read their books from the History s Kid Heroes series, students should look for words, quotes, or actions that describe the main character s traits. Each student will read one book from the History s Kid Heroes series. On a piece of lined paper, students should record words, quotes, and actions that describe the main character. Model Demonstrate how to make a character trait poster. Place a large piece of butcher paper on the floor, and ask a student volunteer to lie on it. Trace the student s body. Cut out the body tracing. Tell students that they are to decorate the body to look like the main character in their book. Share Character Trait Self- Evaluation p. 6 with the class. Practice Assign students to groups of three or four. All students in the same group should have read the same book. As a group, students create one poster of the main character from their book. On index cards, students write the character trait words, quotes, and actions they collected. Students should glue these to the poster. Discuss Student groups introduce their character to the class. Groups should discuss the words and quotes that they used on their poster. Evaluate Have students complete Character Trait Self-Evaluation p. 6.

4 4 T E A C H I N G H I S T O R Y S K I D H E R O E S Lesson 13 Animal Storyboarding Needs Students will learn about sequencing a story by Students will learn what animals need in order to survive. creating a storyboard. Materials History s Kids Heroes series Outline p. 7 Storyboard p. 8 markers pencils paper Prepare Copy Outline p. 7 and Storyboard p. 8 for each student. Pretest What is a storyboard? Discuss that a storyboard is a plan for sequenced art. A storyboard is used when making comic books, graphic novels, and animated cartoons. As a class, read one book from the History s Kid Heroes series. Model As a class, create an outline of the plot using Outline p. 7 on the board, an overhead, or an interactive whiteboard. Talk about how an outline is a plan for the text and a storyboard is a plan for the art. Practice Have students complete an outline for their own original stories using Outline p. 7. Then have students plan the art for their stories using Storyboard p. 8. Evaluate Together with each student, review Outline p. 7 and Storyboard p. 8 for completion and understanding. Have students use their outline and storyboard to create their own graphic novel. Lesson 4 Fractured Stories Students will learn about telling a story from a different perspective. Materials History s Kid Heroes series Outline p. 7 Storyboard p. 8 paper pencils Prepare Copy Outline p. 7 and Storyboard p. 8 for each student. As a class, read one book from the History s Kid Heroes series. Discuss Discuss the perspective of the story. Who is the main character? What role does this person play in the story line? Who are the secondary characters? How do they feel about the events in the story? Model Ask students to think about the story from a different character s perspective. Tell them that they will be reading a story and rewriting it from a different character s perspective. Each student will read one book from the History s Kid Heroes series. Practice Using Outline p. 7, have students complete an outline to retell the story they read from a different character s perspective. Then have students plan the art for their stories using Storyboard p. 8. Have students use their outline and storyboard to create their own graphic novel. Evaluate stories or have students share stories with the class. Assess for understanding.

5 Story Problem Planning Sheet 5 Name Date Title The most important problem in this story was... It was an important problem because... The problem was solved when... Teaching History s Kid Heroes

6 6 Character Trait Self-Evaluation Name Date Name of Main Character 1. What part of the character trait poster did you do? 2. What did you do well? 3. What part of the project could you have done better? 4. What did you learn? 5. What did you like best about this project? Teaching History s Kid Heroes

7 7 Outline Name I. A. B. II. A. B. III. A. B. Teaching History s Kid Heroes

8 8 Storyboard Name Teaching History s Kid Heroes