AISD Library Media Instructional Plan Date: 12/14/07 Grade Level: 8th Campus: Nichols J.H. Lesson Topic: Revolutionary War Baseball Cards CONTENT AREA: U. S. History TEKS/TAKS OBJECTIVES: 8.23B, 8.30A, 8.4B FOCUS: Revolutionary War Period: researching a historical person to explain the roles he/she played during the Revolutionary War period. MATERIALS/TECHNOLOGY: Revolutionary War Baseball Cards Research project directions, assignment organizer, and information sheets. Library computers, online databases, Internet. FINAL PRODUCT: Revolutionary Baseball Card with facts, and picture of a famous historical person of that era. KEY WORDS FOR LESSON BANK SEARCHING: Revolutionary War, biography, baseball cards, United States history, Big Six, BigSix, Big6 Activity Description: (1) Day 1: A packet of materials is handed out to students. (2) Day 1: Students choose a famous person of the Revolutionary War from a list in the packet. (3) Day 1: Students come to the library (and bring the packet of materials). (4) Day 1: Librarian reviews the Big Six Research Steps. (5) Day 1: Librarian introduces (reviews) how to use the databases on the library webpage. (6) Day 1: Librarian discusses the proper way to cite their sources. Also shows them where to find the sources cited at the end of the articles on the Library webpage. (7) Day 1: Librarian discusses other sites with students: Dogpile, Wikipedia, and Google. (8) Days 2 and 3: Students come to the library and use the computers to research their Famous Revolutionary War person. Notes: Collaboration with a teacher should be done several months in advance. Thank you to Mrs. Stella Knight, 8 th grade U.S. History Teacher for her idea of the Revolutionary War Baseball Cards. Resources/Weblinks: http://www.sdavjr.davis.k12.ut.us/~brian/pn/library/pdf_files/big6assnorg.pdf http://www.dogpile.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/main_page Attachments: (ppt., worksheet, bibliography, etc.) Contact Library Services Director for Attachments. See Below.
REVEOLUTIONARY WAR BASEBALL CARDS RESEARCH PROJECT DIRECTIONS: 1. Research a famous person who lived during the Revolutionary War Period from the list. 2. Use at least two (2) references, (textbook, encyclopedia, internet, intranet, etc.). 3. Complete the Big Six Assignment Organizer and turn in for a grade. 4. Complete the information Sheet for this project and turn in for a grade. 5. Use the information to create a Baseball Card for a grade (Test Grade) Include information from your research form. Include an illustration of your person. Color it. Be creative!! Make it look as much as a baseball card as possible. The Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/homepage/legal.html
Name Period REVOLUTIONARY WAR BASEBALL CARD RESEARCH FAMOUS PERSON: Birth and Death 1. Year of birth / year of death 2. Place of birth 3. Circumstances of death Early Life 4. Give available information about the early years of this person s live before he/she became famous. You might include such things as names of parents, father s and / or mothers s occupation, number of brothers and sisters, education, early jobs, noteworthy experiences, early accomplishments, or misfortunes, etc.
Page 3 Timeline 5. Give dates and brief descriptions of the most important events and accomplishments of the person s life. YEAR EVENT/ ACCOMPLISHMENT 6. Why is this person connected to the Revolutionary War Period of American History? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIBLIOGRAPHY: Title of book: Author of book: Publisher: Copyright Date: Pages used: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BIBLIOGRAPHY: Title of book: Author of book: Publisher: Copyright Date: Pages used:
Page 4 Famous People of the Revolutionary War: 1. Abigail Adams 2. John Adams 3. Samuel Adams 4. Ethan Allan 5. Benedict Arnold 6. Crispus Attucks 7. John Burgoyne 8. George Rogers Clark 9. Henry Clinton 10. Charles Cornwallis 11. Lydia Darragh 12. William Dawes 13. John Dickinson 14. Benjamin Franklin 15. Thomas Gage 16. Bernardo de Galvez 17. Horatio Gates 18. Nathanael Greene 19. George Grenville 20. Nathan Hale 21. Alexander Hamilton 22. John Hancock 23. Nancy Hart 24. Patrick Henry 25. William Howe 26. Thomas Jefferson 27. John Paul Jones 28. Johann de Kalb 29. King George 30. Henry Knox 31. Marquis de LaFayette 32. Richard Henry Lee 33. Sybil Ludington 34. James Madison 35. Francis Marion 36. Daniel Morgan 37. Joseph P. Morgan 38. Robert Morris 39. Lord North 40. James Otis 41. Thomas Paine 42. Molly Pitcher 43. Casimir Pulaski
44. Paul Revere 45. Betsy Ross 46. Peter Salem 47. Deborah Sampson 48. Emma Sampson 49. Baron von Steuben 50. Charles Townshend 51. Joseph Warren 52. Mercy Otis Warren 53. George Washington 54. Martha Washington 55. Phillis Wheatley