First Grade Unit Five:Community Helpers &

Theodore Roosevelt

Sarah Blascovich BrownTeacher on Assignment

Unit Five HighlightsUnit Five Highlights

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Sample PhotoStory•From Jenni Bueltel, Daves Creek Elementary – Forsyth County:

http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/13002072844650827/blank/browse.asp?a=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&c=105684

(Ben Franklin’s inventions & contributions)http://www.forsyth.k12.ga.us/13002072844650827/blank/browse.

asp?A=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=101992 (EUs for First Grade)

Resources (Theodore Resources (Theodore Roosevelt):Roosevelt):• Theodore Roosevelt Association: http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org.• Theodore Roosevelt’s Birthplace: http://www.nps.gov/thrb/. • Theodore Roosevelt’s ‘Summer White House,’ Sagamore Hill: http://www.nps.gov/sahi. • Background information, from Sagamore Hill’s education program: http://www.nps.gov/sahi/forteachers/upload/EDUREV-06pdf.pdf.

• Kid-Friendly biography from the Library of Congress: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/presidents/roosevelt. • Theodore Roosevelt National Park: http://www.nps.gov/thro. • Official biography from White House Kids: http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/presidents/theodoreroosevelt.html.

Resources:Resources:• Teddy Roosevelt’s Spelling Reforms:

http://history1900s.about.com/od/1900s/qt/trspelling.htm

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• Berryman Teddy Bear cartoons: http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/berrymanframes.html.

• Time for Kids Facts & Quiz: http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/specials/articles/0,6709,735130,00.html.

• Teddy Roosevelt Puzzle & Fact List: http://www.nps.gov/history/logcabin/html/puzzle.html.

What to Do About Alice, by Barbara

Kerley

Literacy Resources:Literacy Resources:

You’re On Your Way, Teddy Roosevelt by

Judith St. George

Teddy Roosevelt: The

People’s President by

Sharon Gayle

My Tour of Europe, By

Teddy Roosevelt, Age 10 by

Ellen Jackson

The Remarkable Rough-Riding Life of Theodore Roosevelt

and the Rise of Empire America

by Cheryl Harness

Teaching Unit Four:Individuals, Groups, & Institutions:

Impact of individual choices Contributions of TR Compare/Contrast TR’s life with ours Impact of TR’s work Perception of TR’s work by others

Teaching Unit Four:Scarcity

Review the concept of scarcityIdea of National Parks as preservation of a scarce

natural resourceConcepts of producers & consumersHow we meet our needs, compared to how

institutions/governments meet their needsMaking good choices/conservation