Ohio History

By: Katie NaugleED 417:02

Unit: Ohio History

Grade Level: 1st grade

Lesson: To educate students on the state of Ohio and the history of its existence.

Objectives

Students will:

-Identify origin of Ohio’s name

-Use directional words to locate surrounding states

-Identify Ohio presidents

Activity #1:Where did Ohio get its name?

Activity #1

Materials

-brown construction paper

-markers/crayons/scissors

-Indian headdress template

-colored feathers

-glue

Activity #1 (cont.)

Lesson:

-Students will make Iroquois Indian headdresses to help them remember that Ohio was named by the Iroquois, meaning “great river”.

-Students will use provided materials to make their unique headdresses and will write ‘Iroquois’ on the front of their headdress to help them distinguish themselves from “other Indian tribes”.

Activity #2:Surrounding states

Activity #2

Materials

-Graphic Organizer

-Pencil

-Paper

-Maps

-Crayons

Activity #2 (cont.)

Surrounding States: Pennsylvania West Virginia Kentucky Indiana Michigan

Activity #2 (cont.)

Lesson

-Use maps to locate Ohio and its surrounding states

-Once surrounding states are located, students will use graphic organizer to write at least one sentence using a directional word to describe that state’s location.

-Students will share with their table and color the provided map.

Activity #3:Inventions

Activity #3

Materials

-Variety of costumes

-One of each invention discussed

-Map

Activity #3 (Cont.)

Inventions Thomas Edison

-Light bulb, Phonograph, Motion picture camera Wright Brothers

-airplane Charles Kettering

-automobile self-starter W.F. Semple

-chewing gum Ohio

-first hot dog

Activity #3 (cont.)

Lesson

-Students will dress up as one of the ten discussed inventors

-Will stand in front of the class and share what they invented and when

-Children will take turns until each child has had a turn to be an Ohio inventor.

Activity #4:Ohio Firsts

Activity #4

Materials

-Data folders to record progress

-10 true/false statements

Activity #4 (cont.)

Lesson-Students will listen to ten statements about Ohio firsts and decide if they think it is true or false prior to beginning the Ohio lesson. -Record score in data folder-After completion of the Ohio unit, do the same true/false activity. Record and compare results.

Activity #5:Ohio Presidents

Activity #5

Materials

-”The Little Giant Book of American Presidents”

-Paper

-Markers

Activity #5 (cont.)

Lesson

-Read “The Little Giant Book of American Presidents” (only Ohio Presidents)

-Discuss how many presidents come from Ohio

-Make an Ohio President Fact Book during centers (using book read to class as resource) including at least two facts about each president.

Useful Websites http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/ohio_quick_facts.php

Ohio Historical Central http://www.northcanton.sparcc.org/~elem/kidspiration/testa/stat

esohio.htmKidspiration States Around Ohio

http://www.noacsc.org/ohiohist/FunFacts/FunFacts.htm

Ohio’s Fun Facts http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?AUD

=JUV&kids=y&WRD=presidents&z=y

Barnes and Noble http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&clie

nt=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=ohio&btnG=Search+Images

Google Images: Ohio