black+history

= Title: Black History Month = Objective(s):  o    Students will choose an influential Black American from http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory  o    Students will find 3-4 facts about their Black American  o    Students will create a PowerPoint slide show with 4+ slides telling about their Black American Materials o   http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory o   biography information sheet (make copies) o   pencils o   Microsoft PowerPoint o   markers/crayons WEDNESDAY Procedure  i.   person’s name (first and last!)  ii. birthday and date of death if dead  iii. birthplace (country, state, or town)  iv. what the person is best known/famous for THURSDAY Procedure  1. gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)  2. review the lesson for the week and explain that February is Black History month, so they are going to create a power point about a Black American  3. take 1-2 information sheets that the students completed yesterday and read outloud what they have written (ask the student if you can use them for an example first  J )  4. explain that today that their goals are  a.  to find 3-4 facts about their person (things they did, why they are important, what they are famous for)  b.  write the facts on their information sheet  5. choose another student to use as an example to model the 3-4 facts  6. gather students around 1-2 computers <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 7. explain that you are going to model finding 3-4 important facts <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 8. go to http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 9. model how to click on “biographies” <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 10. scroll down until you find the student’s person <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 11. model how to read the biography and pick 3-4 interesting or important facts <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 12. explain that they need to write these facts on the bottom section of the information sheet <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 13. tell the students they need to make sure their spelling and grammar is correct because tomorrow they are going to create a PowerPoint using the information sheet <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 14. remind them to hand in the information sheets so they can use them tomorrow <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 15. ask for questions <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 16. have students move to computers <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 17. assist/monitor while students work <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 18. **make sure to collect information sheets from all the students** <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"> J   MONDAY Procedure >> **tell students they must save it to the desktop** TUESDAY Procedure WEDESDAY Procedure <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 1. gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 2. explain that today and tomorrow for Black History month, they are going to listen to an African folktale and make their own <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 3. review what a folktale is by asking if students know what a folktale is (it is a belief or story passed on through generations) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 4. explain that folktales sometimes explain things that happen in nature <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 5. show the students the cover of the book and read the title <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 6. ask what the students think this folktale is about (why mosquitoes buzz in people’s ears) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 7. ask for students to make predictions about why mosquitoes buzz in people’s ears <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 8. read the first 7 pages (to where the King Lion calls the rabbit to the meeting) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 9. after the story, call on students to make predictions about how the story will end <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 10. after students have made some predictions, explain that you will finish the book tomorrow and they are going to use a new program called “Scratch “ to make their own folktale cartoon <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 11. gather students around 1-2 computers to model the Scratch program <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 12. click on the Scratch icon on the desktop <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 13. click “open” at the top <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 14. choose one of the folders to show examples of some Scratch creations (for example, click on the games folder then double click on a couple games) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 15. show the students at least 2 folders of examples <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 16. explain that today the students are going to have time to explore the Scratch program and tomorrow they are going to create their own folktale cartoon <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 17. allow students about 30 minutes to play with Scratch (you do not need to have free time today!) THURSDAY Procedure <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 1. gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 2. review the book from yesterday <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 3. remind the students that “Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People’s Ears” is an African folktale and they are studying Black History <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 4. ask the following questions before reading <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> a.  Where does the story take place? <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> b.  What are some of the animals from the story? <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> c.  What is the problem? <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> d.  Who is trying to solve the problem? <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 5. finish reading the story to the students <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 6. after the story is finished, explain that the students are going to create their own folktale cartoon using Scratch <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 7. gather students around 1-2 computers to model how to use Scratch <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 8. click on the Scratch icon on the desktop <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 9. click “new” at the top <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 10. ask the students what kinds of animals they want in their folktale (for example, a monkey, a horse, a fish etc.) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 11. explain to the students that the characters in Scratch are called “Sprites” <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 12. model how to click on the folder icon under the cat on the right hand side <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 13. double click on the “Animals” folder <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 14. tell the students you are going to choose 3-4 Animal Sprites for the folktale <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 15. scroll down through the animals <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 16. call on 3-4 students to choose Sprites for the folktale <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 17. when you find a Sprite you want, double click on it and it will show up in the white animation box <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 18. model how to erase a Sprite that the students do not want by clicking on the scissors above the white animation box and then clicking on one of the Sprites <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 19. repeat steps 12-17 until you have 3-4 Sprites in the animation box <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 20. show the students how to make the Sprites bigger or smaller by clicking on the two different arrow boxes next to the scissors at the top <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 21. double click on one of the Sprites in your white animation box to begin making the cartoon <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 22. model how to drag motions into the middle box <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 23. show the students how to change the numbers in the motion boxes (ex. you can change how many step the Sprite moves or where it says “go to x:_ __y:___” you can put in coordinates) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 24. the coordinates are found on the bottom right of the white animation box <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 25. model how to click on the “stage” icon on the left side of the Sprites <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 26. in the middle box, click on the “backgrounds” tab and then click on “paint” <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 27. model how to draw a background for the cartoon <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 28. explain that the most important part is to make sure each Sprite’s movements have the green flag button on top <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 29. explain that the movements are like puzzle pieces that are put together <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 30. the top puzzle piece should always be the first one under controls that has the green flag on it. When the students click the flag on the top right, the animation will start and when they click the stop sign on the top right the animation will stop <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 31. explain to the students they will have the whole class to create their folktale cartoon <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 32. lastly, show the kids how to save their Scratch project <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 33. at the top click the “save” button and save it as the kids name and then #1 (for example, aaliyah#1 or phuong#1) **students do not have to save their work this time** <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 34. tell the students the expectations for the cartoon <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> a.  at least 3 animals <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> b.  each animal has to move at least once <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> c.  a colorful background <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> d.  an explanation of their cartoon (this can be told, not written) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 35. it might be helpful to write the expectations on the board so students can refer to them <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 36. remind students that if they need help, they need to raise their hand QUIETLY <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 37. walk around and help the students while they are making their cartoon <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 38. after the students are finished with their cartoons, have them explain what is happening <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 39. if students want to save their work they can (refer to number 33) <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> 40. **you do not need to have free time today**
 * 1)  gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) explain that February is Black History month, so they are going to create a PowerPoint about a Black American
 * 3) explain that the goals for today are to
 * 4) choose a person from http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory
 * 5) write down the following on the information sheet
 * 1) gather students around 1-2 computers to create a model information sheet
 * 2) go to http://www.britannica.com/blackhistory
 * 3) click on “biographies” on the left hand side
 * 4) model how to scroll down to see different people
 * 5) model how to scroll all the way to the bottom and click “next” for more people
 * 6)  have the students help you choose a biography
 * 7) show the students the information sheet
 * 8) as a class, fill out the information sheet
 * 9) make sure you point out where to find the information (the name, birth/death dates and what the person is famous for should be near the top and the birthplace may be towards the middle)
 * 10) tell the students they need to scroll through the people to find someone they are interested in
 * 11) when they have chosen someone to write about, they need to raise their hand and you can hand them the information sheet (you may want to check to make sure they chose someone appropriate)
 * 12) they need to hand in the information sheet because they are going to use it tomorrow
 * 13) ask for questions
 * 14) have students move to a computer
 * 15) assist/monitor while students work
 * 16) **collect the information sheets at the end of class to use tomorrow!!!!**
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) review the lesson for the week and remind the students they are learning about a Black American for Black History month
 * 3) tell the students their goals today are
 * 4) create a PowerPoint
 * 5) use facts from their information sheet to write on their PowerPoint slides
 * 6)  ask permission from a student to use his/her information sheet to model how to create the PowerPoint
 * 7) gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 8) model how to open Microsoft PowerPoint
 * 9) In the title box of the first slide, type “Black History Month”
 * 10) In the subtitle box type “By __your name__” (ex. By Sina)
 * 11) Show the students where to find the new slide button and click it
 * 12) In the title box of slide 2, type the person’s first and last name
 * 13) In the text box, type **when** they were born and when they died
 * 14) Hit enter and type **where** they were born/died on the next line
 * 15) Click new slide
 * 16) In the title box of slide 3, write the person’s name
 * 17) In the text box, type why they are important or famous
 * 18) Click new slide
 * 19) In the title box of slide 4, write the person’s name
 * 20) In the text box, type fact #1
 * 21) Click new slide
 * 22) In the title box of slide 5, write the person’s name
 * 23) In the text box write fact #2
 * 24) Repeat steps f. through h. for each fact
 * 25) tell the students they need to save the PowerPoint as “BHMkid’s __name__” (for example, BHMkayanna or BHMsajad)
 * 26) write this on the whiteboard or chart paper so students can refer to it
 * 27) model how to save the PowerPoint onto the desktop
 * 28) click “file”
 * 29) click “save”
 * 30) click the desktop icon on the left
 * 1) in the title box, type BHM__your name__
 * 2) click “save”
 * 3) ask for questions
 * 4) have students move to a computer
 * 5) assist/monitor while they work on their PowerPoint
 * 6) **it is your responsibility to move the PowerPoint projects from the desktop to a flash drive so students can work on them tomorrow!!!**
 * 1) gather students on the carpet and remind them of the expectations (criss-cross, hands folded in lap)
 * 2) review the activity for the week (Black History Month)
 * 3) review the lesson from yesterday (create a PowerPoint about an important Black American)
 * 4) explain to the students that today their goals are to
 * 5) find a picture of the Black American they are studying
 * 6) put the picture in their PowerPoint project
 * 7) share their project with 2-3 friends
 * 8) gather students around 1-2 computers
 * 9) model how to open a student’s PowerPoint project (ask permission before using it as an example)
 * 10) show the class how the first page says the Black American’s name and the student’s name who created it
 * 11) explain that they are going to insert 2-3 pictures of their person into their PowerPoint
 * 12) first, model how to minimize the PowerPoint and open Google
 * 13) show the students how to click “images” at the top left
 * 14) show the students how to type their person’s name in the search box
 * 15) click “search images”
 * 16) find a picture of the person
 * 17) model how to right click and select “copy”
 * 18) next go back to the PowerPoint project and select the first slide
 * 19) click at the end of the title and hit the enter button to make room for the picture
 * 20) right click under the title (the Black American’s name) and select “paste”
 * 21) the picture should be right under the title
 * 22) model how to move the picture and resize it to fit the slide
 * 23) explain that the students need to have a picture on the first slide and at least one more picture on their fact pages
 * 24) if students wish to put a picture of their person on each slide that is fine
 * 25) next model how to change the slide design
 * 26) on the top right hand side, click “slide design”
 * 27) scroll down and click on “slide design”
 * 28) show the students how to choose a design for their PowerPoint slides
 * 29) model how to click “file” then “save” when you are finished creating the PowerPoint (do not save your changes on the student’s example)
 * 30)  explain that the next thing today is to share the PowerPoint with 2-3 friends
 * 31) model how to hit the F5 button and how to hit the right arrow to go through each slide
 * 32) explain that they can call a friend over to their computer and show the slide show, then go over and view their friend’s slide show
 * 33) remind the students that they need to show their Black History month slide show to at least 2 people <span style="font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Century Gothic'; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"> J
 * 34) ask for questions
 * 35) have students move to a computer
 * 36) go around and move the PowerPoint from the flash drive to the desktop
 * 37) assist/monitor while students are working
 * 38) **make sure at the end of class you go around to each computer and move the PowerPoint projects from the desktop back to the flash drive**

NAME Black History Month Information sheet __ person’s name: first __ last __ birthday: __ __ date of death (if dead): __ birthplace (country, state, or town):_ __ what the person is best known/famous for: __ __ Fact #1: ___ Fact #2: _ __ Fact #3: ___