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VA U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

National Cemetery Ad ministration

,~ UCF

Department of History

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

Veterans Legacy Program Curricular Materials

DiscoveringourVeteransandtheir RelationtoFrance

Grade Level: Fifth Grade

SubjectArea:SocialStudiesandFrench

Benchmarks :

FrenchStandard:Culture: The studentwillbeabletousethetargetlanguagetogain

knowledgeanddemonstrateunderstandingoftherelationshipamongpractices, products, and perspectivesofculturesotherthanhis/herown. Science Standard: SC.5.N.1.1 Defineaproblem, useappropriatereferencematerialstosupportscientific understanding, planandcarryoutscientificinvestigationsofvarioustypessuchas:systematic observations,experimentsrequiringtheidentificationofvariables, collectingandorganizing data, interpretingdataincharts, tables, andgraphics, analyzeinformation, make predictions, anddefendconclusions.(DOK 3) Social StudiesStandard: SS.5.A.1.1 Useprimaryandsecondarysourcestounderstandhistory. SS.5.A.1.2 UtilizetimelinestoidentifyanddiscussAmericanHistorytimeperiods. SS.5.G.1.6 Locateandidentifystates, capitals, andUnitedStatesTerritoriesonamap. SS.5.G.4.1 Use geographicknowledgeandskillswhendiscussingcurrentevents.

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VA U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

National Cemetery Ad ministration

,~ UCF

Department of History

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

Veterans Legacy Program Curricular Materials

LESSONCONTENT:

Vocabulary: Textdependentquestions, evidence, inference, conclusions, primary documents, veterans, expositorywriting

SuggestedTechnology: DocumentCamera, ComputerforPresenter, ComputersforStudents, InternetConnection, LCDProjector, Speakers/Headphones, AdobeFlashPlayer, Microsoft Office, ComputerMediaPlayer, JavaPlugin, posterboards

LearningObjectives:Whatshouldstudentsknowandbeabletodoasaresultofthislesson?

Studentswillbeabletosummarizebasedupondetailsfromatext. Studentswillbeabletoinferanddrawconclusionsbasedupondetailsfromatext. Studentswillbeabletoanalyzeprimarysourcesandgatherinformationfromthetext. Studentswillbeabletouseevidencefromthetexttosupporttheirinferences. Studentswillbeabletointegrateinformationfromprimarysourcesandwriteabout the subject.

PriorKnowledge:Whatpriorknowledgeshouldstudentshaveforthislesson?

Studentswillneedtobeabletosummarizeinformationaltext. Studentswillneedtobeabletomakeinferencesfromtexts. Studentswillneedtobeabletoworkwithapartner. Studentswillneedtobeabletocompleteagraphicorganizer. Studentswillneedtobeabletocreateaposterboardpresentation. StudentswillneedtobeabletowriteusingtheconventionsofstandardEnglish.

GuidingQuestions:What are the guidingquestionsfor thislesson?

HowcanIorganizetheinformationobtainedinchronologicalorder? HowcanIsummarizetheinformation? HowcanIcollaboratewithotherstudentstocompleteanassignment? Whatisaprimaryresource? Howwouldaprimaryresourcebeused? Whataresomeexamplesofprimaryresources? Whatinformationcanbelearnedfromaphotograph? Whatdetailsareimportantinaparticularphotograph? Whatisaconclusion? Whatdoesareaderdowhentheyinfer? Howcanapersoninferfromaphotograph?

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VA U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

National Cemetery Ad ministration

Department of History

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

Veterans Legacy Program Curricular Materials

TeachingPhase:Howwilltheteacherpresenttheconceptorskilltostudents?

Thislessonwilltake45minutesperdayfor5days.

Part 1

Theteacherwillbegininstructionbyshowingthe PowerPoint onprimarysourcesand explainingtheslides.Forthelastslide, havestudentseithergiveathumbupordownto answereachquestion.

Studentswillwatchavideobuildingpriorknowledge

ToestablishpriorknowledgeonwhofoughtinFrance, thestudentswill learnabouttheUS thirdinfantry andtheroleitplayedinFranceduringWorldWarIandWorldWarII.Kenneth Holliday(UCFStudentandUSArmyVeteranwhoservedintheThirdInfantry)providesabrief historyoftheThirdInfantryanditsmotto, " RockoftheMarne,"intwoshortvideosonWorld WarIandWorldWarII. WWI-https://youtu.be/jqSCKZRuJdc WWII-https://youtu.be/JjC90ssKYP4

Teacher will explainthedifferent symbolsandtheirmeaningusingtheresourcesatthe NationalCemeteryAdministrationWebpage. Informationaboutheadstones, markersand medallionscanbefound here andalistofemblemsofbeliefcanbefound here.

Parts 2and3

Theteacherwillpartnerstudentsandgoovertherubricandthequestions.

Studentswillworkcollaborativelytoreadthebiographyontheveteransselectedfromamong thosewhohaveaconnectiontoFrance, andgatheranswerstothefollowingquestions.

Createa posterboard ofa veteran has a connection to France.

● Theboardwillhaveatimelineofthesoldier'slife. ● Theveterantombstonewiththereligioussymbolandthemeaningofthesymbolswill

bedrawnontheposterboard. ● Summarizehisorherlife.

○ HowistheveteranconnectedtoFrance?

○ When will your soldier be honored?

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VA U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

National Cemetery Administration

~ UCF

Department of History

UNIVERS I TY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

Veterans Legacy Program Curricular Materials

○ Whatwardidtheyfoughtin?whenisthedayforcelebratingthiswar?Inthe

UnitedStatesandinFrance.(ExampleVeteransDay, November8, November11, memorialdayetc.)

● Whatisyourprimarysource?Usevisualaidandexplain. ● Ifyoulearnednewvocabularywhataretheyandwhatistheirmeaning. ● Didyoulearnanyinteresting(wow)facts?

Parts 4&5

Studentswillbuildtheirposterboardwiththeirpartners.

Teacherwillcollectallboards.

Extra Activity

ResearchandStats Mostveterans’ tombstoneshaveasymbol. Gobacktothewebsiteandfindthenumberofveteranswhohavethesamesymbol.

● Basedonthe120biographiesmade, howmanysoldiershavethesamereligion you do?

● Createagraph/chartcomparingallthesymbolsandreligions.

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VA U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

National Cemetery Ad ministration

Department of History

UNI V ER S ITY OF CENTRAL FLOR I DA

Veterans Legacy Program Curricular Materials

GenericPosterGradingRubric

CATEGORY 4 3 2 1

Use of ClassTime

Usedtimewell duringeachclass period.Focusedon gettingtheproject done.Never distractedothers.

Usedtimewell duringeachclass period.Usually focusedongetting theprojectdone andnever distractedothers.

Usedsomeofthe timewellduring eachclassperiod. Therewassome focusongettingthe projectdonebut occasionally distractedothers.

Didnotuse classtimeto focusonthe projectOR oftendistracted others.

Graphics-Originality

Severalofthe graphicsusedon theposterreflecta exceptionaldegree ofstudent creativityintheir creationand/or display.

Oneortwoofthe graphicsusedon theposterreflect studentcreativity intheircreation and/ordisplay.

Thegraphicsare madebythe student, butare basedonthe designsorideasof others.

Nographics madebythe studentare included.

Required Theposter All required Allbut1ofthe Several Elements includesall

requiredelements aswellas additional information.

elementsare includedonthe poster.

requiredelements areincludedonthe poster.

required

elementswere missing.

Content– Atleast7accurate 5-6accuratefacts 3-4accuratefacts Lessthan3 Accuracy factsaredisplayed

ontheposter. aredisplayedon

theposter. aredisplayedonthe

poster. accuratefacts aredisplayed ontheposter.

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VA U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

National Cemetery Ad ministration

Department of History

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA

Veterans Legacy Program Curricular Materials

Grammar Thereareno grammatical mistakesonthe poster.

There is1

grammatical mistakeonthe poster.

Thereare2 grammatical mistakesonthe poster.

Therearemore than2 grammatical mistakesonthe poster.

Labels Allitemsof importanceonthe posterareclearly labelledwithlabels thatcanberead fromatleast3ft. away.

Almostallitemsof importanceonthe posterareclearly labelledwith labelsthatcanbe readfromatleast 3ft.away.

Severalitemsof importanceonthe posterareclearly labelledwithlabels thatcanberead fromatleast3ft. away.

Labelsaretoo smalltoview ORno importantitems werelabelled.

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VA U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

National Cemetery Ad ministration

,~ UCF

Department of History

UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLOR I DA

Veterans Legacy Program Curricular Materials

VeteranBiographiesRelatedtoFranceandFrancophoneTerritories

Allareavailable here.

World WarI John Antuono John Borris HylonBroadbrook EugeneBartoFricks HenryL.Gau MelvinHemmerle FrancisGerould FredKalinchuk Charles“Carlo”Leonetti AlexanderLucas GiosueNasso WilliamHenryOliver ClarenceL.Ostrander FelizPrendota WesleyZimmerman

World WarII DavidCarlHaberstroh MelvinA.Hemmerle SidneyMalatsky HarryWeber

FranceandFrancophoneterritories JohnMarcelAndres HenryFrancisCavicchi BryceLafave

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