Team-Jodie+and+Lisa

Jodie and Lisa....Morse School....Brooks Maine....Please remember this is a work in progress....

= **Title: Maine, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow** =

Day One  Pre-Test using [|__google docs__] Day Two  Brainstorm information we would like to know about our counties.  Begin research Day Three  Start recording research on research [|__outline guide__] Day Four  Learn about ballads  Lesson Plans from [|__Smithsonian__]  Practice writing ballads in assigned format using [|__tips__]  4 line stanzas with alternating 8 and 6 syllable lines <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day Five, Six and Seven <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Start writing ballads based on researched notes using <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__ballad outline__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Go over <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Rubric__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day Eight <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Teach <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Jamstudio__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> program <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Experiment on Jamstudio <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day Nine <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Create accompaniment on Jamstudio and submit <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day Ten <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Collect pictures to correspond with each stanza <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day Eleven <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Introduce Windows Movie Maker <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Create Movie of the ballad <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day Twelve <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Record ballad with accompaniment <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day Thirteen <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Add ballad to Movie Maker for completion of this portion of the project <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Complete <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Check List__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Due <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day 14 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Present Ballads at Literacy night <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day 15 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Choose product from county and begin researching based on <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Question worksheet__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day 16 and 17 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Record Data found on <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__Question worksheet__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day 18 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Write up final report <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day 19 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Find Images of product (past, present and future) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day 20 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Take pictures of student using green screen <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Edit pictures in Gimp <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day 21 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Introduce Photo Story 3 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Experiment with Photo Story 3 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day 22 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Use new edited images to create a Photo Story 3 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Record voices and complete Photo Story 3 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Day 23 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Practice Presenting for Academic Fair <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 26.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Present at Academic Fair

Info on Standard met:

**Essential Question:** What impact has the geography of Maine had on the economy of our state historically, currently and in the future?

**Overview:** Students will demonstrate an understanding of how Maine's geography has affected and will continue to affect the economy. Students will research and explore ways to develop an understanding of Maine, its people, product and culture. Students will also look into the development of a variety of industries and the role this has played in its history. Students will be working with other 4th graders throughout the district using a variety of technology tools (email, wiki page, moodle).

**Length of Lesson:** This is a multi-lesson Unit that will take the entire year to complete. Ending with a district wide culminating project.

**Instructional Objectives:**

**The students will:** The students will research and write about various Maine industries and the lifestyles associated with specific time periods.

**Curriculum Standards:** **E.History** **E1.** Historical knowledge, concepts, themes and patterns: students understand various major eras in the history of the community, Maine, and the United States. **D. Geography** **D1.** Geographic knowledge, concepts, themes and patterns: Students understand the geography of the community, Maine the United States and various regions of the world.

**A. Reading** **A1. Interconnected Elements:** Students read and draw conclusions from texts, within a grade appropriate span of text complexity, by applying their knowledge and strategies of comprehension, vocabulary, alphabetic and fluency. **A3. Informational texts:** Students read, paraphrase, and summarize informational texts, within a grade appropriate span of text complexity for different purposes. **B. Writing** **B1. Interconnected Elements:** Students use a writing process with an emphasis on the development of a central idea, for a variety of audiences and purposes. **C. Research** **C1. Research:** Students create, identify and answer research questions by gathering information from print and non-print sources and communicate findings.

**A. Disciplinary Literacy-Music:** Students show literacy in the discipline by understanding and demonstrating concepts,sills, terminology, and processes. **A1. Music Difficulty:** Students accurately perform music in easy keys, meters, and rhythms with limited ranges, both instrumentally and vocally, while modeling proper posture and technique, alone or with others.

**A3.** Students listen to and describe simple examples of the elements of music including pitch, rhythm, tempo, dynamics, form, timbre, meter, phrases, style, and major/minor harmony.

**B. Creation, Performance, and Expression-Music:** Students create, perform and express through the art discipline. **B1. Style Genre** Students create or perform music of various styles and genres in easy keys, meters, and rhythms with limited ranges accurately applying the knowledge and skills of: proper posture and technique; notation;symbols; and terminology of dynamics. **B2, Composition** Students create their own compositions by applying the knowledge and skills of notation, symbols, and terminology of dynamics.


 * E. Visual and Performing Arts Connections:** Students understand the relationship among the arts, history and world culture; and they make connections among the arts and to other disciplines, to goal-setting, and to interpersonal interaction.
 * E1.** Students explain that the visual/performing arts help people understand history and/or world cultures.