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Subjects
Grade
Brief Description
Create a photo timeline of the lives of the Wright brothers.
Objectives
Students will
Keywords
Wright brothers, aviation, transportation, timeline, research, measurement
Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students will create a timeline of important events in the lives of the Wright brothers. Students might use library or online resources as they do their research. The timeline will include plenty of photographs from online resources.
Have students set up, or provide them a simple work sheet, that includes two
columns on it:
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS | |
Important Date in Wright Brothers' Lives |
Event That Happened On That Date |
Click here for a page of online resources -- including biographies and photo images -- that you might provide for students.
When students have completed their work sheets
Finally, assign each student, pair of students, or group of four students the task of locating, in books or online, photographs that coordinate with important dates and events on the timeline. Click here for a list of a number of excellent online sources of photo images.
Students' drawings can be used in place of photo images.
Post students' completed timeline in a prominent place in the hallway, so students in the entire school can learn about the Wright Brothers' lives and join in the celebration of their first air flight -- exactly 100 years later.
Assessment
Students will write a paragraph in response to the following question: Why have the Wright brothers earned an important (prominent) place in U.S. history?Lesson Plan Source
Education World
Submitted By
Gary Hopkins
National Standards
FINE ARTS: Visual Arts LANGUAGE ARTS: English
GRADES K - 12
NL-ENG.K-12.1 Reading
for Perspective
NL-ENG.K-12.2 Reading
for Understanding
NL-ENG.K-12.3 Evaluation
Strategies
NL-ENG.K-12.4 Communication
Skills
NL-ENG.K-12.5 Communication
Strategies
NL-ENG.K-12.8 Developing
Research Skills
NL-ENG.K-12.12
Applying Language Skills
MATHEMATICS: Measurement
Creating an accurate timeline requires use of all measurement standards.
GRADES Pre-K - 2
All
GRADES 3 - 5
All
GRADES 6 - 8
All
GRADES 9 - 12
All
MATHEMATICS: Connections
GRADES Pre-K - 12
NM-CONN.PK-12.3
Recognize and Apply Mathematics in Contexts Outside of Mathematics
MATHEMATICS: Representation
GRADES Pre-K - 12
NM-REP.PK-12.3
Use Representations to Model and Interpret Physical, Social, and Mathematical
Phenomena
SCIENCE
GRADES K - 4
NS.K-4.2 Physical Science
NS.K-4.4 Earth and Space Science
NS.K-4.6 Science in Personal
and Social Perspectives
NS.K-4.7 History and Nature
of Science
GRADES 5 - 8
NS.5-8.2 Physical Science
NS.5-8.4 Earth and Space Science
NS.5-8.6 Science in Personal
and Social Perspectives
NS.5-8.7 History and Nature
of Science
GRADES 9 - 12
NS.9-12.2 Physical Science
NS.9-12.4 Earth and Space
Science
NS.9-12.6 Science in Personal
and Social Perspectives
NS.9-12.7 History and Nature
of Science
SOCIAL SCIENCES: U.S. History
GRADES 5 - 12
NSS-USH.5-12.6
Era 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
NSS-USH.5-12.7
Era 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
TECHNOLOGY
GRADES K - 12
NT.K-12.1 Basic Operations
and Concepts
NT.K-12.5 Technology Research
Tools
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