Transcript United States Landmarks - Wright State University

United States Landmarks
By: Katie E. Wright
ED 417-02
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Unit of Landmarks
• Grade Level: 2nd grade
• Lesson: Learning the importance of
some of the United States landmarks
and understanding the ideals that each
of them represent.
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Objective
• The students will be able to explain the
importance of landmarks in the United
States and the ideals that they
represent.
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Materials Needed
• Presentation slides
• Paper, pencils, markers, crayons
• Blank postcards
• Jeopardy game on smartboard
• Posterboard
• Map of the United States of America.
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Websites
• www.ushistory.org
• www.monticello.org
• www.pbs.org
• www.whitehouse.gov
• www.historic-landmarks.com
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Activity #1
• Make a book using information from
the presentation slides.
• Facts and pictures should be drawn
and written on their own.
• Include a cover page and an about the
author page.
• Publish for the students to use as a
reference for future activities.
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Activity #2
• Create a postcard.
• Pick one landmark from the
presentation slides and have the
students write to someone about
where they have been and what they
have seen.
• Be sure to include at least one detail
about the landmark of their choice.
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Activity #3
• Play Jeopardy.
• Create the game using a smartboard.
You can separate class into teams, but
be sure they know this is for learning
purposes and not about winning or
losing.
• Use this a way to help the students
review their US landmarks.
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Activity #4
• Have the students create their own
landmark.
• Make sure they are able to describe
why the landmark they make has a
purpose.
• They can present their landmark in a
poster presentation.
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Activity #5
• Map Worksheet.
• Have a blank map of the United States
of America.
• Allow students to review presentation
slides and place proper keys to indicate
where each landmark is on the map.
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Presentation Slides:
• Washington Monument
• Lincoln Memorial
• Jefferson Memorial
• Statue of Liberty
• Mount Rushmore
• Liberty Bell
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Washington Monument
Washington D.C.
• Built to remember
our 1st president,
George Washington.
• Honors George
Washington as the
Father of Our
Country.
• It is about 555 feet
tall and has a
pointed top.
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Lincoln Memorial
Washington D.C.
• Built to remember
Abraham Lincoln,
our 16th president.
• Honors his work to
end slavery.
• A 19 foot statue
that shows
President Lincoln
sitting in a chair.
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Jefferson Memorial
• Built to remember
our 3rd president,
Thomas Jefferson.
• President Jefferson
was the author of
the Declaration of
Independence.
• Built the plantation,
Monticello.
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Statue of Liberty
New York City
• The seven spikes on the
crown represent the
light of liberty shining
on the seven seas and
continents.
• The torch stands for
lighting the way to
freedom.
• The tablet shows the
date the Declaration of
Independence was
signed.
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Mount Rushmore
South Dakota
• Honors George
Washington,
Thomas Jefferson,
Theodore Roosevelt,
and Abraham
Lincoln.
• Faces are about 60
feet tall.
• About 400 workers
help build the
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monument.
Liberty Bell
Pennsylvania
• Rang in 1776 when
the Declaration of
Independence was
signed.
• Rang for many
years until it
cracked in 1835.
• You can see the
Liberty Bell in
Philadelphia.
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