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Learning with Local Learning with Local Government RecordsGovernment Records
Mid-State Teacher Center
2005-2006
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Introduction How To Use This PowerPoint Thematic Units (sorted by grade level)
– K-5– 6-8– 9-12
IntroductionThe Mid-State Teacher Center, in conjunction with GROW Educational Consultants, provided educators the opportunity to learn from experienced educational consultants, government records managers and historical societies, with a grant awarded by the New York State Archives entitled Local Government and Records Management Improvement Fund.
The major outcome of this grant program was the successful incorporation of local governments records into classroom instruction and assessment in preparation for the social studies and English language arts curriculum and testing.
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How To Use This PowerPointThe following thematic units are the outcome of Learning With Local Government Records. Each unit is accompanied by five lesson plans with supporting documents so you can complete the lessons in your classroom.
Some documents are scanned images of original local government records and others are worksheets that were created in Microsoft Word by the grant participant.
The Table of Contents contains hyperlinks that will lead you to the thematic units according to grade level.
To access individual documents within individual lesson plans, click on the highlighted links.
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K-5 Thematic Units
Library Media Specialist Lessons – Grades 2-5 Your History: Learning from Primary Sources – Grades 3-5 Analyzing and Interpreting Primary Source Documents – Grades 3-6 Civil War Era – Grade 5
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6-8 Thematic Units
Analyzing and Interpreting Primary Source Documents – Grades 3-6 Egyptian Tombs, The Holocaust, and World War II – Grades 6-8 1930’s – 1950’s – Grade 8
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9-12 Thematic Units
Regents American History and Participation in Government Grades 11/12
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Library Media Specialist LessonsLibrary Media Specialist Lessons
Created by:
Jennine Bloomquist
Camden Central School District
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Unit Overview
Lesson 1: 1800 and Froze to DeathGrades 3-5
Lesson 2: Tambora Eruption (1815)Grades 3-5
Lesson 3: A Picture is Worth a Thousand WordsGrade 2
Lesson 4: Identifying Primary SourcesGrade 3
Lesson 5: Opposing OpinionsGrades 4-5
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Library Media Specialist Lessons
Lesson Plan #1
Disciplines/Subject Areas: ELA, Social Studies
Grade Levels: 3-5
Learning Objective: By actively listening, students will create a timeline of the events of the
summer of 1816.
Documents Used:Indonesian Digest “The Year without a Summer (Tambora Volcano Part 2)”
Volcano Weather: The Story of the Year Without Summer 1816
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
Graphic Organizer .
1800 and Froze to Death
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Lesson Plan #2
Disciplines/Subject Areas: ELA, Social Studies
Grade Levels: 3-5
Learning Objective: Students will analyze data and make an inference regarding the effect
this information will have on future events.
Documents Used:Sir Raffles’ Description of the Tambora Eruption of 1815 (1, 2)
Tambora Eruption of 1815 Map
Tambora Eruption (1815)
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Lesson Plan #3
Disciplines/Subject Areas: ELA, Social Studies
Grade Level: 2
Learning Objective: Students will learn to look into a photo to gather information, and then
make an inference based upon what they see combined with what they already know about the subject.
Documents Used:Graphic Organizer
Photographs
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
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Lesson Plan #4
Disciplines/Subject Areas: ELA, Social Studies
Grade Level: 3
Learning Objective: Students will be able to identify a primary from a secondary source of
information.
Documents Used:Graphic Organizer
Identifying Primary Sources
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Lesson Plan #5
Disciplines/Subject Areas: ELA, Social Studies
Grade Levels: 4-5
Learning Objective: Students will practice identifying a writer’s bias and the possible reasons
behind it.
Documents Used:GUNIKI:Letters from Welsh Settlers in New York State, 1816-1844
Graphic Organizer
Opposing Opinions
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Your History:Your History:Learning from Primary SourcesLearning from Primary Sources
Created by:
Marilyn McCredy
Madison Central School District
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Lesson 1: Why History MattersGrades 3-5
Lesson 2: Certificate of Birth Registration and BaptismGrades 3-5
Lesson 3: A Picture is Worth a Thousand WordsGrades 3-5
Lesson 4: Baby ArtifactsGrades 3-5
Lesson 5: My History: Putting It All TogetherGrades 3-5
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Your History: Learning From Primary Sources
Lesson Plan #1
Disciplines/Subject Areas: ELA, Social Studies
Grade Levels: 3-5
Learning Objectives: Students will understand that they have a personal history. Students will discover the connections between their personal history
and the primary documents that record this history.
Documents Used:Introductions to Documents Worksheet
Why History Matters
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Lesson Plan #2
Disciplines/Subject Areas: ELA, Social Studies
Grade Levels: 3-5
Learning Objective: Students will gather information from a historical document.
Documents Used:Document Analysis Worksheet
Certificate of Birth Registration/Baptism
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Lesson Plan #3
Disciplines/Subject Areas: ELA, Social Studies
Grade Levels: 3-5
Learning Objectives: Students will understand how visual images contribute to our
interpretation of people, places, and events. Students will systematically analyze a photograph to gather data. Students will make inferences from photographic data. Students will research the subject of the photograph to verify inferences.
Documents Used:Photo Analysis Worksheet
A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words
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Lesson Plan #4
Disciplines/Subject Areas: ELA, Social Studies
Grade Levels: 3-5
Learning Objectives: Students will identify artifacts and understand the importance of each, at
birth. Students will make inferences from observations of artifacts.
Documents Used:Artifact Analysis Worksheet
Baby Artifacts
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Lesson Plan #5
Disciplines/Subject Areas: ELA, Social Studies
Grade Levels: 3-5
Learning Objective: Students will develop a creative outlet in which to record their own
personal history, incorporating facts uncovered throughout this unit.
My History: Putting It All Together
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Analyzing and Interpreting Analyzing and Interpreting Primary Source DocumentsPrimary Source Documents
Created by:
Leah Richards
Camden Central School District
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Unit Overview
Lesson 1: Camden Advance NewspaperGrade 5
Lesson 2: Census of 1980 Camden Population Grades 4-6
Lesson 3: Inventions That Have Impacted Modern Day LifeGrade 5
Lesson 4: Local TornadoesGrades 3-5
Lesson 5: Westward BoundGrade 5
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Analyzing and Interpreting Primary Source Documents
Lesson Plan #1
Disciplines/Subject Areas: ELA, Social Studies
Grade Level: 5
Learning Objectives: Students will understand the historical importance of newspapers Students will discover connections to the past. Students will locate Camden and other areas mentioned in the paper on a map Students will compare and contrast life in the past to life now
Documents Used:Copy of Camden Advance, Thursday, August 15, 1888
Camden Advance Newspaper
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Lesson Plan #2
Disciplines/Subject Areas: ELA, Social Studies, Math
Grade Levels: 4-6
Learning Objectives: Students will understand the importance of a census Students will understand the demographics within a census Students will apply math skills to analyze data
Documents Used:1980 Camden Census
Census of 1980 Camden Population
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Lesson Plan #3
Disciplines/Subject Areas: ELA, Social Studies
Grade Level: 5
Learning Objective: Students will analyze advertisements from the past and present to
determine what techniques in advertisements were used in the past and what has changed in our advertising today.
Documents Used:Sewing Machine Documents (1, 2)
Sample Brochure for Activity 2
Inventions That Have Impacted Modern Day Life
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Lesson Plan #4
Disciplines/Subject Areas: ELA, Social Studies
Grade Levels: 3-5
Learning Objectives: Students will read a news article to understand the devastation caused by a
natural disaster. Students will understand that it is possible for a natural disaster to strike
our local area.
Documents Used:Newspaper Article courtesy of the Boonville Public Library
Local Tornadoes
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Lesson Plan #5
Disciplines/Subject Areas: ELA, Social Studies
Grade Level: 5
Learning Objectives: Students will systematically analyze a photograph to gather information Students will make inferences using information gathered from a picture. Students will read Bound for Oregon by Jean Van Leeuwen to verify
inferences.
Documents Used:Wagon Train Picture
Westward Expansion Picture
Westward Bound
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Civil War EraCivil War Era
Created by:
Cadi New
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Lesson 1: Diary Entry from the Civil WarGrade 5
Lesson 2: Emancipation Proclamation Grade 5 Lesson 3: Gettysburg Address
Grade 5 Lesson 4: Cemetery Field Trip
Grade 5 Lesson 5: Guest Speaker
Grade 5
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Civil War Era
Lesson Plan #1
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5
Learning Objectives: Students will gather information from a historical record. Students will define brigade, rebel, and batteries. Students will compare life of a soldier during the Civil War and the Iraq.
Documents Used:Document Analysis Sheet
Article about soldier serving in Iraq
Diary Entry from the Civil War
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Lesson Plan #2
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5
Learning Objectives: Students will gather information from a historical documents. Students will define emancipation and civil rights. Students will compare the Emancipation Proclamation. Johnson’s Civil Rights
Legislation and the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments of the Constitution.
Documents Used:Emancipation ProclamationLyndon B. Johnson’s Civil Rights LegislationU.S. ConstitutionDocument Analysis Sheet
Emancipation Proclamation
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Lesson Plan #3
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5
Learning Objectives: Students will gather information from a historical records. Students will define consecrate and hallowed. Students will compare the Gettysburg Address and President George W.
Bush’s speech after 911.
Documents Used:Gettysburg AddressGeorge W. Bush’s speech after 911Document Analysis Sheet
Gettysburg Address
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Lesson Plan #4
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5
Learning Objectives: Students will gather historical information from gravestones. Students will define Purple Heart, military service, and draft. Students will gather as much information as possible from the gravestones.
Documents Used:
Cemetery Data Sheet
Cemetery Field Trip
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Lesson Plan #5
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies
Grade Level: 5
Learning Objectives: Students will gather historical information from their interaction with the
guest speaker. Students will define hard tack and nine man-Morris. Students will write questions before their guest speaker comes to class so that
the speaker can focus his discussion with their interests in mind.
Guest Speaker
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Egyptian Tombs, The Holocaust, Egyptian Tombs, The Holocaust, and World War IIand World War II
Created by:
Erica Riolo-Hammon
Camden North Bay
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Lesson 1: Egyptian Tomb DiscoveredGrade 6
Lesson 2: Holocaust Survivor, Benefactor Reunited Grade 6 Lesson 3: Auschwitz Escapee Remembered for his Warning
to the WorldGrade 6
Lesson 4: World War II Ration CardGrade 6/8
Lesson 5: World War II AdvertisementsGrade 6/8
Egyptian Tombs, The Holocaust, and World War II
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Lesson Plan #1
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies/English Language Arts
Grade Level: 6
Learning Objectives: Students will read the article and filter the supporting details from the main
idea. Students will learn about the Egyptian tomb that was discovered. Students will make inferences about the tomb.
Documents Used:Newspaper Article
Worksheet
Egyptian Tomb Discovered
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Lesson Plan #2
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies/English Language Arts
Grade Level: 6
Learning Objectives: Students will read the article and locate important information. Students will learn about the Holocaust survivors. Students will learn about how they stayed alive. Students will gain an understanding of WWII.
Documents Used:Newspaper Article
Worksheet
Holocaust Survivor, Benefactor Reunited
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Lesson Plan #3
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies/English Language Arts
Grade Level: 6
Learning Objectives: Students will read the article and locate key events. Students will learn about the Holocaust survivor. Students will learn about the conditions of the campus. Students will gain an understanding of WWII.
Documents Used:Newspaper Article
Worksheet
Auschwitz Escapee Remembered
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Lesson Plan #4
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies/English Language Arts
Grade Level: 6 or 8
Learning Objectives: Students will research information concerning ration cards during WWII. Students will compare the lifestyle to today. Students will learn about what a ration card looked like. Students will gain an understanding of WWII.
Documents Used:Ration Card
Ration Card Worksheet
World War II Ration Card
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Lesson Plan #5
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies/English Language Arts
Grade Level: 6 or 8
Learning Objectives: Students will understand the importance of national pride. Students will compare the lifestyle to today. Students will learn about what WWII advertisements looked like. Students will gain an understanding of WWII.
Documents Used:World War II Advertisements (1, 2, 3, 4)
Worksheet
World War II Advertisements
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1930’s – 1950’s1930’s – 1950’s
Created by:
Robert Healy
Stockbridge Valley CSD
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Lesson 1: Information Booklet for Draft Candidates – 1940 Grade 8
Lesson 2: Pennysaver 1939: Recovering the Consumer Good Market Grade 8 Lesson 3: WWII Rationing
Grade 8 Lesson 4: Differences in the Marketplace
Grade 8 Lesson 5: Changes in Fashion and Educational Ideals in the United States
Grade 8
1930’s – 1950’s
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Lesson Plan #1
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies
Grade Level: 8
Learning Objectives: Students will be able to list at least three requirements that individuals were
required to meet in order to have been a candidate for the draft in 1940. Students will be able to list at least two reasons that certain individuals were
excluded from the draft. Students will be able discuss how the draft would effect their families today,
given the standards set forth in 1940.
Documents Used:Draft Information Booklet – 1940 (1, 2, 3, 4)
Worksheet
Information Booklet for Draft Candidates
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Lesson Plan #2
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies
Grade Level: 8
Learning Objectives: Students will discuss why the entire front cover of this paper was dedicated to
a loan offer, given the circumstances of the time period. Students will be able to compare the technological differences in the media
between the late 1930’s and today and how this would have various impacts on society.
Students will be able to list at least three differences in small businesses between the 1930’s and today.
Documents Used:Pennysaver, November 30. 1939
Advertisement
Pennysaver 1939: Recovering the Consumer Good Market
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Lesson Plan #3
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies
Grade Level: 8
Learning Objectives: Students will understand how the U.S. rationing system worked and how each
ration coupon was supplied to families during WWII. Students will be able to describe how the rationing during WWII was
regulated throughout its usage. Students will be able to discuss how businesses were forced to track and be
held accountable for their collection of ration coupons .
Documents Used:Ration Envelope
Ration Stamp
World War II Rationing
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Lesson Plan #4
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies
Grade Level: 8
Learning Objectives: Students will be able to discuss how the differences in society have changed
the products that we purchase today, from those in 1940 (decrease in agricultural basis).
Students will compare prices of comparable goods of the 1940’s to today, given the rate of inflation.
Documents Used:Advertisements (1, 2)
Differences in the Marketplace
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Lesson Plan #5
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies
Grade Level: 8
Learning Objectives: Students will be able to identify how the traditional roles have changed in
society over time. Students will be able to describe the change in importance that society has
placed on education over the last 70-80 years. Students will be able to list examples of changes in fashion in the United
States since the late 1940’s/early 1950’s.
Documents Used:Advertisement
Excuse Letter
Changes in Fashion and Educational Ideals in the U.S.
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Regents American HistoryRegents American Historyandand
Participation in GovernmentParticipation in Government
Created by:
Richard Hanson
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Lesson 1: Homestead Act of 1862 Grade 11
Lesson 2: Zimmerman Telegram Grade 11 Lesson 3: Emancipation Proclamation
Grade 11 Lesson 4: The Civil War Letters of Galutia York
Grade 11 Lesson 5: Elvis and Nixon
Grade 12
Regents American History and Participation in Government
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Lesson Plan #1
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies
Grade Level: 11 Learning Objectives:
Students will understand how the Homestead Act influenced westerner demographics.
Students will understand what qualified you for a permanent land claim. Students will note the experiences of the first homesteader, Daniel Freeman and
the last homesteader, Vietnam veteran Kenneth Deardorff. Students will understand statistical data related to the Homestead Act and
subsequent federal laws that influence its impact.
Documents Used:Homestead Act of 1862
Transcript of Homestead Act
Charles Ingalls Land Claim
Affidavit of Ingalls Land Claim and Newspaper Article
Homestead Map
Homestead Act of 1862
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Lesson Plan #2
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies
Grade Level: 11
Learning Objectives: Students will be able to identify geography related to World War I and the
Zimmermann Telegram. Students will understand the impact that the Zimmermann Telegram had on
the public, as well as, our entrance into World War I. Students will experiment with decoding.
Documents Used:Zimmerman Telegram (1, 2)
“The Temptation” Cartoon
Zimmerman Telegram
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Lesson Plan #3
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies
Grade Level: 11
Learning Objectives: Evaluate the provisions of the Emancipation Proclamation. Analyze the timing of the Emancipation. To understand the relationship of the Battle of Antietam to the changing
goals of the war. Understand the relationship between the Border States that maintained
slavery and the Emancipation.
Documents Used:Emancipation Proclamation (original)
Emancipation Proclamation (typed version) (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Emancipation Proclamation
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Lesson Plan #4
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies
Grade Level: 11
Learning Objectives: Students will understand the life and times of a Civil War volunteer. Students will understand that Civil War letters give us particular insight into
Civil War events that we have little understanding of. Students will appreciate local contributions to the Civil War.
Documents Used:Galutia York’s Civil War Letters (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
The Civil War Letters of Galutia York
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Lesson Plan #5
Disciplines/Subject Areas: Social Studies
Grade Level: 12
Learning Objectives: Students will understand the variety of roles that the President of the
United States must take during his tenure in office. Students will use a primary document to understand the culture of the
time’s (1970s) and what a letter from one pop culture icon can tell us about the period.
Documents Used:Elvis letter to President Nixon (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Picture of Elvis meeting President Nixon
Elvis and Nixon
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