Amelia Earhart Lesson Plan: History- Perspectives
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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Amelia Earhart, and supports the standard of explaining connections among historical contexts and people’s perspectives at the time. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.
Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Display this image of Amelia Earhart and prompt students to share their observations.
Ask: How might flying a plane have been different during Amelia Earhart’s lifetime than it is today?
Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE
- Read the description on the Amelia Earhart topic page.
- Play the Movie, pausing to check for understanding.
- Assign Related Reading and have students read one of the articles. Partner them with someone who read a different article to share what they learned with each other.
Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS
Assign Amelia Earhart Challenge and Quiz, prompting students to apply essential literacy skills while demonstrating what they learned about this topic.
Step 4: DEEPEN and EXTEND
Students express what they learned about Amelia Earhart while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student needs.
- Make-a-Movie: Produce a news report announcing Amelia Earhart’s trip around the globe. Describe her previous flights, and share how people viewed Earhart at the time.
- Make-a-Map: Create a concept map sequencing key events in Amelia Earhart’s life.
- Creative Coding: Code an Amelia Earhart museum exhibit featuring artifacts representing her accomplishments.
- Primary Source Activity: Examine Amelia Earhart’s letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the collectible card from that era. Cite evidence to answer the accompanying questions.
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Teacher Support Resources:
- Pause Point Overview: Video tutorial showing how Pause Points actively engage students to stop, think, and express ideas.
- Learning Activities Modifications: Strategies to meet ELL and other instructional and student needs.
- Learning Activities Support: Resources for best practices using BrainPOP.
