Pioneer America: Legendary westerners
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/lessons/grade-3-4/Pioneer_Legendary_Westerners.aspx
A lesson plan for grades 1–4 Social Studies and Theater Arts Education
In this ARTSEDGE lesson, students study legendary westerners during the period of westward expansion in U.S. history. Students research, in pairs, one legendary westerner. Each student pair scripts a television interview with the westerner then performs it for the class. They also write an essay on four additional legendary westerners, outlining their specific contributions to history.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 3
- Goal 7: The learner will analyze the role of real and fictional heroes in shaping the culture of communities.
- Objective 7.02: Assess the heroic deeds of characters from folktales and legends.
Theatre Arts Education (2001)
Grade 2
- Goal 1: The learner will write based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history.
- Objective 1.01: Participate in teacher-guided playwriting of simple dramas.
Grade 3
- Goal 1: The learner will write based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history.
- Objective 1.01: Participate in teacher-guided playwriting using simple characters, setting, conflict and resolution.
Grade 4
- Goal 1: The learner will write based on personal experience and heritage, imagination, literature, and history.
- Objective 1.01: Participate in small group playwriting.
