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Right whales and people

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A lesson plan for Grades K–2 English Language Arts and Visual Arts Education

Provider: National Geographic

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In this lesson from Xpeditions, students will learn about the highly endangered northern right whale and think about how this species' geographical distribution places it in direct contact with human threats such as ships. Students will draw pictures of right whales and add commercial ships and other human activities to their drawings. They will conclude by writing sentences explaining how the whales they have drawn might be affected by the human activities and what might be done to help the whales.

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Visual Arts Education (2001)

Grade 1

  • Goal 1: The learner will develop critical and creative thinking skills and perceptual awareness necessary for understanding and producing art.
    • Objective 1.02: Uses logical sequence to complete an activity.
    • Objective 1.04: Discuss and examine familiar objects and literature to inspire imagery.
    • Objective 1.05: Carefully observe and examine the world around them.

Grade 2

  • Goal 1: The learner will develop critical and creative thinking skills and perceptual awareness necessary for understanding and producing art.

Kindergarten

  • Goal 1: The learner will develop critical and creative thinking skills and perceptual awareness necessary for understanding and producing art.
    • Objective 1.02: Use imagination as a source of ideas.
    • Objective 1.04: Begin to develop appropriate art vocabulary
    • Objective 1.08: Create work that does not conform to adult standards of realism.
    • Objective 1.11: Use all the senses to gain information and awareness about their environment.

English Language Arts (2004)

Grade 1

  • Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
    • Objective 4.01: Select and use new vocabulary and language structures in both speech and writing contexts (e.g., oral retelling using exclamatory phrases to accent an idea or event).
    • Objective 4.02: Use words that name characters and settings (who, where) and words that tell action and events (what happened, what did ___ do) in simple texts.
    • Objective 4.03: Use specific words to name and tell action in oral and written language (e.g., using words such as frog and toad when discussing an expository text).
    • Objective 4.04: Extend skills in using oral and written language:
      • clarifying purposes for engaging in communication.
      • using clear and precise language to paraphrase messages.
      • engaging in more extended oral discussions.
      • producing written products.
      • completing graphic organizers.

Grade 2

  • Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
    • Objective 4.01: Begin to use formal language and/or literary language in place of oral language patterns, as appropriate.
    • Objective 4.02: Use expanded vocabulary to generate synonyms for commonly overused words to increase clarity of written and oral communication.

Kindergarten

  • Goal 4: The learner will apply strategies and skills to create oral, written, and visual texts.
    • Objective 4.01: Use new vocabulary in own speech and writing.
    • Objective 4.02: Use words that name and words that tell action in a variety of simple texts (e.g., oral retelling, written stories, lists, journal entries of personal experiences).
    • Objective 4.03: Use words that describe color, size, and location in a variety of texts: e.g., oral retelling, written stories, lists, journal entries of personal experiences.