Digital Lesson Plan
Step-by-step, whiteboard ready
November 12, 2012, Issue
Seabiscuit and the Great Depression
Seabiscuit and the Great Depression
Great for meeting Common Core State Standards.
Featured Skills: synthesizing key ideas from multiple texts; understanding historical fiction
Summary:
In this exciting lesson, your students will think about how the setting affects the mood and conflict in our historical-fiction play Seabiscuit (ahem, Common Core Standard R3). They will also view and discuss a Scope video about the 1930s and read an editorial about why people root for underdogs like Seabiscuit. Great for connecting to social studies curriculum!
Main Objectives:
• to read a historical-fiction play and understand its 1930s context
• to read an editorial about underdogs and make connections to the play
• to participate in a class discussion
• to synthesize ideas and details to respond to a writing prompt
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Materials:
• November 12, 2012, issue of Scope
• digital version of Seabiscuit to project
• video “Scope Time Machine: The 1930s”
• Scope activity sheet “Video Discussion Questions”
• audio clip of 1940 radio broadcast
• Scope activity sheet “Critical-Thinking Questions”
• Scope activity sheet “Seabiscuit’s Fans”
• contest entry form
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