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THE BUCKEYE STATE

SOCIAL STUDIES Grade 4. THE BUCKEYE STATE. By: Nicole Muehlenkamp Debbie Smith Hope Appelbaum. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Strand I 3-5 Strand II 6-8 Strand III 9-11 Strand IV 12-14 Strand V 15-17 Strand VI 18-20 Strand VII 21-23

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THE BUCKEYE STATE

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  1. SOCIAL STUDIES Grade 4 THE BUCKEYE STATE By: Nicole Muehlenkamp Debbie Smith Hope Appelbaum

  2. TABLE OF CONTENTS Strand I 3-5 Strand II 6-8 Strand III 9-11 Strand IV 12-14 Strand V 15-17 Strand VI 18-20 Strand VII 21-23 Bibliography 24 Fun Facts 25

  3. STRAND I AMERICAN HERITAGE

  4. ACTIVITIES • Research one of the eight Presidents from Ohio. Create an oral presentation for the class. • Take a walking tour of the Underground Railroad “Safe Houses” in the city of Springboro. • Using the book Lets Discover Ohio, create a class play about the life of the early Pioneers in the state of Ohio. • Write a story about your first airplane trip with Orville and Wilbur Wright. BE CREATIVE!!! • Create a pictorial timeline of historical events in Ohio’s history.

  5. WEB SITES Olde Springboro Village http://www.shakerwssg.org/olde springboro villageOhio.htm Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN) www.oplin.lib.oh.us Ohio History Is Alive www.noacsc.org/Ohiohist American Presidents Life Portraits www.americanpresidents.org/ The Wright Brothers: 1899-1903 http://w3.one.net/~hughesj/wright/w_1901b.html

  6. STRAND II PEOPLE IN SOCIETY

  7. ACTIVITIES • Take a class survey of the different ethnicities of each student in the classroom. Graph the ethnic background of the class. • Research the different cultural communities that reside in the state of Ohio. • Write the Ohio government and ask how the government deals with the specific needs and demands of various cultures. • Class will have a cultural feast. Students will bring in an authentic dish from a chosen cultural. • Choose an Ohio hero from the book Hero’s of Ohio and create a diorama depicting the hero’s accomplishments.

  8. WEB SITES Ohio History Links Page http://dbs.ohiohistory.org/africanam/ Amish Heartland www.amish-heartland.com Philippine American Society of Central Ohio www.pasco-oh.org Bengali Cultural Society www.bcscle.org/ Governor Bob Taft www.state.oh.us/gov

  9. STRAND III WORLD INTERACTIONS

  10. ACTIVITIES • Create a topographic map of the city. • Write a “friendly” e-mail to your E-pal from a different country. • Locate on a map of Ohio, all of the cities listed in the picture book titled B is for Buckeye: An Ohio Alphabet. • Pick a country from the teachers hat and identify the continent and the longitude and latitude of that country. Compare Ohio’s climate, vegetation and resources to the selected country’s climate, vegetation and resources. • Create a survey about “things” you would like to know about people in a different state. Send the survey to any elementary school in one of Ohio’s border states.

  11. WEB SITES 50 States and Capitals www.50states.com/ USGS Topographic Map Symbols www.Columbia.edu/cu/web/indiv/lehman/guides/maps.html Yahooligans!-Around the World: Countries www.yahooligans.com/ Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/ Geo-Globe Interactive Geography http://library.advanced.org/10157/

  12. STRAND IV CITIZENSHIP RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  13. ACTIVITIES • Create a classroom Bill of Rights. • Investigate the effect a business failure has on a community. • Look at various magazine and newspaper articles and decide if the articles are fact or opinion. • Create two commercials about the state of Ohio, one that is fact and one that is opinion. • Students will become involved in a community service project.

  14. WEB SITES U.S. Bill of Rights www.nara.gov/exhall/charters/billrights/ The American Promise www.americanpromise.com Learning in Deed www.learningindeed.org/ Avoiding Business Failure www.positive-way.com/business/avoiding.htm Rules for Making Rules http://ss.uno.ed/SS/New/CMRules.html

  15. STRAND V DEMOCRATIC PROCESS

  16. ACTIVITIES • Take a field trip to the Dayton Court house and Jail. • Participate in a campaign and vote for a classroom President, Vice President and Secretary. • Have a guest speaker from the Police Department and the Fire department who will discuss how they protect the health and safety of citizens. • Make a cartoon that depicts the responsibilities of the three branches of the government. • Start an individual business and investigate the start up cost and taxes associated with being self-employed.

  17. WEB SITES Uncle Sam for Kids www.win.org/library/matls/govdocs/kids.htm Kids-Government History, Social Studies http://vax1.harf.lib.md.us/kid_gov.htm Kids Voting USA www.kidsvotingusa.org/ Bens Guide to U.S. Government http://bensguide.gpo.gov/ STAWRS Kids www.employers.gov/stawrs/kids/

  18. STRAND VI DECISION MAKING AND RESOURCES

  19. ACTIVITIES • Discuss the process of making a loaf of bread. Investigate how many people are involved in the process. • Create a bulletin board showing the difference between Production and Consumption. • Decide as a class on which crop to grow to feed the community. Investigate how much land is needed and how much time is invested in the growing process. • Compare and contrast products and utensils used for Today’s cooking and products and utensils used by the first Pioneers. • Chart the name and amount of goods and services used by your household.

  20. WEB SITES CORN www.ohiocorn.org/kids/group1.htm Ohio Soybean Council www.soyohio.org/ Baking Bread Field Trip www.field-guides.com/sci/bake/ Pioneer Cooking www.imagebuilder.com/gsmnp/cooking.html Pioneer Cooking and Recipes www.geocites.com/Heartland/Pointe/3794/pioneer2.html

  21. STRAND VII SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

  22. ACTIVITIES • Use the Internet to E-Mail pen pal from another country. • Take a class field trip to COSI • Use the internet to link and play the Eight Presidents game. • Create a Power Point presentation on a different country. • Use the computer simulation Our Town Meeting: A Lesson In CivicResponsibility to place students in a variety of civic roles.

  23. WEB SITES Intercultural E-mail Classroom Connections www.stolaf.edu/network/iecc/ COSI www.cosi.org/ Presidents Day-Ohio Presidents www.nuwavemedia.com/features/presidentsday/ Staying Street Smart on the Web! www.yahooligans.com/docs/safety/ Discovery Channel www.discovery.com

  24. BIBLIOGRAPHY Akers, K., & Montgomery, J., Lets Discover Ohio, (1999), Schuerholz Graphics, Kettering. Schonberg, M., B is for Buckeye: An Ohio Alphabet, (2000), Sleeping Bear Press, Chelsea. Sowash, R., Hero’s of Ohio, (1998), Gabriel's Horn Publishing Company, Bowling Green.

  25. Chillicothewas Ohio’s first Capital Ermal Fraze invented the pop-top can “Hang On Sloopy” is the official state rock song Ohio University was the first university in the Northwest Territory FUN FACTS ABOUT OHIO 50% of the U.S. population lives within a 500 mile radius of Columbus Chewing gum was patented in 1896 by W.F. Semple Ohio gave America the first hot dog Cincinnati had the first ambulance service

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