 KINDERGARTEN
LESSON PLAN |
KINDERGARTEN
Classroom: Unit on Aileen Fisher, pioneer daughter of Iron
County. Folk Fair with 1st grade.
Museum: Classes will be divided into small groups to rotate
through three sectionals:
A.
Animal/bird search in the Lee Leblanc Wildlife Art Gallery.
B. Making old-fashined dolls: clothespin, corncob and stocking.
C. Sing-a-long and introduction to folk dance moves.
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FIRST
GRADE
Classroom: Art project related to quilting. Folk
Fair participation with kindergarten.
Museum:
Classes will be divided into small groups to rotate through
four sectionals:
A. Quilting story and demonstration.
B. Native American lore.
C. Attending a one-room schoolhouse class.
D. Singing games and learning old-time children's songs.
FIRST
GRADE LESSON PLAN
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SECOND
GRADE LESSON PLAN |
SECOND
GRADE
Classroom: Transportation and geography projects,
including mapping and art instruction to draw pictures of
vehicles.
Museum: Classes will meet at the trolley car where
they will be divided into small groups to rotate through
four individual sectionals:
A.
Opening "Grandma's Trunk"
B. Telegraphy (shown at left)
C. Old-time string games
D.
"Map Walk"
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 THIRD
GRADE
Classroom: In-class visit by museum docent(s) to share
gardening experiences. Art instruction to draw pictures of flowers
and vegetables.
Museum:
Classes will be divided into small groups to rotate through four
sectionals:
A. Beechwood Log Cabin- baking bread and making butter.
B. Farm tools and animals.
C. Planting the Museum flower garden.
D. Monigal Miniatures (carved miniatures of logging operation).
THIRD
GRADE LESSON PLAN
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 FOURTH
GRADE
Classroom: Autumn: Lessons
and activities about attending school in a one-room schoolhouse.
Lessons and art instruction to make dioramas, depicting early
Native American life, from natural materials (twigs, bark, moss,
rocks, leaves, etc).
Museum: Experience a day of school at the Baumgartner Pioneer
School. Art exhibit of Native American dioramas during the Christmas
Galleria in November.
Classroom:
Spring: Review Native
American life. Instruction in making small birch bark canoes.
Art instruction to draw railroad stations and train cars.
Museum: Classes will be divided into small groups to
rotate through four sectionals:
A.
Native American culture, including games.
B. Railroads (tour of the Stager Railroad Depot)
C. Trappers and Traders.
D. Scandinavian Folk Dancing.
FOURTH
GRADE LESSON PLAN
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HERITAGE Grades 5-8
Please click on each grades lesson plan
for detailed information
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 FIFTH
GRADE
Classroom: Family trees. In-class visit by museum docent
to share information on ethnic roots and sources of information.
Art instruction in wildlife drawing. View "historic plays"
performed by 7th grade students.
Museum:
Classes will be divided into small groups to rotate through four
sectionals:
A. Genealogy-examining museum records.
B. Victorian life-making calling cards.
C. Carrie Jacobs-Bond house, dining etiquette, parlor music.
D. Catalog shopping-compare/contrast 1900s/2000s.
FIFTH
GRADE LESSON PLAN
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 SIXTH
GRADE
Classroom: Research the logging industry. Past and present.
Museum: Classes will be divided into small groups to rotate
through four sectionals:
A.
Sharrard logging camp tour and storyteller.
B. Wood carvings and woodcut prints.
C. Life in a mining location-models, houses, schools and
work.
D. Ethnic heritage-8 large murals in Heritage Hall.
SIXTH
GRADE LESSON PLAN
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 SEVENTH
GRADE
Classroom: Research local history and write short plays
(role-play early Iron County settlers) Perform plays for 5th grade
students. Art instruction to build miniature log cabins.
Museum:
Classes will be divided into small groups to rotate through four
sectionals:
A. Log cabin construction.
B. Mining complex tour outside.
C. Video of underground iron ore mining.
D. Ethnic heritage in music, food and dance.
SEVENTH
GRADE LESSON PLAN
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 EIGHTH
GRADE
Classroom: Gather oral history data and write short stories
about local residents. Study contemporary art. Art instruction
to make stained-glass African masks.
Museum:
Classes will be divided into small groups to rotate through four
sectionals:
A. Bernhardt Art Gallery-contemporary.
B. Giovanelli Art Gallery-Renaissance style.
C. LeBlanc Wildlife Art Gallery.
D. "Art Walk".
EIGHTH GRADE LESSON PLAN
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