Captain Orrin Smith - Day 11

Theme – The Family - Captain Orrin Smith – Day 11

Kindergarten

Goal – The student will learn that some aspects of places and families change over time.

Objectives
1. The students will know who Captain Orrin Smith is and that he founded Winona.
2. The students will be able to identify the different parts of a map.

Materials
• Pictures of Captain Orrin Smith
• Maps of Winona, current
• Overhead copy of map of Winona, current
• Overhead copy of map of Winona from 1851
• Dry erase markers
• Colored pencils

Procedure
Introductory experiences
1. Give each of the students a map of Winona and have them get out their colored pencils. (2 minutes)
2. Talk about what maps are and why they are important. (3 minutes)
a. Maps show you what an area of the earth looks like from above.
b. Maps are important because they show you where places are.
c. Can use a map to get from one place to another.
Developmental experiences
3. Show the students the map from 1851 then the map of current day Winona.
(5 minutes)
a. Talk about the differences and the similarities.
i. The river is in the same place.
4. Discuss the different parts of a map; use the overhead to make it easier for the students to follow along. As each part is being talked about have students come up to circle that part on the map. Also have the students circle the items on their own individual map. (15 minutes)
a. There is a title for every map.
b. Compass rose (north, south, east, west)
c. Map key
d. Symbols – their meaning is located in the map key
i. Points and lines
e. Streets – they are labeled and represented by lines
f. Intersections
g. Lakes
h. Rivers
5. Discuss with the students where their school is located and have them circle it on their map. (2 minutes)
a. The school address.
6. Tell the students some information about Captain Orrin Smith. (10 minutes)
a. Originally he was from Galena, Illinois
i. Show the students a map of the United State and mark where Winona, MN and Galena, IL are located.
b. Founded Winona in 1851.
c. Gave Winona its name, in the same way your parents all gave you names when you were born.
d. Captain of the Steamboat Nominee
e. There was a Plaque dedicated to Captain Orrin Smith.
7. Tell the students the location of the plaque and have them circle it on their map. (2 minutes)
a. The plaque is located in Levee Park at the foot of Center Street.
8. Ask the students how they can use the map to help them get to Levee Park. (5 minutes)
a. Once they find the place they are at they can use roads to find out how to get to Levee Park.
b. Have them mark a way to the Park on their map.
Closure
9. Give the students the address of other places in Winona and have them mark them on their map. Talk through each one as a class. (10 minutes)
a. Winona Historical Society
b. Train station
c. Winona State University
10. Review information about Captain Orrin Smith
a. Originally he was from Galena, Illinois
i. Show the students a map of the United State and mark where Winona, MN and Galena, IL are located.
b. Founded Winona in 1851.
c. Gave Winona its name, in the same way your parents all gave you names when you were born.
d. Captain of the Steamboat Nominee
e. There was a Plaque dedicated to Captain Orrin Smith.
11. Once they have completed their map have them turn in the maps.

Assessment
• As the class is going trough the assignment make sure that the entire class is participating and keeping up with the rest of the class. Slow down the pace if some of the students are having trouble understanding what is going on.
• Grade each map after the students have turned it in. Give them credit for completing the map.

The Bunnell Family - Day 4

Theme – The Family - Matilda and Willard Bunnell – Day 4

Kindergarten

Goal – Students will understand that we can learn about the past from different sorts of evidence.

Objectives
1. The students will be able to create a Bunnell family tree once they are given the members of the family.
2. Given the pictures the students will be able to learn something facts about the Bunnell family.

Materials
• Pictures of the Bunnell Family
• Family tree work sheets
• Chart paper
• Markers

Procedure
Introductory experiences
1. Show the students the pictures of each member of the Bunnell family.
2. Tell the students some information about the Bunnell family.
a. Willard Bunnell married Mathilda Desnoyer and they had eight children.
b. They had three boys and five girls.
Developmental experiences
3. Ask for a couple of students to pass out the worksheet of the family tree to their classmates.
4. Talk about how this family tree is different that the family tree they did earlier in the week.
a. The one we did with our families was centered around you, the student.
b. This one we are going to do is based on the grandparents.
5. Work through filling out the family tree with the students.
a. Start with the grandparents.
b. Then move on to the parents and then the children.
6. Then show the students pictures of the Bunnell family house and ask them what they know about the Bunnell family from looking at those pictures. As they give you answers begin to fill in the K part of the Know-Want to know – Learn (KWL) chart.
a. There was a fence around the house.
b. There was a sewing machine.
c. The children had a playroom. Listing the toys in the room.
d. They had a crib for the baby.
Closure
7. Talk about how those are pictures of the house they are going to go visit tomorrow.
8. Talk about what they want to know about the Bunnell family and fill in the W part of the KWL chart.

Assessment
• Walk around as the students are filling out the family tree and look at them after they are completed.
• While the students are giving you answers try to get each child to give you one response.

Reflection of Winona Historical Society

There was a lot of new information about Winona that I came into contact with while we were at the Winona Historical Society. I really liked seeing the old version of the fire truck; it did not look safe to have near a fire. The people that gave the tours were very knowledgeable and answered all of our questions. I found the Winona Historical Society to be a very helpful resource to utilize for the upcoming unit project. I plan on going back there to find my primary sources I intended to use for my unit plan. After going to the Winona Historical Society I think that I am going to include Native Americans in part of my unit. I found a lot of ways to relate my unit theme to the history of Winona. The next step in my unit plan is to write out a rough outline about what I want to cover each day. I thought that this was a worthwhile field trip for our class to take. I would not have gone to the Winona Historical Society on my own.