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.