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Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers by Gary Paulson
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Theme: |
The Branches of the United States Armed Forces
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Grades: |
6 - 8
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Subject: |
Social Studies
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Duration: |
Two class periods
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Standards
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New Jersey State Core Curriculum Standards
Standard 6.1: All students will utilize historical thinking, problem solving and research skills to maximize their understanding of civics, history, geography and economics.
Standard 6.2: All students will know, understand and appreciate the values and principles of American democracy and the rights, responsibilities and roles of a citizen in the nation and the world.
Standard 6.3: All students will demonstrate knowledge of world history in order to understand life and events in the past and how they relate to the present and future.
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards.
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Read and/or listen to the book Soldier's Heart: Being the Story of the Enlistment and Due Service of the Boy Charley Goddard in the First Minnesota Volunteers by Gary Paulson and discuss it literally and analytically.
- Research a branch of the United States Armed Forces within a cooperative group of students.
- Present facts about the branch of the military that their group researched.
- Recreate the seal for the branch they researched and describe what the symbols on the seal stand for.
- Take notes about the various branches of the military presented by fellow classmates.
- Name the five branches of the United States Armed Forces.
- Recall at least three facts about each branch of the military.
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