Lesson Objectives:
1. To explain the importance of getting a good quality education.
2. To explain the number of people who do not get an education.
3. To explain the impact not being able to read and write or count has on someone’s life.
4. To ‘teach’ politicians a lesson about the importance of education and the need to take urgent action.
This will either mean presenting them with materials if they are present in the class or making some
materials and sending it to them.
5. To have a lesson plan which is flexible enough to be useful for children of all ages and from different
cultures around the world.

Subjects

• Language Arts
• Ed Technology

Grade

• 3-5
• 6-8

Brief Description

This lesson includes an Internet scavenger hunt, a brief read-aloud story, and a handful of additional activities.

Objectives

• develop computer skills by researching on the Internet facts about Harriet Tubman.
• learn about ways in which Harriet's childhood influenced her future.
• use primary documents, including artifacts from the Underground Railroad Museum, to learn about the passengers on the Underground Railroad and the people who helped them.

Keywords

Underground Railroad, Black History, abolitionist, Harriet Tubman, slavery

Materials Needed

Session 1:

Pre requisite knowledge: Students should have a basic knowledge of action words.

Objective: Students should be able to define & identify verbs.

Aim: Students should be able to form proper sentences

Resources: Text book, Reference books, Internet.

 

1. Introduction

Informal introduction with an activity.

Teacher calls out 4-5 students & whispers some action words like jump, dance, pray, etc. into students ears & asks them to mime. The rest of the class watch them mime & guess the action word. The teacher writes them on the black board.
 
Ask students to now form sentences with those action words & write them on the board. Get more students to give sentences & write them on the blackboard