Module 8: American Heroes- Social Studies 2 - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module, students will learn to match people from the past with the stories about how they changed America.

Module Materials:

  • Pencils
  • Crayons or colored pencils
  • Notebook
  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Highlighter
  • Markers
  • Blank paper

Module Objectives:

Lesson # Lesson Title Objective(s)
1 American Heroes Part 1
  1. Match people from the past with the stories about how they changed America.
2 American Heroes Part 2
  1. Match people from the past with stories about how they changed America.
3 American Heroes Part 3
  1. Match people from the past with stories about how they changed America.

Module Key Words:

Key Words
past
hero
WASPs
Navajo code talkers
segregation
boycott

Module Assignments:

Lesson # Lesson Title Page # Assignment Title
1 American Heroes Part 1 5 Crack the Code Assignment
2 American Heroes Part 2 5 Hero Timeline Assignment
3 American Heroes Part 3 6 Scientist Sentences Assignment

Learning Coach Notes:

Lesson # Lesson Title Notes
1 American Heroes Part 1 After completing this lesson, ask your student to explain the character traits of real-life heroes, and what they learned about the heroes from the past in this lesson.
2 American Heroes Part 2 After completing this lesson, ask your student to describe the heroes they learned about, and why they were important.
3 American Heroes Part 3 After completing this lesson, ask your student to describe the heroes they learned about, and why they were important.

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title Question
American Heroes Part 1
  1. How did people from the past change America?
American Heroes Part 2
  1. How did people from the past change America?
American Heroes Part 3
  1. How did people from the past change America?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title Video Question

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

  • What is the main idea?
  • What are three things new you learned?
  • How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

# Book Author Lexile Level

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

# Outing