Charley Goddard Lesson

Charley Goddard

Grade 5

1. Theme/Title of the day’s lesson with a brief description:

- Charley Goddard – Students will watch a short video on "You Tube" with pictures of the Civil War. In addition to the video, the students will receive their book assignment for the unit.

2. Materials/resources needed:

- Class set of the book Soldier’s Heart by: Gary Paulsen
- Class set of Charley Goddard Eulogy
- Class set of Charley Goddard Obituary
- Pictures of Charley Goddard
- Computer for “You Tube” video
- Class set of handout to go along with Soldier’s Heart

3. Goal(s) for today’s lesson:
- Students will understand who Charley Goddard is in relation to the Civil War.

4. Objectives for today’s lesson:
- Upon completing the lesson, students will understand their responsibility of finishing their unit project related to the book Soldier’s Heart.
- The students will generate responses to the “You Tube” video that focuses on points of interest.
- The students will form an understanding of who Charley Goddard was.

5. Procedures
a. Introductory experiences (5-7 minutes)
- Recap what they learned yesterday with questions related to the South's succession.
* (Why did the South leave the union?- slavery, states rights, President Lincoln)
* (When did the South leave the union? - 1860)
* (What was a huge reason that made the South leave? – Election of Abe Lincoln)
* (How many states succeeded from the union right away? – 7 states S. Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas)
b. Developmental experiences:
1. Tragedy of the American Civil War video on “You Tube”. (10 minutes)
* (Before showing the video explain to the students that they should watch and write down 3 things that caught their attention and why. At the end of the video they need to be ready to share their points of interest)
*Follow-up with a discussion of what the students noticed in the video and why
2. Introduction of unit project: (SEE HANDOUT) Soldier’s Heart (10-15 minutes)
- Hand out the books to each student
-Introduce author – Gary Paulsen
* Left home at 14 to join the circus
* Not big into school but loved reading
* Wrote his first book while living in Minnesota
* Got into dog sled racing but had to quit because of his illness
* Has written over 175 books
* Newberry Honor winner for the book Hatchet, Dogsong and The Winter
Room
- Read back of book to students
- Unit Handout for Book
*Read it out loud to the students
*Make sure the students know that they are instructed to read the foreword and Chapter 1 for homework tonight
3. Introduction of Charley Goddard
- Hand out obituary and eulogy of Charley Goddard.
- Have the students read the obituary silently. When they are done talk about what they have read. Any interesting facts they learned?
* (Probably will talk about where he is from and when he died)
- Next, read aloud as a group the Eulogy. Pick one student to start reading and then that student can pick another person after they have read at least a paragraph.
*(Some of the students like to read more that is fine)
-Help the students with words or sentences that are confusing. The Eulogy is a little difficult to understand.
- Help the students make sense of the Eulogy as the students read on. Put it in terms that they will understand, even if questions are not asked.
- Pass around the picture of Charley Goddard so the students can visualize what he looks like. (The pictures were taken right after the war ended)
- This activity is meant to give the students a glimpse into Charley’s life before they start to read the book.

c. Culminating experiences (closure)
- Answer any questions the students might have related to today’s lesson.
- If there is time left over allow the students reading time.

6. Assessments used during lesson (Formative/Summative, if applicable):
- Questions and Answers about yesterday’s lesson.
- The student’s responses to the “You Tube” video.