IAAAS_Literacy+SocialScience_Grade4_Q4_Lesson.docx

Literacy & Social Science4th Grade Interdisciplinary African and African American Studies Quarter 4 Launch Lesson

THEME: Culture, Dignity, and Identity

CONCEPT: Africa, Us, and the World - Illinois: The impact of African Americans on the emergence of our stateFrom Jean Baptiste Pointe DuSable to A. Phillip Randolph and Pullman Porters to Barack Obamas trail to the presidency

CONTENT TOPIC: Examining the African American influence on Illinois and in the Midwest through fiction and nonfiction texts

UNIT TITLE: Cultural Influences

Quarter: 4 Unit:1Week 1of 4Day 1Objective(s):

Students will be able to identify important details that support the central idea by analyzing a documentary text and taking annotations with a partner.Materials/Resources/ Texts: Access to documentary on You Tube: This is a 4 part documentary (watching all parts is not necessary) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFbny5oToD4**Please note that there is some inappropriate language at minute 2:50 in Part 2** Viewing organizer for notes during documentary, included below

CCSS Standards: RI.4.1Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text. RI.4.2Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text. W.4.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Sample Student Outcome StatementsStudents will be able to --- with African and African American Studies ConnectionsStudents will be able to --- from Literacy and Social Science Planning Guides

Identify the influence that African American Musicians had on the Chicago Blues sound. Identify important details from a documentary film by making annotations and creating a response. Investigate and analyze the role Illinois plays in the contemporary world.

I DO ITInput & Modeling

Introduce the lesson and activate students' background knowledge.

We will be continuing our study of how African American history has impacted our lives today. This unit will be focused on the African American influence on the culture of Illinois and the Midwest. Today our discussion centers on the African American influences in Chicagos music scene, namely Blues Music.

Ask students what they know about Blues Music in Chicago. Introduce the idea that musicians and record labels had a large influence on the Chicago Blues sound.Today we are going to watch a documentary entitled: The Chess Records Story P1 which specifically tells the story of Chess Records found right here in Chicago. It focuses on Leonard Chess, who founded the record label and Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon who changed "the sound" of Chicago Blues.As you are watching consider the question I will ask you to respond to after we are done viewing.

Introduce the written response that students will be creating after the documentary.Read the prompt:How did Leonard Chess and Muddy Waters influence the sound of Chicago Blues?

Before starting the documentary review the terms in the viewing guide and after listening to a few minutes of the documentary, pause it to demonstrate how to listen to determine important information and model what information you have been writing in your viewing guide. As you are sharing, think aloud the process of noting how what you took notes on is directly related to responding to the writing prompt.

YOU DO IT TOGETHERCollaborative Learning

After listening to another portion of the documentary, pause it so students can work with a partner to determine the important facts that should be added to the viewing guide.

Ask your partner what central idea they noted. Did you agree or disagree on what was central to that topic? Discuss.

Have partners share out which information that they decided to include.

YOU DO IT ALONEIndependent Practice

Now on your own continue to keep notes on your viewing guide, using the details to craft a response to the question we previously discussed. Listen to the rest of the documentary; keep notes that will assist in the written response. When the documentary is finished students will now respond to the prompt. Now using your viewing guide respond to the following question:How did Leonard Chess and Muddy Waters influence the sound of Chicago Blues?

CLOSURE of LESSON whole group reflection

Closure of Lesson:Today we have identified two key people who have influenced the sound of Chicago Blues. We have heard the influence that Chicago Blues have had other places in the country. Tomorrow we will continue with Chicago Blues by examining Willie Dixon.

assessmentWhat will you ask? When will you ask during the lesson? What will kids say or do to demonstrate understanding of the objective?

Formative:

Examine Student Work Use a teacher created rubric to assess the student responses. Students should have made connections across the two individuals with information from the video and their notes.

Summative:

Name:___________________________________ Date:_______________

The Chess Records StoryMigration to Chicago:

Leonard Chess:

Muddy Waters:

Growth of Chess Records (Aristocrat) and their progression of the "Chicago" sound and blue scene:

Racial difference between Chicago and the South:

L8Adapted from Garden Grove Unified School District, Office of Secondary EducationDepartment of 7-12 Instructional Services