Resource Unit Great Lakes

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Resource UnitGreat Lakes

• Shannon C. McKiddy
• March 4, 2002

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Lighthouses

• 2nd grade
• Lesson Lake Erie

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Introduction

• As part of living in Ohio, students need to
  understand the purpose behind lighthouses and
  know the names and locations of famous Lake Erie
  Lighthouses.

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Day One

• Reading The Little Red Lighthouse and the.. By
  Hildegarde H. Swift
• Speaker Phillip L. Block
• Writing
• Movie clip Petes Dragon

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Day Two

• Map the four Lighthouses they will be touring.
• Field Trip - Perry's Victory Memorial, Old Port
  Clinton Lighthouse, Sandusky Harbor Pierhead
  Lighthouse, and South Bass Island Lighthouse.

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Concepts
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Objectives

• The second grade students will be able to
• Locate Put-in-Bay Island.
• Identify Perrys Victory Memorial.
• Explain why sailors need lighthouses.
• Describe a typical lighthouse.

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Activity 1

• listen to the book The Little Red Lighthouse and
  the Great Gray Bridge by Hildegarde H. Swift and
  Lynd Ward in a large group
• read the book by themselves
• discuss the story in small groups

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Activity Two

• Lights of the Lakes Slide Show

• Lights of the Lakes is an hour-long slide
  presentation featuring the lighthouse photography
  of Phillip L. Block, who narrates the program.

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Activity Three

• individual write a story about a lighthouse by
  looking at pictures of lighthouses

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Activity Four

• Watch the clip of Petes Dragon when (Pete) is at
  the lighthouse cleaning the windows

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Activity Five

• On a map of the Sandusky, Ohio area showing Lake
  Erie, the students will plot the following
  places
• 1. Perry's Victory Memorial on Put-in Bay
  Island, Ohio
• 2. Old Port Clinton Lighthouse in Port Clinton,
  Ohio
• 3. Sandusky Harbor Pierhead Lighthouse in
  Sandusky, Ohio
• 4. South Bass Island Lighthouse on South Bass
  Island, Ohio

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Activity Six

• Field Trip to Perry's Victory Memorial, Old Port
  Clinton Lighthouse, Sandusky Harbor Pierhead
  Lighthouse, and South Bass Island Lighthouse

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Evaluation

• Perrys Victory Memorial is located on?
• a) Put-in-Bay b) Sandusky c)Port
  Clinton
• Name (2) items you learned from Phillip L. Block.
• Today are most lighthouses kept by a keeper or
  the coast guard?

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Instructional Resources Students

• Petes Dragon Disney movie
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• The Little Red Lighthouse by Hildegarde H. Swift
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• A Travels guide to 100 Eastern Great Lake
  Lighthouses by Laurie Penrose
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• A Travels guide to 116 Western Great Lake
  Lighthouses by Laurie Penrose