From California to the New York Island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me!
Along the highway
I saw above me
That endless skyway
I saw below me
That golden valley
Saying
"This land was made
for you and me!"
-Location on map of places in song
-Discussion of meaning of "this land was made for you and me",
i .e. concept of immigration as not losing your identity but
adopting a second country as your own as well as your home
country
-Concept of freedom
And I've followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of
Her diamond deserts
And all around me
A voice was sounding
"This land was made
for you and me!"
-History of stars and stripes / 13 original colonies to 50 states
-Abbreviations of states using letters in English
-Tech lab research on possible field trip to Ellis Island
-NJ map skills using map coordinates (letters/numbers in English)
-Atlantic City and Monopoly
-Math word problems about NJ facts
-Students design a game using names of streets in Wharton/Dover
-Video on Westward Expansion from school library
-National Parks on East & West Coast, and in between (video)
-Past tense of regular & irregular verbs
-Beach Boys and Surfing
-Contractions using apostrophe (i.e., Surfin' USA)
-Locate places in California and Hawaii (tech lab) from Beach Boys songs
-Math word problems and readings about other states: CA HI OR etc.
-Students continue design a game using names of streets in Wharton/Dover
or other areas of USA
-Visit from former Wharton student, currently serving in Iraq: Spc. Gremier Alemany
-Trip to Wild West City (July 13th - last day of class)
Introducing the USA, Milada Broukal
Side by Side, Book 1, Molinsky & Bliss
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From California to the New York Island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me!