DYouville College-BPS Summer Workshop Series 2016

Teacher Name: Eldridge

School: Newcomer Academy
Projected Date for Implementation: November 4, 10, 18

Title of
Homes:
Activity
What can we tell about peoples lives by looking at their homes?
Essential or
What can a picture tell you?
Investigative What do you see in the picture?
Question
What do you think about the picture?
What do you wonder about the picture?
How does this picture relate to the theme?
Audience
This activity is best suited for educators of the following grade levels (List those that are
applicable):
Grades 6-8
ENL students

Time
Required
Standards
NYS Social
Studies or
CCSS

Multiple Class Periods

Social Studies Practices:
A.

Gathering, Interpreting and Using Evidence

1.
Define and frame questions about the United States and answer them by gathering,
interpreting, and using evidence.
2.
Identify, describe, and evaluate evidence about events from diverse sources (including
written documents, works of art, photographs, charts and graphs, artifacts, oral traditions, and
other primary and secondary sources).
3.
Analyze evidence in terms of historical and/or social context, content, authorship,
point of view, purpose, and format; identify bias; explain the role of bias, context and audience
in presenting arguments or evidence.

Objectives

Digital
Resources

4.

Describe and analyze arguments of others, considering historical context.

5.

Make inferences and draw conclusions from evidence.

By the end of this Activity, students will be able to:

Build Background by drawing a picture of their house in their native country.
Analyze their own picture and explain in either written or oral form what the picture
shows about their lives in their native countries.
Analyze a teacher supplied primary source using the I see, I think, I wonder chart.
Access primary sources from the Library of Congress.
Analyze various primary sources using the I see, I think, I wonder chart.

Source 1: Used after building background: Draw a picture of your house (in your
country). What does this picture show about your house?

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What does this picture show about this house?

Montezuma Castle, Off I-17, Camp Verde, Yavapai County, AZ
http://loc.gov/pictures/item/az0258/

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What does this picture show about this house?

Simon House, Charlton, NY. 1933

Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator. Syman House, Charlton, NY.

Documentation Compiled After, 1933. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of
Congress, <https://www.loc.gov/item/ny1117/>.

What does this picture show about this house?

Houses, Arivaca, Pima County, AZ.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Historic American Buildings Survey, Creator. Houses, Arivaca, Pima County, AZ.
Documentation Compiled After, 1933. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress,

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<https://www.loc.gov/item/az0053/>.

Classroom
Materials

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Guided
Practice/
Procedure

IPads
See, Think, Wonder chart
Timelines (for when students start looking for their own topics)
Students will work in a whole class setting to analyze a picture of a house.
They will write down (or draw for non-writers) what they can tell about the
people who live in the house by looking at the picture.
Students will then complete the same activity with partner. They will look at a
picture of a house and write or draw what the house can show about the
people who live inside.
Students will then complete the same activity individually. They will look at a
picture of a house and write or draw what the house can show about the
people who live inside

Connections

Students will write down what their house shows about them and their family.
They can share their ideas with the class. This sharing should be done in English
and the students native language.

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Preparation

Procedure

Assessment/
Reflection

Students need to complete the building background prior to looking at the primary
sources. They will use this activity to build background. The students will draw a
picture of their house in their native land. They will share the picture with their fluency
friend and discuss the houses in their countries.
1. Building Background
2. Sharing of Building Background with fluency friend
3. I do, you do, we do activity with primary sources (images of houses) (explained in Guided
Practice)
4. Connections: students will explain what one could tell about their lives by looking at a picture
of their homes.


Students will be assessed on their analysis of the documents.

Please submit final version in Word format so that the lesson plan can shared with peers.
Send to Dr. Julie Carter, carterj@dyc.edu. You lesson will be shared on our program webpage.