Lesson Plans: Fourth and Fifth Grade

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Building a Classroom Government

Objectives
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Students will be apart of a class election that involves multiple offices.  Students will run their own campaign, give speeches, and will hold an actual office in class.  This activity is meant to supplement a unit on the branches and departmentalization of the government.
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Fire Safety Lesson

Objectives:

-         Students will heighten their awareness of fire safety.

-         Students will become familiar with, and practice, escape routes in their school.

-         Students will identify other escape routes that can be taken within their school.

-         Students will discuss the World Trade Center escape routes and why there was trouble getting out on September 11, 2001.



Fire Safety Activities
Objectives: 

            -         Students will have the opportunity to be a fireman for a day.

-         Students will discuss what it means to be a fireman.


Heroes Lesson

Objectives:

        - Students will use what they learned about heroes to choose a personal hero in their own lives.
           - Students will learn how to properly address an envelope and correctly write a letter, 
         - Students will write letters to their personal heroes thanking them for what they have done. 

Other Activites

             Activities on heroes, travel, and community