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** Lesson Plan: ** Using video to introduce a unit on Structures


 * Overview of Lesson: ** As part of our 2nd grade curriculum, students study Structures. This lesson will be introduced by viewing a video dated 1902 of the excavation for the Macy's store in New York City. We will look at photos of the original Macy's store as well as a recent photo of same.

**Essential Questions:**  What do you know about the structure of a building? How are structures built differently today than they were in the early 1900s?

**Subject Area:**  Science

**Duration: ** One 40 minute class 

Photo of original Macy's store 1902 (scroll down to view on link below)-- @http://netmole.blogspot.com/2008/10/buildings-of-old-new-york-by-irving.html  Recent photo of Macy's store-- @http://en.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/77/MacysDepartmentStoreNewyork.jpg
 * Materials Needed:** Video link to the New York City Macy's excavation dated 1902-- <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?papr:5:./temp/~ammem_FVMr:: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">

<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Students will be familiar with the term "structure." Wikipedia defines //structure// <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"> **-- "** A structure usually refers to any large, man-made object permanently fixed to Earth's surface or in its orbit, as a result of construction. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Prior Knowledge: **

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 * Procedures:** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Students will view the video of the Macy's NYC store excavation dated 1902. We will analyze the video as a group via the SEA document using the document camera. We will compare how that construction site differs from one we'd see today (we've had a lot of construction at our school over the past year so they have seen it taking place daily!). Both have the same outcome, it's just the process that is different. We'd then take a look at the original Macy's store photo dated 1902. Next, we'd compare that photo with a recent photo of the same store. How has the structure changed? How has it remained the same? What do you know about the structure of this particular building based on what you see in these photos?
 * Evaluation:** <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">All evaluations in my lab are informal evaluations. Were the students able to contribute to the discussion/comparison of the excavation process in 1902 and today? Were they able to surmise anything about the structure of this particular Macy's store based on their observations from the video and photo?

Jean~ This sounds like a great lesson. I love that you are using such an iconic part of America (Macy's). I also really like how you are incorporating photos into the lesson as well. Great ideas!

GM