1. Resource Unit Great Lakes Shannon C. McKiddy March 4, 2002

2. Lighthouses  2 nd grade  Lesson – Lake Erie

3. 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.

4. Day One  Reading – The Little Red Lighthouse and the….. By Hildegarde H. Swift  Speaker – Phillip L. Block  Writing  Movie clip – Pete’s Dragon

5. 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.

6. Concepts

7. Objectives  The second grade students will be able to:  Locate Put-in-Bay Island.  Identify Perry’s Victory Memorial.  Explain why sailors need lighthouses.  Describe a typical lighthouse.

8. 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

9. 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.

10. Activity Three  individual write a story about a lighthouse by looking at pictures of lighthouses

11. Activity Four  Watch the clip of Pete’s Dragon when (Pete) is at the lighthouse cleaning the windows

12. 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

13. Activity Six  Field Trip to Perry's Victory Memorial, Old Port Clinton Lighthouse, Sandusky Harbor Pierhead Lighthouse, and South Bass Island Lighthouse

14. Evaluation  Perry’s 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?

16. Instructional Resources Students  Pete’s DragonDisney movie  The Little Red Lighthouse…by Hildegarde H. Swift  A Travels guide to 100 Eastern Great Lake Lighthouses by Laurie Penrose  A Travels guide to 116 Western Great Lake Lighthouses by Laurie Penrose