1. First Grade Unit Four: Thinking About Inventors – Benjamin Franklin & G.W. Carver Sarah Blascovich Brown Teacher on Assignment

2. Unit Four Highlights

5. Resources (Benjamin Franklin): Benjamin Franklin – PBS Special website: http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/ - be sure to click on the different options at the top of the site – lots of interactive activities you can help your students discuss. http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/ Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary education page: http://www.benfranklin300.org/education.htm - be sure to download the teachers’ guide and visit the artifacts section, as well as the interactive timeline and online exhibit. http://www.benfranklin300.org/education.htm Scholastic’s You Interview: Ben Franklin online activity: http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/i nterview/index.asp - students “ask” Franklin questions and watch videos of his answers, then compose a newspaper article. http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/i nterview/index.asp

6. Resources (George Washington Carver): Peanut recipes & products: http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/gwc/resources/furtherresearch.html http://www.lib.iastate.edu/spcl/gwc/resources/furtherresearch.html Dr. Carver coloring book & activity pages from the USDA: http://www.da.usda.gov/oo/colorbook.htm http://www.da.usda.gov/oo/colorbook.htm Library of Congress introduction to Dr. Carver’s work: http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/carver http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/carver Field Museum online exhibit information: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/carver/ - be sure to check out the downloadable teacher’s guide and photo gallery! http://www.fieldmuseum.org/carver/ Library of Congress Prints & Photographs collection: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html - search “George Washington Carver” http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pp/pphome.html

7. Literacy Resources: Now and Ben: The Modern Inventions of Ben Franklin by Gene Baretta Ben Franklin and the Magic Squares by Frank Murphy Ben and Me by Robert Lawson – definitely a read-aloud How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning by Rosalyn Schanzer

8. Literacy Resources: George Washington Carver by Tonya Bolden A Weed is a Flower by Aliki The Chance-Taking, Ground-Breaking Life of George Washington Carver… by Cheryl Harness A Man for All Seasons: The Life of George Washington Carver, by Stephen Krensky Benjamin Franklin and George Washington Carver – from the Rookie Readers series

9. Literacy Resources: Visit www.kidseconbooks.org for lesson ideas related to these books!www.kidseconbooks.org Visit www.kidseconbooks.org for lesson ideas related to these books!www.kidseconbooks.org Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall The Lorax By Dr. Seuss The Lorax By Dr. Seuss Getting’ Through Thursday by Melrose Cooper Getting’ Through Thursday by Melrose Cooper

10. Teaching Unit Four:  Individuals, Groups, & Institutions:  Contributions of Benjamin Franklin & G. W. Carver  Roles of inventions in people’s lives  Character traits of historical figures  Why we remember Franklin & Carver today  Location  Review ways that geography impacts students’ lifestyle  Discuss impact of location on goods & services {what is produced in your community & why?}  Discuss how where Franklin & Carver lived impacted their lives and decisions

11. Teaching Unit Four:  Scarcity  Review the concept of scarcity  How scarcity led to Franklin & Carver’s inventions  Role of scarcity in our acquisition of goods & services  Role of scarcity in production of goods & services  Time, Change, and Continuity  Compare lives of historical figures to students’ lives  Identify cultural characteristics that are the same and different as during the lives of the historical figures  Discuss how Franklin & Carver’s inventions have and have not changed over time