This lesson contains 14 slides, with interactive quizzes and text slides.
Lesson duration is: 60 min
Items in this lesson
10
Slide 1 - Slide
Today
Introduction to Texas, USA
Texas
Discuss reading
JFK
Exercises
Creative writing
Baamboozle
Slide 2 - Slide
Any prior knowledge about Texas? (cities, facts, capital, location, history etc)
Slide 3 - Mind map
Question
Use the website, find out the following things within the time
Why is it called the Lone-star state?
How many years ago did the first people come to Texas?
What is the current population
timer
2:00
How do you scan a text again?
Slide 4 - Slide
kids.nationalgeographic.com
Slide 5 - Link
John Fitzgerald Kennedy JFK
This lesson will also be about JFK
Do you know anything about him?
Slide 6 - Slide
JFK
Slide 7 - Mind map
John Fitzgerald Kennedy JFK
JFK: 35th President (61-63)
Democrat
Harvard
The idea of a man on the moon
Cubacrisis
Marine during WW2, survived on an island for 10 days and saved his crew
Slide 8 - Slide
Slide 9 - Slide
What do you think happened? Explain your opinion in 5-10 sentences. Base your opinion on the article.
timer
20:00
Slide 10 - Open question
If you are done?
Homework: research a topic which is related to Texas and think about what you want to talk about. Search for multiple sources. We will need this for next lesson.
Send me your topic before next lesson on classroom.
Topic Ideas:
Travis Scott
NFL
BBQ
Citytrip
maybe look at tripadvisor for some fun activities to do which you could write about.
Slide 11 - Slide
I thought today's reading lesson was
Slide 12 - Poll
Explain to me and your classmates what today's text was about?
Slide 13 - Open question
Explain to my why you think Paul Landis's story is (not) credible