Today I taught my lesson on the Statue of Liberty. The students responded very well to the material. I spent twenty minutes on the new information, modeling, and guided practice and ten minutes to do the last activity. The students really loved the crowns and wanted to wear them the rest of the day.
My favorite part- The motivation with the live videos of the statue. unfortunately things were very foggy in New York today so I had to improvise but the students really enjoyed seeing the boats sail through the harbor.
One thing I wish I had done differently- I wish I had more visuals in the lesson. I should have had a powerpoint or a nearpod presentation for the students so that they could see the different parts of the statue other than on the small models that they were given to look at.
Overall the lesson went well and I feel the students will be able to identify the statue and explain why it is important. If I were doing this lesson in my own classroom I would go deeper in explaining each part (crown, torch, etc.) because the students seemed genuinely interested in the history behind it.
Link to the Statue of Liberty lesson
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