Johnny Appleseed

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Johnny Appleseed

• Shari Wood
• ED 417-02

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Johnny Appleseed

• Apples Unit
• First Grade
• Johnny Appleseed lessons

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Objective

• Students will learn who Johnny Appleseed was and
  why his contribution (planting apples) was
  important to our society.
• Students will be able to write three facts about
  Johnny Appleseed.
• Students will know important events in Johnny
  Appleseeds life.

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Social Studies ActivityJohnny Appleseed Trail

• Read book "Johnny Appleseed" by Steven Kellogg
• Students will discuss what Johnny Appleseed would
  bring with him on his travels.
• Students will look at the relief map and discuss
  what natural barriers are.
• Students will use the relief map and will figure
  out the best path from Massachusetts to Ohio
  avoiding natural barriers.
• With different color markers have each group plot
  their route on the wall map and tell why they
  went that way.

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Materials for Social Studies

• Book Johnny Appleseed by Stephen Kellogg
• relief map of the United States
• individual blank maps
• markers
• crayons

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Social Studies Standards

• Standard Geography
• Benchmark
• Indicator 3. Identify and use symbols to locate
  places of significance on maps and globes.

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Extras for Students in Social Studies Activities

• Events
• Johnny Appleseed Museum
• Web Site Urbanas Johnny Appleseed Museum
• http//www.urbana.edu/appleseed.htm
• Johnny Appleseed Festival
• Web Site Johnny Appleseed Festival
• http//www.johnnyappleseedfest.com

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Writing Activity

• Students will listen to the book Johnny
  Appleseed and learn some new facts about him.
• Students will participate in discussion about
  Johnny Appleseed.
• The teacher will write several different
  sentences about him.

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Writing Activity continued

• Students will then go to their seats and pick at
  least three of their favorite sentences and write
  them on their paper.
• After writing their sentences they will color
  their paper.

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Materials Needed for Writing Activity

• Book Johnny Appleseed by Aliki
• Large paper for teacher to write Johnny Appleseed
  sentences on
• Paper with lines for students to write on
• Students will use their own crayons to color the
• Computers

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Standards for Writing Activity

• Standard Writing Applications
• Benchmark A. Compose writings that convey a
  clear message and include well-chosen details.
• Indicator 2. Write responses to stories that
  include simple judgments about the text.

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Extras for Students in Writing Activities

• Students can go to the web site and look up more
  information about Johnny Appleseed.
• -Web site John Chapman- A gentle hero
• http//www.appleseed.org/johnny.html
• Students will be able to go online and take a
  small quiz about Johnny Appleseed.
• - Web site The story of Johnny Chapman
• http//www.applejuice.org/johnnyappleseed.html

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Johnny Appleseed SongFor Students

• Read Ten Apples up on Top by Dr. Seuss
• Students will sing Johnny Appleseed song.
• Johnny Appleseed by Ron Brown
• Web site Songs for Teaching
• http//www.songsforteaching.com/intellitunes/johnn
  yappleseeddaysong.htm
•  Listen to this song
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Apple Math

• Since Johnny Appleseed planted apples we will
  taste three different types of apples (red,
  yellow, and green).
• Students will be able to taste red apples, yellow
  apples, and green apples. After tasting they will
  choose their favorite.
• Students will go to the carpet and will make a
  graph together. Each student will get to come up
  and put a cut out of their color of apple.

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Apple Math cont

• After all students have up their apples on the
  graph students will count all of the apples on
  the graph.
• After all students have up their apples on the
  graph students will count all of the apples on
  the graph.
• Students will then identify which color was the
  classes favorite. They will then talk about the
  difference in the amounts between the favorite
  and the least favorite.

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Materials Needed for Math Activity

• The teacher needs a knife to cut the apples
• Red, yellow, and green apples
• Large paper to make graph
• Red, yellow, and green apple cut outs

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Standards for Math Activity

• Standard Data Analysis and Probability
• Benchmark B. Sort and classify objects by
  attributes, and organize data into categories in
  a simple table or graph.
• Indicator 7. Answer questions abut the number of
  objects represented in a picture graph, bar
  graph, or table graph eg., category with most,
  how many more in a category compared to another,
  how many altogether in two categories.

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Extras for Students for Math Activity

• Students can go to the web site and look for
  hidden items in a Johnny Appleseed picture.
• Web Site Johnny Appleseed Hidden Pictures
• http//www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/apples.htm

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Johnny Appleseed Science

• Students will each bring in an apple to school.
• The teacher will cut up the apples and place them
  into a crock pot.
• Students will come up in groups and add
  ingredients to the apples.
• The groups will add apples, water, sugar, and
  cinnamon.

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Apple Science cont

• Through out the day students will get a chance to
  look in the crock pot to see the apples changing.
  
• The teacher will mash the apples up periodically
  through out the day.
• After several hours apples should be broken down
  into applesauce.
• Put into cups and let students taste the
  applesauce they have made.

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Materials Needed for Science Activity

• Teacher needs a knife
• Bag of extra apples
• Measuring cups
• Sugar, water, cinnamon, and apples

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Standards for Science Activity

• Standard Physical Sciences
• Benchmark A. Discover that many objects are made
  of parts that have different characteristics.
  Describe these characteristics and recognize ways
  an object may change.
• Indicator4. Explore changes that greatly change
  the properties of an object (eg.,burning paper)
  and changes that leave the properties largely
  unchanged (eg., tearing paper).

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Extras for Students in Science Activities

• Fun Activity
• How do you make apple juice?
• Take fresh apples and cut them up
• Put apple pieces into blender
• Blend up apples to make juice
• Let students sample the fresh apple juice and
  compare it to some store bought apple juice.

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Johnny Appleseed Movie

• Students will watch Johnny Appleseed movie.
• Other fun Johnny Appleseed websites
• Web site Enchanted learning
• Online coloring page of Johnny Appleseed
• http//www.enchantedlearning.com/paint/school/usa/
  people/Appleseed.shtml

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• The End