US History Project

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• The Radio
• By Orangel Soto

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Lesson Cycle for third grade students

• Objectives
• Understanding who Marconi was ?
• Understanding what inventor is ?
• Understanding what the radio is?
• Understanding the importance of the radio ?
• Learning important dates of the US history radio
  ?

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Anticipatory Set (Focus)

• The teacher will decorate the classroom with some
  pictures such as different kind of radios (from
  the old style until modern style), pictures of
  airports, police departments, etc. The teacher
  will also bring 4 types of radios that will be
  placed on the students' desk. The students will
  listen to different radio programs (news, sports,
  music, entertainment, weather, traffic). And also
  they will manipulate the radios specially the old
  one.
• The day before the class, the students were told
  that they have to listen to radio in their moms
  car or houses
• To start the class the teacher will ask the
  students what kind of radio program did you
  listen to ?

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Visuals
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Visuals
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Visuals
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Visuals
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Input

• The teacher will begin explaining the following
  information to the class
• Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor and
  electrical engineer who invented the radio. He
  was born on April, 25, 1874 in Bologna, Italy to
  an Irish mother and Italian father.
• In Italy 1895, he built the first wireless
  telegraph, which sent messages through the air.
  The instrument he used became known as the radio.
• In December 1901, he used his system to transmit
  the first wireless signal across the Atlantic
  from Cornwall/Ireland to Newfoundland/Canada.
  This was a memorable and important day in our
  history, and also it was the beginning of the age
  of radio.

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Input

• Radio means the wireless transmission of
  information in any form. (data, audio, video).
• Inventor a person who invents, especially one who
  devises some new process, appliance, machine
• Most of inventors posses 3 qualities ingenuity,
  creativity and curiosity. That is why they become
  famous for contributing to the progress of the
  world.
• Wireless communication is the transfer of
  information between two or more points without
  wires.

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Input

• From police and fire department dispatches to
  aircraft communication, two-way radio
  communication works to ensure public safety. This
  kind of communication becomes particularly
  important in emergency situations( earthquakes,
  hurricanes, blackouts, fires). If you do not have
  electricity at home, you can use a radio operated
  by batteries.
• The radio has been informing and entertaining
  since 1901. Today, this medium of communication
  continues to offer diversity in programming

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Input

• During the 1920s the radio was so important to
  people, families would sit around the radio at
  night and listen to programs
• The radio has been informing and entertaining
  since 1901. Today, this medium of communication
  continues to offer diversity in programming
• The Radio is still the most reliable way for
  people to access important information (news,
  weather, traffic, sports, music, entertainment )

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Input

• Special events
• 1906 First radio program of voice and music
  broadcast in the U.S. (by Reginald Fessenden)
• 1920 KDKA broadcasts the first regular licensed
  radio broadcast out of Pittsburgh, PA.
• 1926 RCA, General Electric and Westinghouse
  establish NBC, which operates two national radio
  networks.
• 1933. President Roosevelt addresses the nation in
  the first of a series of fireside chats" (30
  evening radio programs).
• 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts his adaptation of
  H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds on October 30,
  creating a nationwide panic as listeners believe
  that aliens have landed in New Jersey.

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Modeling

• The teacher will review the facts and then will
  present the following videos
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vXzJNnr6-Wn0
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vRdfrC7zz8Nc
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vVM3JEUk6Q2s

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Guided Practice

• The Teacher will read a brief biography of
  Marconi. Then the students have to answer the
  following questions. Where and when was he born
  ?.What did he invent ? When and where was
  transmitted the first radio signal ?
• The Teacher will read a timeline of US radio
  history. Then the students have to answer the
  following questions. when was the first radio
  program of voice and music ?, when was the first
  regular licensed radio broadcast ? When Orson
  Wells broadcasts his adaptation of War of the
  Worlds ? In what year President Roosevelt
  addressed the American people in some 30 speeches
  broadcast via radio
• The students will listen to a weather report,
  traffic report, news from a local radio. Then
  they have to answer the following question. Why
  is it important to listen to the radio ?

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Independent Practice

• The students will be given a crossword using
  RADIO.
• The students will be given a matching exercise.
  They have to match each picture with one event
• 1) 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts his adaptation
  of H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds on October 30,
  creating a nationwide panic as listeners believe
  that aliens have landed in New Jersey.
• 2) 1933. President Roosevelt addresses the nation
  in the first of a series of fireside chats" (30
  evening radio programs).
• 3) Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor and
  electrical engineer who invented the radio

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Assessment

• The students will be given a quiz with the
  following questions
• In what year the era of radio started ?
• What is an inventor ?
• What is a radio ?
• Name 3 qualities of an inventor
• Name 3 emergency situations when the usage of
  radio is vital.
• Name 2 places where the usage of radio is really
  important
• Name 3 types of information that you should get
  from a radio
• In what year the first regular licensed radio
  broadcast in the US took place, and where did
  happen
• Name the US president who addressed the American
  people in some 30 speeches broadcast via radio
  (fireside chats)
• Why the radio is really important

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Closure

• The teacher will ask the following question in
  order to sum up the lesson
• What did you learn today
• What will be the future of the radio
• What kind of radio program do you like the most

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Sources

• http//dictionary.reference.com/
• http//www.scholastic.com/
• http//en.wikipedia.org/