Unit+6+Reaching+for+Goals

=Key Question: = What does it take to achieve our goals and dreams?

= = =Expanding Concepts: =
 * How can words change people's lives?
 * How can our abilities influence our dreams and goals?
 * How can one person's view of the world affect others?
 * How did the Wright brothers' dream change the world?
 * How do the achievements of others influence our dreams?

= Web Resources: = Martin Luther King websites http://gardenofpraise.com/index.htm http://www.proteacher.com/090159.shtml Wright Brothers websites http://www.cdli.ca/CITE/wright.htmrothers Jim Thorpe websites http://www.cmgww.com/sports/thorpe/

[|Enchanted Learning's Moon webpage] =[|Reading A-Z:] = [|Martin Luther King, Jr.] nf - Level S [|American Sports Legends] nf - Level Y

=[|Discovery Streaming:] = [|American Heroes and Heroines: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.] (14:43) [|Animated Hero Classics: The Wright Brothers] (26:3 [|Story of the Wright Brothers, The: The Dynamics of Flight] (25:00)

= IS Resources: = = Print Resources: = = Read Aloud: =

Picture Books:
__Martin's Big Words: The life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.__ by Doreen Rappoport

Chapter Books/Scott Foresman Trade Book Library:
__Sadako__ by Eleanor Coerr __Fruitlands: Louisa May Alcott Made Perfect__ by Gloria Whelan __Circle of Gold__ by Candy Dawson Boyd

=Library Media Kits: = __Hellen Keller:Crusader for the Blind and Deaf__ by Stewart and Polly Anne Graff - Level P - 10 copies __The Amazing Incredible Idea Kit__ by Vana Douglas - Level Q - 6 copies - Call # Kit Q36 __The Moon: Our Neighbor in Space__ by Donna Latham - Level Q - 20 copies - Call # Kit Q31 __The Civil Rights Movement__ by Benjamin Rice - Level R - 6 copies - Call #Kit R25 __One Giant Step__ by Sharon Franklin - Level S - 6 copies - Call # Kit S24 __Rescue Josh McGuire__ by Ben Mikaelsen - Level T - several kits available

= Technology Activities: =


=Inquiry Project:Dreamers and Doers = What does it take to achieve our goals and dreams? Students think of a person who has achieved a goal or dream and research what contributed to his or her success. (Language Arts Standard 1: Students engage in the research process.) This process includes:
 * Formulating questions
 * Gather and organize information
 * Synthesize your findings
 * Publish and present your findings.

[|GFPS Research Investigation Technology Integration Resources]