Lesson Plan : Louisiana Women: New Orleans
Teacher Name: | Desiree Moss |
Grade: | Grade 5 |
Subject: | Social Studies |
Topic: | Discuss the lives of two successful women living in New Orleans, Louisiana in the nineteenth century. Compare and contrast the lives of Kate Chopin and Baroness Pontalba. |
Content: | Louisiana History: Kate Chopin- second most read female writer from Louisiana in the nineteenth century Baroness Pontalba- successful business woman, design and building of Pontalba buildings in Jackson Square (French Quarter) |
Goals: | The learner will be able to compare and contrast the lives of these two New Orleans women. |
Objectives: | Help the student to be able to differentiate between these two women and see the effect that New Orleans left upon the women's lives. |
Materials: | -"Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times"- resource book -Power Point presentation- lecture format- visual/ note taking resource |
Introduction: | -Kate Chopin- second most read female writer from Louisiana in the nineteenth century -Baroness Pontalba- successful business woman, design and building of Pontalba buildings in Jackson Square (French Quarter) |
Development: | Help the children understand how these women were both different and similar in many ways although they led different lives and lived in different times of the century. |
Practice: | Worksheet- Comparison/ Contrast Chart |
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Checking For Understanding: | -Review of the Worksheet -Quiz given the next class period |
Closure: | -Review the lives of Kate Chopin and the Baroness Pontalba -Highlight comparison and contrast of women |
Evaluation: | Quiz/ Chapter Test |
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