Johnny Appleseed

Shari Wood ED 417-02

Johnny Appleseed
Apples

Unit First Grade Johnny Appleseed lessons

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.

Social Studies Activity Johnny 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.

Materials for Social Studies

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

Social Studies Standards

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

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

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.

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.

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

Standards for Writing Activity

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

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

Johnny Appleseed Song For 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/johnnyap pleseeddaysong.htm Listen to this song

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Materials Needed for Science Activity

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

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. Indicator:4. Explore changes that greatly change the properties of an object (eg.,burning paper) and changes that leave the properties largely unchanged (eg., tearing paper).

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.

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/u sa/people/Appleseed.shtml

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