Teacher of lesson:
Lesson Topic/Subject: Blindness/Social Studies
Grade Level: Kindergarten
Estimated Time: 45 minutes
- Students will be polite attentive listeners.
- Students will learn more about how blind
people live their daily lives and what kinds of things they enjoy doing.
- Students will remember the questions they
thought of the previous day, and will ask them when appropriate.
- Have list of questions the students came
up with posted on the board.
- Explain to students that a blind woman
named Carla Westjohn and her guide dog will be coming to visit today to
talk to them. Before Carla arrives, explain that when she comes, they all
need to drop whatever they are doing and go right to the carpet. Tell the
students to make sure they sit somewhere where they know they can be good
listeners. They need to be on their best behavior for their visitor. Ask
the students to quickly review with you what is required for good listening
- Also explain ahead of time that Carla
will have a guide dog with her that helps her get around. The dog has a
very important job to do and cannot be distracted by everyone crowding
around it and petting it. They absolutely cannot touch the dog unless Carla
invites them to do so.
Sequence of Instruction
- When Carla arrives, turn off the lights
and announce it is time for everyone to go to the carpet.
- Help Carla find her chair, and then introduce
her to the children. Explain to the students that she has some interesting
things to share with all of them, and they can ask questions when she is
- Allow Carla to talk with the students.
- When Carla is ready for questions, tell
the students to raise their hands and then you will call on them.
- After the students are done asking all
of their questions, have them all thank Carla for coming to visit them
and teaching them more about all of the interesting things blind people
EVIDENCE OF STUDENTS ACHIEVING OBJECTIVES:
- The students will show that they can be
polite attentive listeners by sitting quietly with their hands to themselves
and demonstrating genuine interest.
- Students will learn more about blind people
by listening to what Carla has to say about how her dog helps her get around,
about how she does her job, about how she does things around her house,
and about what kinds of things she enjoys doing most.
- Students will demonstrate that they can
ask good questions by remembering some of the questions they thought of
together the day before, as well as thinking of new questions that will
help them learn even more.
- Students might need to be moved to a new
spot to ensure good listening.
- After Carla leaves, maybe it would be
helpful to go over the questions they had again and review what the answers
they learned were.
- Have the students write a thank you note
to Carla which expresses some of the most interesting things they learned.
- How did the visit turn out?
- Was I able to keep the students under
- How did the students respond to the visitor?
- Did the students seem genuinely interested
in asking questions?
- What things would I change in the future?
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