Freedom Grade 4 by https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg Students will understand, recognize, acknowledge, accept and appreciate all of the bravery, struggles, blood, sweat, tears and perseverance of the many immigrants, men, women, children and forefathers endured in order to achieve freedom for themselves, their families, and for us. en-us 2018-12-01 21:55:27 UTC 2023-02-14 22:27:57 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Balance.png The Keeping Quilt, by Patricia Polacco (EngageNY P-12 Text List dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310107425 Anna, came to America from Russia.  The only things Anna brought with her to America were her dress and her babushka.  Anna's mother made a quilt out of her dress and babushka, along with some items of clothing of other relatives.  This quilt was used on many different occasions, and was passed down to other generations for years.
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/the-keeping-quilt-by-patricia-polacco/]]> 2018-12-01 22:26:03 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310107425 The Red Umbrella, by Christina Diaz Gonzalez dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310108426 This book follows Lucia and her little brother, all the way from Cuba, to Nebraska.  Their parents decide to send them to the United States by themselves because of communism taking place in Cuba.
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/the-red-umbrella-by-christina-diaz-gonzalez/  ]]> 2018-12-01 22:41:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310108426 The Orphan of Ellis Island, by Elvira Woodruff dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310108881 Dominic Cantori, an orphan, does not want his classmates who are touring Ellis Island, to know that he is, in fact, an orphan.  He hides in a closet, and falls asleep, only to find that when he wakes up, he is in Ellis Island, and it is closed.  He begins picking up phones, each with different recorded stories of the immigrants.  When he picks up one of these phones, it will take him back in time to Italy in the year, 1908.
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/the-orphan-of-ellis-island-by-elvira-woodruff/]]> 2018-12-01 22:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310108881 Hannah's Journal, by Marissa Moss dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310109634 Hannah receives a diary for her birthday.  When she persuades her mother and father to allow her to go to America, she takes her diary with her and documents her journey.
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/hannah-s-journal-by-marissa-moss/]]> 2018-12-01 23:01:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310109634 Emma's New Beginning, by Jessica Gunderson dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310110031 This is a story of the struggles, and hardships Emma and her family face as they travel from Russia to America.  Emma's encounter with these struggles also helps to explain the stories of other immigrants who endured the same struggles.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26460031-emma-s-new-beginning]]> 2018-12-01 23:09:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310110031 Streets of Gold, by Marie Raphael dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310110865 Marisia and her brother, Stefan, are left to their own devices in the United States, when their sister and parents are turned away because their sister is diagnosed with Tuberculosis.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24233554-streets-of-gold]]> 2018-12-01 23:24:07 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310110865 Land of Hope, by Joan Lowery Nixon dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310111306 Rebekah Levinsky, Kristin Swensen, and Rose Carney, three young, immigrant girls become friends as they journey to America.  However, once they arrive, they are separated, and realize that their thoughts of the future were far from what they had imagined.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/122251/land-of-hope-by-joan-lowery-nixon/9780440215974/]]> 2018-12-01 23:32:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310111306 Supportive Texts dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310111825 2018-12-01 23:43:30 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310111825 dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310111987 2018-12-01 23:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310111987 Video dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310112030 2018-12-01 23:47:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310112030 Video dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310112275 2018-12-01 23:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310112275 Supportive Text dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310112374 2018-12-01 23:54:57 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310112374 Inquiry Questions dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310112424 Is anyone in your family an immigrant?
What country did they come from?
Why do you think it was so difficult for them?

If you had to leave your home and move to a different country, what do you think it would be like?  

Is there anything you would want to take with you?  Why would you want to take it with you?

How do you think you would feel if you had to leave your family and friends behind?


]]> 2018-12-01 23:55:59 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310112424 Engagements dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310112891 Create a Voice Thread video clip explaining your favorite character from these books.  Explain why this is your favorite character.  What traits does this character have and why are those traits important?

GoogleDocs collage, using pictures of different items you would want to take with you on your journey to a new country.  

Create a Wordle of different terms, sentences from these books, and vocabulary words from one, or all of these books. These words should be meaningful to you and should describe the different traits of these characters and the traits of other immigrants.]]> 2018-12-02 00:05:42 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310112891 If You Were a Kid During the Civil Rights Movement, by Gwendolyn Hooks dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310113700 This story is about Joyce Jenkins, a girl who will be going to a segregated school.  Joyce and Connie are in the midst of a civil rights march, and bring everyone along for the ride.
https://shop.scholastic.com/parent-ecommerce/books/if-you-were-a-kid-during-the-civil-rights-movement-9780531230985.html]]> 2018-12-02 00:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310113700 The Freedom Maze, by Delia Sherman dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310114593 Sophie is visiting her family's property in Louisiana, which she does not know was a former plantation. Sophie is mistaken for a biracial child because she is tan, and undergoes the mistreatment as such.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11013228-the-freedom-maze]]> 2018-12-02 00:50:45 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310114593 The Youngest Marcher, by Cynthia Levinson dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310115034 This is a story of a very brave, nine-year-old, Audrey Faye Hendricks. She stood up for what was right, and although she was just a young girl, was imprisoned for taking a stand.
http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Youngest-Marcher/Cynthia-Levinson/9781481400701]]> 2018-12-02 01:01:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310115034 Child of the Civil Rights Movement, by Paula Young Shelton dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310115242 Paula Young, daughter of Andrew Young, a civil rights activist, tells a story of a girl growing up around prominent civil rights leaders, and wound up taking part in the march from Selma to Montgomery. 
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/165601/child-of-the-civil-rights-movement-by-paula-young-shelton-illustrated-by-raul-colon/9780385376068]]> 2018-12-02 01:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310115242 Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, by Laban Carrick Hill dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310115459 Dave, a former slave, is an artist. He carves his poetry into the different pots he carves. His poetry tells of the struggles he endured as a slave
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/dave-the-potter-by-laban-carrick-hill/]]> 2018-12-02 01:13:55 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310115459 Frederick Douglass, Fights for Freedom, by Margaret Davidson dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310115650 This biography tells the story of Frederick Douglass. Although he was born into slavery, he escaped, found freedom, and fought to free all men and women from slavery
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/frederick-douglass-fights-for-freedom-by-margaret-davidson/]]> 2018-12-02 01:18:27 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310115650 Henry's Freedom Box, by Ellen Levine dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310115864 Henry is a young slave who has no idea how old he is, but one thing he does know is that he yearns for freedom. When he grows up and has a family, his family is also sold into slavery. He is eventually able to find freedom, and celebrates.
https://shop.scholastic.com/teachers-ecommerce/teacher/books/henrys-freedom-box-9780545057400.html]]> 2018-12-02 01:23:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310115864 Supportive Text dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310116151 2018-12-02 01:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310116151 Supportive Text dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310116227 2018-12-02 01:33:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310116227 Video dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310116264 2018-12-02 01:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310116264 Audio dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310116295 2018-12-02 01:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310116295 Inquiry Questions dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310116352 What do you think about the way African American men, women and children were treated because they looked different?

How would you feel if you had to use different water fountains, bathrooms, school buildings, and waiting rooms just because you were different?

Do you think you would join a march? Why or why not?

If you had to pick one word to describe the men, women and children we read about, what would that word be? Why?]]> 2018-12-02 01:36:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310116352 Engagements dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310116616 Create a "Freedom" poster that you would have used in one of the civil rights marches. 

Create a Flipgrid post that tells about three people or events that you feel were most important to you, then explain why?

Make a Glogster that you believe summarizes everything we've learned about civil rights.  Be sure to include different men, women, and children, pictures, video or audio, and different quotes from our books that stood out to you.]]> 2018-12-02 01:44:23 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310116616 Marching with Aunt Susan: Susan B. Anthony and the Fight for Women's Suffrage, by Claire Rudolf Murphy dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310116970 Bessie joins the march for women's suffrage when she attends a tea with Susan B. Anthony, after she is told she cannot go hiking with her brothers and father because she's a girl.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11515897-marching-with-aunt-susan]]> 2018-12-02 01:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310116970 Elizabeth Started all the Trouble, by Doreen Rappaport dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310117214 This is a story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a progressive, educated mother of seven children, who along with four other women, ignited the women's right movement.
http://doreenrappaport.com/elizabeth-started-all-the-trouble/]]> 2018-12-02 02:03:49 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310117214 My Story: Suffragette, by Carol Drinkwater dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310117381 In 1909, Dollie disobeys those who are looking after her, by joining her other suffragettes in a march for Women's Rights to vote. However, things soon turn violent, women are going on hunger strikes and are being put in jail.
http://www.caroldrinkwater.com/books/suffragette]]> 2018-12-02 02:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310117381 Lillian's Right to Vote, by Jonah Winter dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310117687 As an elderly woman is on her way to vote, she remembers the hardships of her family members, and everything they did to earn themselves, and her the right to vote
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/237857/lillians-right-to-vote-by-jonah-winter-illustrated-by-shane-w-evans/9780385390286/]]> 2018-12-02 02:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310117687 The Hope Chest, by Karen Schwabach (EngageNY P-12 Text List) dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310117809 Violet is determined to reunite with her sister, Chloe. Her parents claim that Chloe turned into a different kind of person. However, she is soon standing with her sister, and other people who have the same goal in mind.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2457685.The_Hope_Chest]]> 2018-12-02 02:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310117809 Chasing Freedom, by Nikki Grimes dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310118051 This books takes readers on the imaginative journey of what is might've been like for Harriet Tubman, and Susan B. Anthony.
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/chasing-freedom-by-nikki-grimes/]]> 2018-12-02 02:26:53 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310118051 Supportive Text dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310118233 2018-12-02 02:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310118233 Supportive Text dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310118251 2018-12-02 02:31:26 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310118251 Video dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310118467 2018-12-02 02:37:33 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310118467 Video dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310118593 2018-12-02 02:40:22 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310118593 Inquiry Questions dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310118697 As a girl, what are your thoughts about women's suffrage?

As a boy, What are your thoughts about women's suffrage?

Why do you think it was so important for women to be able to vote?

What if you were told that you couldn't do something because you were a boy or girl.  How would that make you feel?  Why do you think you would feel that way?
Would you do anything to change that? Why or why not?]]> 2018-12-02 02:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310118697 Engagements dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310119168 Imagine you were a boy or girl during the time of women's suffrage.  Create a post on Flipgrid persuading congress to pass or not pass the 19th amendment, which would give women the right to vote.  In your post, be sure to explain your reasons why or why not. 

Using GoogleDocs, create a slide show of different information you've learned about women's suffrage.  Be sure to include the different women, their names, and what they did to fight for women's right to vote.

On Voice Thread, make a video post that explains how things are for women now because of women like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the passing of the 19th Amendment vs what they would've been like if the 19th Amendment would not have been passed.

]]> 2018-12-02 02:54:27 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310119168 Know Your Rights!: A Modern Kid's Guide to the American Constitution, by Laura Barcella dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310119617 This book explains The Constitution in words that make it easy for children to understand. It explains one of our history's most important documents, and why it is so important to our country.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35012211-know-your-rights]]> 2018-12-02 03:03:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310119617 Shh! We're Writing the Constitution dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310119834 This book takes readers through the writing of the United States Constitution by fifty-five men who gathered in top secret
https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/books/shh-we-re-writing-the-constitution-by-jean-fritz/]]> 2018-12-02 03:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310119834 What is the Constitution? by Patricia Brennan Demuth dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310120152 This book tells about the different issues that fifty-five men fought relentlessly to change.
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/559591/what-is-the-constitution-by-patricia-brennan-demuth-illustrated-by-tim-foley/9781524786090/]]> 2018-12-02 03:13:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310120152 The Constitution and You, by Syl Sobel dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310120333 This book explains the Constitution, and how it affects people today. from the three branches of government to the freedom of speech, readers can experience the Constitution in a new light.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/256987.The_U_S_Constitution_and_You]]> 2018-12-02 03:16:11 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310120333 Just Right Words: Revising the Constitution, by Margaret King dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310120673 This Time for Kids book tells about how the Constitution came about, and how it has completely changed our country
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/just-right-words-margaret-king/1126583942]]> 2018-12-02 03:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310120673 dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310121102 2018-12-02 03:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310121102 What is the Declaration of Independence?, by Michael C. Harris dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310121321 This book explains how the Declaration of Independence was created, and how our separation from Great Britain's rule allowed us to be a free country.
https://www.amazon.com/What-Declaration-Independence-Was-ebook/dp/B01839Q43Q/ref=sr_1_62?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543691020&sr=1-62&keywords=4th+grade+nonfiction+books]]> 2018-12-02 03:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310121321 Supportive Text dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310121510 2018-12-02 03:37:52 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310121510 Supportive Text dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310121560 2018-12-02 03:38:54 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310121560 Video dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310121699 2018-12-02 03:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310121699 Video dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310121777 2018-12-02 03:43:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310121777 Video dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310121816 2018-12-02 03:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310121816 Inquiry Questions dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310121845 If you were one of the fifty-five men creating the Constitution, what do you think it would've been like?

What are some of the conversations you think might've taken place?

Why do you think creating the Constitution was so important to these men?

How do you think we have been able to benefit from the Constitution?]]> 2018-12-02 03:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310121845 Engagements dbattista https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310122018 Reader's Theater.  Imagine you were one of the men in the room helping to write the Constitution. Create a script with a partner. What changes would you want to discuss?  What reasons or explanations would you give in order to make the changes?  What would you say to persuade the others to agree with you?

On Padlet, create post that tells which amendment you think is most important and why?  Be sure to include a picture or link to the amendment.

Create a collage using pictures of all of the activities and freedoms everyone has in our country because of the brave men and women who fought for freedom and for change.  When it is complete, make a post to Flipgrid, presenting and explaining your collage and why you chose each picture.]]> 2018-12-02 03:48:12 UTC https://padlet.com/dbattista/6c67ekuvmqg/wish/310122018