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I. Table of Contents

II. Curriculum Web of Activities

III. Narrative Rationale

IV. Timeline for Implementation of Lessons

V. Unit Materials and Resources

VI. Lesson Plans:

Lesson Plan 1 - Mapping Walls (Math, Social Studies)

Lesson Plan 2 - Building the Biggest Walls (Science)

Lesson Plan 3 - Virtual Exploration of Lascaux Cave (CI)

Lesson Plan 4 - Breaking Down Walls (Language Arts, Other)

VII. Unit Comprehensive Assessment

VIII. Culminating Activity-Field Trip

• The book Talking Walls by Margy Burns Knight
  
• Webquest questionnaires for each child
  
• Checklist for group objectives in the lesson plan "Building the Biggest Walls"
  
• Miniature cutouts and laminated pictures of the following walls:
  • The Great Wall of China
    
  • Aborigine Wall Art
    
  • The Lascaux Cave
    
  • Western Wall
    
  • Mahabalipuram’s Animal Walls
    
  • Muslim Walls
    
  • Great Zimbabwe
    
  • The City of The Sun in Peru
    
  • The Taos Pueblo
    
  • Mexican Murals
    
  • The Canadian Museum of Civilization
    
  • The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
    
  • Nelson Mandela’s Prison Walls
    
  • The Berlin Wall

• Access to the computer lab
  
• Webquest site programmed in the favorites keys: www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/lascaux/en/

• Schedule of "The Moving Wall" to plan our field trip to the replica of the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial
  
• Access to buses for the field trip

• Construction paper
  
• A large appliance box (TV or refrigerator)
  
• Straws
  
• Tape dispensers
  
• Rulers
  
• Giant world map (that can be layed on the floor)
  
• Calculators
  
• Pencils
  
• Tackey

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