The Fountain of Youth by mcneecepatrick

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The following project is a "readers theater" story retold by students in Mr. McNeece's 4th grade class at New Horizons Elementary School in Wellington, Florida. The lesson was designed to increase student knowledge in the area of Social Studies; more specifically Florida studies. The following links/resources were presented to the students in order to gain prior knowledge on the subject matter. After the students had background information on the subject material we pre-read "Ponce de Leon and The Fountain of Youth" readers theater piece. The teacher then presented the following discussion topics and the students used laptops to record notes. The notes focused on these three questions; what were the character's traits?, what are the big moments/details?, and what is the main idea?

Links/Resources:
http://www.biography.com/people/juan-ponce-de-león-9444105?page=1#the-fount...

http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/de_leon/de_leon1.htm

The Fountain of Youth

Published on Nov 21, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

PONCE DE LEON

AND THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH

What did we learn from our research?

The "Fountain of Youth" is located in St. Augustine, Florida.
St. Augustine is known as the oldest city in America.
The main explorers were Ponce de Leon and his men.
The Fountain of Youth was a story told by Taino people and was a mythical place.
Ponce de Leon once sailed and explored with Christopher Columbus.

- Informal learning gains were noted through discussion times. - Formal learning gains measured using Word document notes and information on student slides.
- Final learning gains observed using Word document quiz/test resources created by students.

CHARACTER TRAITS

Ponce de Leon: greedy, controlling, cruel
Diego Columbus: sympathetic, loyal
Taino people: spiritual, protective

- Character traits are studied, recorded, and discussed and to be used to better portray the characters while recording readers theater animation.

The BIG Events

Ponce de Leon is confronted by Diego Columbus and dethroned as ruler of Puerto Rico.
Ponce de Leon and a crew of men set out to explore for new land and find Florida.
The Taino people tell Ponce de Leon the mythical story of "The Fountain of Youth."
The natives of Florida attack Ponce de Leon and his men eventually leading to Ponce de Leon's death.

- These notes are discussed and recorded to assess comprehension of the lesson material.

PRESENTATION

BY: MR. MCNEECE'S CLASS

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