The Yellow Kid

Lesson Plan : A Historical Writing Piece

Learning Outcomes:

Students will be able to research and write a factual piece about a Historical figure.

 

Content

Note-taking skills, Writing of Draft, Proof reading,

 

Strategies

Discuss the factual events in the cartoon - 'The Yellow Kid'.

Research a historical figure (past or present). Take notes about important and exciting events in his/her life.

Draw your own comic. Write your own script to describe an important event in History.

Some possible figures include : Martin Luther King, Elvis Presley, Tiger Woods, Abraham Lincoln, Florence Nightingale, Yvonne Goolagong, Shirley Temple.

 

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