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The King and the Little Prince (credit: Adrian Brooks)

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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's ascension to the throne. In this lesson, the students will learn about Queen Elizabeth II and the monarchy, and create a classroom celebration to commemorate her Golden Jubilee.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

1. Students will identify and describe the major events in Queen Elizabeth II's reign.

2. Students will synthesize information from a variety of sources.

3. Students will interpret facts and express meaning through a variety of activities.

Materials:

Internet access
Writing equipment

Bookmark the following sites:

http://www.royal.gov.uk/
http://www.goldenjubilee.gov.uk/
http://www.historychannel.com/
http://www.goldenjubilee.info/StaticPage.jsp?StaticPageId=42
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/history/pg.pl?engtexts=postwwi&title1=england&englinks=
postwwi&template=single&default=england&site=timeline&contents1=england&
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/
http://www.vam.ac.uk/
http://www.museum-london.org.uk/
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/multimedia_zone/audio_video/audio/report_index.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/foodinfocus/news_tea.shtml
http://www.morbidoutlook.com/nonfiction/articles/2001_05_hightearecipes.html
http://www.comfortcooking.com/teaparty.html#Ok
http://www.waitrose.com/frontend/index_third.asp?menuid=999
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Garden/9715/TeaSampler5.html
http://www.grovemusic.com

STANDARDS:

K-12 Standards
http://www.mcrel.org/compendium/search.asp

Historical Understanding
Standard 1
Understands and knows how to analyze chronological relationships and patterns.
Level III Grades: 6-8

Standard 2
Understands the historical perspective.
Level II Grades: 5-6

Language Arts
Writing
Standard 4
Gathers and uses information for research purposes.
Level II Grades: 3-5
Level III Grades: 6-8

Reading
Standard 7
Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts.
Level II Grades: 3-5

Standard 6
Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of literary texts.
Level III Grades: 6-8

Working with Others
Standard 1
Contributes to the overall effort of a group.
Level IV Grades: K-12

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