ETE 335

Elementary Social Studies Lesson

Gardners Multiple Intelligences
ETE 335
Elementary Social Studies Lesson
Gardners Multiple Intelligences
Laura Steubinger
Social Studies/History (WWII)
6
th
Grade
The people in hiding during WWII

ETE 335
Elementary Social Studies Lesson
Gardners Multiple Intelligences
Goals:
Learn more about the people that were in hiding.
Learn about what it took behind the scenes to keep people
in hiding.
Learn about what preparations had to be made before
people went into hiding.
Objectives:
Content/Knowledge:
Students will be able to understand why people were put
into hiding and realize the risk that people went through to
hide and also to hide other people.
Process/Skills:
Students will be able to comprehend and fully grasp the
reality of being in hiding and what people went through
while in hiding.
Values/Dispositions:
Students will be able to use their knowledge about WWII
to understand why people had to be put in hiding and
what certain groups of people were put into hiding.
ETE 335
Elementary Social Studies Lesson
Gardners Multiple Intelligences
Rationale:
The topic of people in hiding is a major part of WWII. It is
important for students to learn why it happened and what it
was like to be in hiding.

Standards:

State Illinois Common Core or Learning Standards
16.D.3 (W) Identify the origins and analyze consequences
of events that have shaped world social history including
famines, migrations, plagues, slave trading.
National NCSS Themes
Theme 5: Individuals, Groups, and Institutions
Theme 6: Power, Authority, and Governance



Logical/Mathematical
Logical/Mathematical
Students will evaluate the statistics and
choose an area of the statistics to focus on.
The two websites the students will use to
find the statistics will be the these two
links.
Students will take their chosen data and will
create a chart or graph of the data.
Students will then write a one paragraph
analysis of the data.
Verbal/Linguistic
Verbal/Linguistic
In addition to the people in hiding (in peoples
houses and businesses) children were also
shipped to other countries to be in hiding with
other families.
Watch this video of children that were in
hiding.
Write a three paragraph analysis of what it
was like to be in hiding during WWII. Compare
and contrast the different stories.
Musical/Rhythmic
Musical/Rhythmic
Read the poem written by Anne Frank (a girl
that was in hiding during WWII).
Write a similar poem to this about your life if
you had lived during this time.
Visual/Spatial
Visual/Spatial
View the pictures of the annex that Anne
Frank hid in during WWII.
Search for another photo online of another
hiding location during WWII.
Compare and contrast the two different
hiding places
Analyze the hiding places.
Write a two paragraph paper about this. 1
paragraph compare/contrast and 1 paragraph
analyzing.
Body/Kinesthetic
Body/Kinesthetic
Research the general size of a hiding place
for people during WWII.
Use masking tape or painters tape and go to
the gym and tape out the average size of the
hiding place for people during WWII.
Interpersonal
Interpersonal
Work in groups of two and choose one of
the ten people that helped hide people
during WWII.
They research their person using the
website provided in addition to other
sources they will find in their search.
They will then create a short 5 slide
powerpoint presentation about their
person that includes at least five facts
about the person. It also must include at
least one picture.
Intrapersonal
Intrapersonal
Chose a different person than you used for
the other activity using this website.
Choose one person and reflect upon their life
and what they did during their life.
Write a one page paper of your reflection.
Naturalistic
Naturalistic
Read this story about a family that hid during
WWII.
Think of another area in nature where people
could have hidden during WWII.
Draw a picture of the area where people
could have hidden.
ETE 335
Elementary Social Studies Lesson
Gardners Multiple Intelligences
Visual Learning and Assessment:
Visual Learning, Assessment, and Online Resources:
Visual Learning:
NOTE: Be sure to include one image that is
germane to the focus of your lesson on each
of the 8 lesson activity PowerPoint slides.
Assessment:
1. I will formally assess their writing using a
writing checklist. The graph/chart will be
formally assessed as well. The rest of the
activities will be informally assessed.

Online Resources: (delicious book mark
hyperlinked into slide)