Dare+County

This is a great county with a huge amount of monumental North Carolina history. **Kitty Hawk**, also known as the birthplace of flight with the **Wright Brothers**, is located in __Dare County__.

I would begin this lesson with a //KWL chart//, finding out what the students already know, and what they want to know. We would progress throughout the lesson and eventually complete the KWL chart with what the students learned through their activities. I am not sure how I would pull all the ideas below together, but some are grouped together for specific reasons (group activities, individual activities, pair activities, and choice activities). I would, of course, want to students to research their information and provide in-progression updates on where they are gathering their information, as well as how far along in their research they are at specific points along the way. I have also listed links below that students would find beneficial in their research.


 * Group Activities**
 * **Debate:** You are one of the townspeople in Kitty Hawk - defend your opinion of the Wright Brothers ventures to the sky. How do you feel about their findings/experiments/their personalities? Do you think you would be a better person to experiment in flying? Do you agree with their actions/experiments? Why or why not?
 * **Simulation/Build a Model:** Build planes with the Wright Brothers' plane as blueprint!
 * **Historical Weaving**: Compare and contrast print and graphic media of the flight
 * **Create a Timeline/Create a Map:** Create a timeline on the idea process of the Wright Brothers, as well as their development of their plane. Create a map of their travels, flights, etc.
 * **Film:** Create a film of the Wright Brothers and their journey
 * **Fieldtrip:** Kitty Hawk


 * Individual Activities/Choice Activities**
 * **Research:** the lives of Orville and Wilbur Wright
 * **Essay:** If I were one of the Wright Brothers,...
 * **Poem:** The Wright Brothers Journey to the Sky
 * **Historical Narrative:** Create a character of the Wright Brothers' Assistant
 * **Diary:** Create 5 diary entries of Orville and Wilbur Wright
 * **Re-create the Famous Picture:** in your own media, vision
 * **Cartoon:** Create your own cartoon of the brothers
 * **Generate Questions:** What would you like to know more about the Wright Brothers (part of KWL chart)


 * Pair Activities**
 * **Presentation: How and why didn't the Wright Brothers succeed? What do you think they could have changed?**
 * **Build a Model** of their plane

http://www.nps.gov/wrbr/I would conclude this lesson/week/unit by recapping the influence the Wright Brothers' experimentation and invention had on the history of North Carolina. Linking their "small" advancement in North Carolina history to the greater history of North Carolina would allow them to make even larger connections with the community and state around them.
 * Assessment:** These projects would accumulate into a final grade. They would be assessed individually with given rubrics, and the group activities would be graded on participation and peer evaluation.

__**Helpful Links**__ __**http://www.nps.gov/wrbr**__ __**http://www.firstflightcentennial.org**__