Amelia Earhart Unit Study
The information here is for a wide range of ages, grades K-12, depending on which objectives and activities are selected, so please check first to make sure your choices are appropriate for your own family. New information will be added as time allows. Links to lesson plans and activities here represent materials that can be printed and added to your notebook for this unit.
Learning Objectives:
Many parents and teachers will need to create their own goals. You can compare the goals at these sites to create your own goals depending on how stringent your requirements need to be. All links have several suggested activities for different ages.
- Basic Course structure https://www.worldbook.com/free-educational-resources#tcos
- Michigan Department of Education https://www.michigan.gov/mde/services/academic-standards
- Maine as an example of state level requirements https://www.maine.gov/doe/ela/standards/index.html
- California state level requirements https://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/
- https://www2.mcrel.org/compendium/ National Level
- Ontario Canada K-8 Expectations https://www.dcp.edu.gov.on.ca/en/curriculum#elementary
- Abeka Scope and Sequence https://www.abeka.com/HomeSchool/ScopeAndSequence.aspx
- The series of books called “What your nth Grader needs to know” May also be helpful nth representing the grade your child is in. This series only Goes to grade 8
The student will be able to:
Appreciate the importance of Earhart‘s accomplishments.
List characteristics of a brave and daring person.
Describe how Amelia Earhart contributed to the advancement of women.
Identify at least four aviation pioneers.
Formulate their own ideas about what actually happened, given the facts surrounding the disappearance of Amelia Earhart.
Develop listening skills and demonstrate these skills.
Identify character traits that fulfill personal goals.
Use technology to research the life and accomplishments of an important American figure.
Use technology to tour Web sites about significant global events from early 20th-century history.
Compare and contrast the accomplishments of two notable women.
Write a news account of an American hero based on biographical information.
Evaluate information based on prior experiences and newly acquired knowledge.
Become familiar with terms and procedures related to aviation.
Exercise critical thinking skills.
Create a notebook to demonstrate organizational skills.
Timeline
Amelia Earhart – A Timeline https://www.ninety-nines.org/amelia-earhart.htm
Create a Timeline of 5 to 140 year span http://www.ourtimelines.com/create_tl_2c.html
Online Time Line Creator https://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/timeline
Vocabulary
| Lockheed | publicist | legend | longitude | Atlantic Ocean |
| equator | headlines | instrument | latitude | plummeted |
| engine | route | wings | Australia | landing gear |
| accomplishment | navigator | expedition | Pacific Ocean | stunt |
| opportunity | historic | challenge | New Guinea |
Each word should be written out and defined. Make sure you save this sheet for your portfolio.
http://wordweb.info/free downloadable software to look up words.
http://dictionary.reference.com online Dictionary
Bible References:
Look up and compare scriptures at the sites below. In your journal note how the different translations and versions help you to have a fuller understanding of the text.
- American Standard Version https://ebible.org/asv/
- King James Bible in Mp3 https://www.audiotreasure.com/indexKJV.htm
- World English Bible in Mp3 https://www.audiotreasure.com/webindex.htm
- World Wide Study Bible https://www.ccel.org/wwsb
- Free software that will allow you to compare many translations at the same time https://www.e-sword.net/
- New World Translation https://www.jw.org/en/library/bible/study-bible/books/
Book Resources
Amelia Earhart by Richard Tames
Amelia Earhart: A Biography by Doris L. Rich
Amelia Earhart: Adventure in the Sky by Francene Sabin
Amelia Earhart: Aviation Pioneer by Roxane Chadwick
Amelia Earhart: Courage in the Sky by Mona Kerby
Amelia Earhart – The Myth and the Reality by Dick Strippel
Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved by Elgen M. Long
Amelia Earhart: Young Aviation Pioneer by Jane Moore Howe
Amelia Earhart, the Final Story by Vincent V. Loomis
Amelia: The Centennial Biography of an Aviation Pioneer by Donald M. Goldstein
Daughter of the Sky by Paul Briand
East to the Dawn: The Life of Amelia Earhart by Susan Butler
Eyewitness: The Amelia Earhart Incident by Thomas E. Devine
I Was Amelia Earhart by Jane Mendelsohn
Last Flight by Amelia Earhart and George Palmer Putnam
The Search for Amelia Earhart by Fred Goerner
Sisters of the Wind by Elizabeth S. Bell
Sky Pioneer: A Photobiography of Amelia Earhart by Corrine Szabo
The Sound of Wings by Mary S. Lovell
Vanished: The Mysterious Disappearance of Amelia Earhart by Monica Kulling
Poetry, Music & Audio Files
- Rhyme Zone Find rhymes, synonyms, adjectives, and more https://www.rhymezone.com/
- Make your own Audio books! https://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity/ is a nice WAV recorder and https://www.dbpoweramp.com/dmc.htm Converts WAV to mp3 for smaller more shareable files.
- Poetry Worksheet Template https://www.happychild.org.uk/wks/english/ssm/poems01.htm
Video and Software Resources
Videos and DVDs
Biography Amelia Earhart Queen of the Air is a look at Amelia Earhart’s life.
Amelia Earhart Price of Courage https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1027235/ Kathy Bates narrator. Some great original footage and photography. Includes interviews with people who knew Earhart.
YouTube search for Amelia Earhart https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=amelia+earhart
Games
Using the instruction guide for the GeoSafari you can create a ton of cards for this unit. GeoSafari is GREAT for long car trips https://archive.org/details/GeoSafari-Manual
Geosafari (File folder game Ideas will work for Geosafari and Vice Versa)
Donna Young’s Instructions https://donnayoung.org/homeschooling/games/geocards.htm
Make cards:
Timeline events to their date Matching card
True or false cards
Vocabulary Words to real pictures.
Choose games to make https://web.archive.org/web/20040111040408/http://edweb.sdsu.edu/courses/edtec670/Cardboard/matrix.html
Board games
Ideas for making your own board games at Mary’s Site https://www.angelfire.com/wi2/GamesForLearning/ideas.html
Try your hand at making a file folder game to match this topic. Here are some sample File folder game boards.
Blank Game boards to create any game for this unit
https://timvandevall.com/product-category/board-game-templates/
https://justfamilyfun.com/board-game-templates/
- Other GeoSafari cards to make for the unit:
- Parts of an airplane
- Maps of areas She flew over (The whole earth! Add the date she flew over to the card to make it fit to this unit compare that area on the original date to today)
- Her father was an alcoholic make a card about the signs of addiction and how to recognize them.
- Board games
- Printable game parts for games to create with this unit https://www.momsview.com/freeprintablegames.html
- Poster that might make a nice center to a gameboard https://www.first-school.ws/t.asp?t=https://www.first-school.ws/images/bcoloringp/bio/ameliaposter.gif
Recipes
Use a regular cake mix to make a cake in the shape of an airplane. Or Frost the top to look like an airport
Field Trips and Virtual Tours
- Flight: A Virtual Adventure for Grades 3-6 http://www.tramline.com/cross/flight/
- Exhibit Views from The Henry Ford
- Across the Atlantic and To the Headlines https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/expert-sets/101269/
- The Iconic Aviatrix https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/expert-sets/101550/
Art and Craft Ideas
Paper Airplanes https://creativepark.canon/en/categories/CAT-ST01-0085/index.html
Paper Airplanes that will really fly https://www.ss42.com/pt-planesfly.html
Paper Model airplanes for display https://www.ss42.com/pt-planemodel.html
Information and General Resources
- http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/earhart
- Purdue University The George Palmer Putnam Collection of Amelia Earhart Papers https://collections.lib.purdue.edu/aearhart/
- Amelia Earhart.com https://www.ameliaearhart.com/
- The Earhart Project https://tighar.org/projects/the-earhart-project/
- Amelia Earhart Birthplace Museum https://www.ameliaearhartmuseum.org/
- Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight http://www.unmuseum.org/earhart.htm
- Centennial of Flight Essay on Amelia Earhart https://www.centennialofflight.net/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/earhart/EX29.htm
Naval History and Heritage Command sites:
- Amelia Earhart Information https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/a/amelia-earhart.html
- Naval Aviation and the Search for Amelia Earhart https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nnam/education/articles/from-the-cockpit–stories-of-naval-aviation/naval-aviation-and-the-search-for-amelia-earhart.html
- Records Regarding the Loss of Amelia Earhart, 1937 https://www.history.navy.mil/research/archives/Collections/transferred-collections/nara-transfer/loss-of-amelia-earhart-1937.html
- National Naval Aviation Museum Women Win Their Wings https://www.history.navy.mil/content/history/museums/nnam/explore/exhibits/online-exhibits—collections/from-typewriters-to-strike-fighters/women-win-their-wings.html
Worksheets:
Make your own worksheets with these worksheet creation tools:
- SchoolHouseTech https://www.schoolhousetech.com/ This company gives away two free software worksheet factories one for Basic math and one for wordsearch utility that will make wonderful complements to this unit when you include the clipart listed in the clipart section.
- Start Write – This program makes nice reports and handwriting worksheets for the unit. https://www.startwrite.com/
- TeachNology has several online worksheet makers and a ton of Rubric makers. Rubrics work great with Homeschool Tracker because they give you total points and you count up exactly how many points your child gets. https://www.teach-nology.com/worksheets/
- Online Crossword Puzzle Maker to use with your vocabulary words or locations or even dates from the timeline. https://www.happychild.org.uk/wks/english/ssm/crosswords01.htm
- Reading Comprehension Amelia Mary Earhart https://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_24_69.html
- Reading Comprehension Whatever Happened to Amelia Earhart https://www.edhelper.com/ReadingComprehension_32_6.html
- Scroll to Centennial of Flight https://www.kansashistory.gov/p/kansas-kaleidoscope-teacher-supplement/12520
Evaluation Ideas:
Assemble a three ring binder and please include:
- A copy of this unit
- Course Description (Highschool Students)
- Write a summary about books read for the unit
- Write an essay on the various topics discussed
- Your Lapbook created for the unit (K-8 Students)
- Any worksheets or activity books created with SchoolhouseTech Software https://www.schoolhousetech.com/
- Your journal and its contents
- Your Log of activities from Homeschool Tracker https://www.homeschooltracker.com/free-homeschool-tracker-basic-edition Its Free!
- Your Timeline
Essay on the various topics discussed.
Create your own test http://www.vokabel.com/creteste.html
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Unit Safari Amelia Earhart Unit was originally compiled June 4, 2001.
