Johnny

Appleseed Legend or Real Person

Kay Gustafson

Summer 2006

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Students will tell why they think Johnny Appleseed was a real person or only a legend. They will reflect on how he affects our lives today.

Overview/ Materials/LOC Resources/Standards/ Procedures/Evaluation/Rubric/Handouts/Extension

Overview Back to Navigation BarObjectives Students will:

tell historical events of Johnny Chapman’s (Johnny Appleseed) life.

tell some of the legends that evolved about that character

sequence the life of an apple from flower to fruitRecommended time frame 30 minutes a day for 5 daysGrade level kindergartenCurriculum fit Language arts, social science, scienceMaterials Johnny Appleseed, The Story of a Legend Will

Moses Philomel Books, New York 2001 ISBN 0-399-23153-6

Johnny Appleseed, A Tall Tale Retold and Illustrated by Steven Kellogg Morrow Junior Books, New York 1988 ISBN 0-688-06418-3

Johnny Appleseed by Marianne Johnston PowerKids Press, New York 2001 ISBN 0-8239-5577-x

Resource Table Handouts

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Illinois State Learning Standards Back to Navigation BarScienceGoal 12: Understand the fundamental concepts, principles and interconnections of the life, physical and earth/space sciences.12 B. Know and apply concepts that describe how living things interact with each other and with their environment.

Social ScienceGoal 16: Understand events, trends, individuals and movements shaping the history of Illinois, the United States and other nations.16 A. Apply the skills of historical analysis and interpretation.

Language ArtsGoal 2: Read and understand literature representative of various societies, eras and ideas.2 B. Read and interpret a variety of literary works.

Procedures Back to Navigation BarDay One: Set the stage by teaching about the way of life for

pioneers. Usehttp://aam.govst.edu/projects/rnewcomb/

imagetable.htm the image table to show several images of what life was like during that time period.

Day Two: Show the drawing of Johnny Appleseed from

Harper’s Magazine 1871 http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/ncpsbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(ABK4014-0043-116_bib)) and read parts of the article to the class.

Use Will Moses’ book Johnny Appleseed, The Story of a Legend to introduce the class to the life of Johnny Appleseed. Project the map of the Ohio River http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4084p+ct001213))

And zoom in on the boats on the river.

Day Three: Review Will Moses’ book and show the pictures of

Chippewa canoes

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http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/ hawp:@field(NUMBER+@band(codhawp+10032639))

Have the students analyze the photo using the Photo Analysis sheet.

Show the Ohio River map again http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4084p+ct001213))

Have the students tell what they see using a sense chart (what do you think you see, would hear, smell, feel, and taste)

Day Four: Introduce the word legend. Talk about how people

become legends. Read Steven Kellogg’s Johnny Appleseed. Show

pictures of real bears and compare to the illustrations in the book. Bears

Day Five: Use the site on Massachusetts Agriculture to teach

the students about apple tree growth. Show the photograph of an apple orchard in Massachusetts after a http://www.umass.edu/umext/mac/Newsletters/Autumn%201999.htm#2

Hurricane http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/fsaall:@field(NUMBER+@band(fsa+8c02275))

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Extension Back to Navigation Bar Study the First American West: The Ohio River

Valley 1750 -1820 Page will open up on Lewis and Clark scroll down to find the link to the Ohio River valley.

Click on several things in the map or in the text to explore.http://www.loc.gov/wiseguide/aug03/lewisclark.html

Many activities about Johnny Appleseed http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/huntjohnnyamr.html

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Primary Resources from the Library of CongressBack to Navigation Bar

Image/Resource Description Citation URLCenturies of survival Image table

http://aam.govst.edu/projects/rnewcomb/index.htm

http://aam.govst.edu/projects/rnewcomb/imagetable.htm

John’s birth certificate from 1774

http://www.lostindiana.net/html/crown_hill__johnny_appleseed.html

http://www.lostindiana.net/html/crown_hill__johnny_appleseed.html

Johnny Appleseed - A Pioneer Hero. [Harper's new monthly magazine. / Volume 43, Issue 258, November 1871]

AUTHORW. D. Haley

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/ncpsbib:@field(DOCID+@lit(ABK4014-0043-116_bib))

[Map of the Ohio River from Fort Pitt.

Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division.

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g3707o+ar078800))

[A trader's map of the Ohio country before 1753.

Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g3707o+ar077200))

Ms. pictorial map showing troop positions during the

Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g4084p+ct001213))

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Siege of Fort Meigs, Perrysburg (Ohio), 1813.

So, what do you think? What makes you think he was a real person? How did he affect our lives today?

Hunt for Johnny

Chapman an Internet Treasure Hunt on Johnny

Appleseed

created by Mrs. Darlene Mazurik

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/huntjohnnyamr.html

Francis Bailey Hall

Johnny Appleseed Society937-484-1303 or 800-7 URBANA

http://www.urbana.edu/appleseed.htm

Photos of memorials for Johnny Appleseed

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1848&pt=John%20Chapman

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1848&pt=John%20Chapman

Massachusetts Agriculture in the classroom

Chart of Apples from flowers to fruit List of apple books

Massachusetts Agriculture in the classroom

http://www.umass.edu/umext/mac/Newsletters/Autumn%201999.setthtm#2

New England hurricane. Apple orchard near North Brookfield, Massachusetts. This orchard has seven thousand trees and eighty-five percent of

Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, FSA-OWI Collection, [LC-USF34-040311-D DLC (b&w film neg.)]

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/fsaall:@field(NUMBER+@band(fsa+8c02275))

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them went down.

Hand colored view of two Native American (Chippewa) men constructing a Birch bark canoe in Minnesota. One completed canoe rests on the ground near the men, and a child stands in the doorway of a Birch bark wigwam

Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hawp:@field(NUMBER+@band(codhawp+10032639))

Canoeist. Man in canoe on water.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Theodor Horydczak Collection [LC-H822-T-2072 DLC (interpositive)].

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/horyd:@field(NUMBER+@band(thc+5a47550))

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RubricBack to Navigation Bar

Category Criteria Points1 2 3

Tell historical events of John Chapman’s life

Tells no details Remembers and attempts to tell something learned about his life

Tells three details of John Chapman’s life

Retell some of the legends that evolved about Johnny Appleseed

Relates no legends or retells them incorrectly

Can correctly tell about at least one of the legend of Johnny Appleseed

Tells two legend attributed to Johnny Appleseed

Sequence the growing sequence of an apple from flower to fruit

Can not sequence Gets at least one of the steps in the proper order

Can sequence flower to apple to seed to tree to flower correctly

Class discussions about Photo Analysis

Does not participate. Has poor behavior during project

Tell what he or she sees.

Makes an inference about what they see

TotalTeacher Comments

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HandoutsBack to Navigation Bar

Photo Analysis WorksheetStep 1. Observation

A. Study the photograph for 2 minutes. Form an overall impression of the photograph and then examine individual items. Next, divide the photo into quadrantes and study each section to see what new details become visible.

B. Use the chart below to list people, objects, and activities in the photograph.

Activities

People

Objects

Step 2. InferenceBased on what you have observed above, list three things you might predict could happen from this photograph

Step 3. QuestionsA.

What questions do you have about this photograph?

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B.

Where might we find answers to them?

Image/Resource

Description

Citation URL

Home sweet home : Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.

Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection, NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo.

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/ngp:@field(NUMBER+@band(ndfahult+b016))

Irkutsk (?) - boy on small sledge pulled by 3 bear cubs.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, World's Transportation Commission Photograph Collection, [reproduction number, wtc 4a03411 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/wtc.4a03411

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/wtc:@field(NUMBER+@band(wtc+4a03411))

Animals. Polar bear.

Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Theodor Horydczak Collection [please give the reproduction number, LC-H813-2202 DLC (b&w film neg.)

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/horyd:@field(NUMBER+@band(thc+5a36339))

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Bear, City Park, Denver / photo. by L.C. McClure.

Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library

http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/hawp:@field(NUMBER+@band(codhawp+00070879))

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