First draft of a PBL on American Symbols

1. Project to understandAmerican symbols and how they influence on our lives.

2. 2.A need to know.
Why are you doing this project?
 We are organizing the V English Culture
Week at school. This year the topic is
America: “Surfing the USA”. In ESO we’d like
to know more about American Symbols.
 Besides, we are going to decorate the school
corridors with the students’ products
(brochures).

3. 3. 15-20 CALP words.
 Prior knowledge: symbol, flag, eagle,
mountain, The white House, Statue of
Liberty, obey, Martin Luther King, Trump,
Obama, law, rugby.
 New: anthem, the Star and Stripes, bald
eagle, The Capital Building, Rushmore
Mountain, The pledge of Allegiance,
Abraham Lincon, George Washington,
American football, baseball.

4. 4. Advance organizer.

5. 4. Advance organizer
 What is a Symbol?
 Watch 1:23
 What symbols do you know?
 What American symbols do you know? (CALP now)
 Watch the rest of the video now.
 In teams, in the computer room now, look for
different kinds of American symbols.

6. 5. Driving Question
How do American symbols influence us?

7. 6.The challenge
 Exemplars:
In teams, in the computer room…
What are the components of a good brochure?

8. 6. The challenge
 Rules:
Create a first draft of their own American
symbol brochure, including:
 A picture.
 A text explaining what that symbol stands for.
 A simple question about that symbol (whose answer
is in the text).

9. 6. The challenge
 BICs:
 Shall I…: What shall I type? Shall I copy…?
 We can start by…
 I’ll do … you’’ll do…
 It’s your/my turn.

10. 7. Inquiry and Innovation
 Which American symbols do you know and
how are they present in Spain?
 What do American landmarks stand for?
 What American symbols represent freedom?
Do they stand for freedom in our country
too?
 Who are the most important American
personalities? Why are they so important? In
what way their lives have influenced us?