Fourth+Grade+Lessons

CORNELIA’S LIFE: Review all //Coloring Cornelia//; review all of //A Generous Love: The Life of Cornelia Connelly.//
===Cornelia starts a new religious community of sisters: the Society of the Holy Child Jesus. She chose the name because Cornelia believed God lives and acts in each person – just as God sent his son Jesus to enter our world to teach us how to act.===

Primary resources: If applicable, look at photos of Native America students and families in
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 * === Avoca, Minnesota - photo 1 photo 2===
 * === Cheyenne, Wyoming - photo 1===

**SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES AND IDEAS:**

 * ===Learn the prayer: Glory be to God, whose power working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine. //Coloring Cornelia// and //A Generous Love// post reading activities (see below)===
 * ===**Possible questions to accompany coloring book for 4th grade students.** ===

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 * ===Cornelia Connelly Scavenger Hunt game===
 * ===Who Wants to be a Corneliannaire? game===
 * ===Walking tour of Cornelia's Philadelphia===
 * === Photos from walking tour: ===
 * 8th and Filbert
 * St. Stephen's Episcopal Church
 * 10th and Sansom
 * 151 N 9th
 * 7th and Market
 * Christ Church Burial Grounds (5th and Arch)
 * Betsy Ross House
 * Elfreth's Alley
 * Christ Church(2nd between Arch and Market)
 * City Tavern
 * Bishop White's House
 * Walnut between 10th and 11th


 * ===Create a wordle with words that represent your Holy Child experiences. [|www.wordle.net]===
 * ===Reenactment of Cornelia's story===
 * ===**Create a skit to represent some aspects of Cornelia’s life. (monologue to multi-person) . Instructor will decide how to assign the tasks. If possible, perform for other grades or record the presentations for other students to see. Is there a place on your school’s web site where the students’ work could be published? **===
 * ===**Create a collage of pictures, words and symbols that will represent all aspects of Cornelia’s life. Think about using Glogster (www.glogster.com) for a web-based poster. **===
 * ===**Write a song and/or choreograph a dance to represent Cornelia’s life, passions and struggles. **===
 * ===**Write a 3 stanza free verse or rhyming poem about Cornelia’s life, passions and struggles. **===
 * ===Create newspaper articles about Cornelia’s life, legacy or schools.===

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