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Dr. Heidegger invites four of his old friends to his home. There he offers them a drink from a bottle of magical water that will make them young again. Several themes on human nature are presented in this short story: the magic of youth is wasted on the young, the sins of youth are paid for by the miseries of old age, true beauty lives in the spirit, physical beauty fade quickly, when good times return, people quickly forget lessons learned in sorrow.
Subject: Language Arts
Topic: Literature
Grade Level: High School Special Education
Student Lesson name and URL: Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
Language Arts Content Standards
Standard 2: READING/LITERATURE: The student reads for a variety of purposes, such as for aesthetic response, for information and understanding, and for critical analysis and evaluation.
Standard 4: WRITING: The student organizes thoughts and information for writing, develops drafts, analyzes credits, and revises work as appropriate for audience and purpose.
Students will seek to discover implications for themselves and for people in general as they explore different technological and health issues that can preserve or prolong life. Students will develop a controlling idea that conveys a perspective on the subject by cooperatively presenting a Power Point presentation on their views of preserving and prolong life.
Students will:
1) Receive guided vocabulary instruction to identify character qualities.
2) Search predetermined sights on the World Wide Web to explore the problems and possibilities of preserving and prolonging life.
3) Explore the literary symbolism and the theme of the story.
4) Develop an essay on youth and aging by examining society's opinions and their personal opinions.
5) Be instructed on the use of Microsoft PowerPoint to present their personal views of their findings.
Introductory Activity
Students will work on the "what I know" section on a KWL chart with facts they already know about preserving and prolonging life. They will then fill out the "what I want to know" portion of the chart. Students will take a vocabulary pretest.
Enabling Activity(ies)
Students will access the World Wide Web to find information on the rejuvenating powers of the Fountain of Youth. They will search predetermined sights on the World Wide Web to explore the problems and possibilities of preserving and prolonging life. Students will explore the literary symbolism and the theme of the story. They will develop an essay on youth and aging by examining society's opinions and their personal opinions. Student will fill out the last column, the "what I learned" section of the KWL chart.
Culminating Activity
Students will cooperatively present their researched and written personal views of their findings on a Microsoft Power Point presentation.
Assessment
Click here to download a zipped file containing the vocabulary and attitude pre/post tests.
Results
Click here to download a zipped file containing a chart of pre-test, post-test data.
Click here to link to teacher's PowerPoint Presentation on Dr. Heidegger's Experiment.
Web
Resources & Supplementary Materials
Introductory Activity
Click here to get the key for the symbolism, multiple choice, and vocabulary work sheets.http://eldred.ne.mediaone.net/nh/nhcrit2.html
http://eldred.ne.mediaone.net/nh/dhe.html
Enabling Activity
http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_html/The_Great_Republic_By_
the_Master_Historians_Vol_I/juanponce_bg.html
Click here to get a printable copy of the worksheet that will help develop an essay on Youth and Aging.
Click here to get a printable copy of the worksheet on Literary Theme.get a printable copy of the worksheet on the Literary
Click here to get a printable copy of a worksheet for gathering information on Scientific Technologies for Prolonging Life.et on the Literary Theme.
Culminating Activity
http://www.youthcell.com/
Kathleen
Goo
(wilstandtoo@aol.com)
Calipatria
High School. 601 W. Main St.
Calipatria, CA
92233
Last Revised: 5/4/2001