Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Write, Ride a Bike, Or Play a New Group Sport

might mention learning to swim, read and Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel write, ride a bike, or play a new group sport. Story: Virginia Lee Burton Say: When things are new they can be scary, but when you learn from the change things become Illustration: Virginia Lee Burton easier, and you feel good about your ISBN-13 : 978-0395169612 experience. Comprehension: CCSS.ELA- GROUP ACTIVITY LITERACY.L.K.3 Materials for activity: This activity requires a floor marking tape, plastic spoons, and golf WORD WALL: CONSTRUCTION TRUCKS balls. Say: Many games were designed to try Backhoe, bulldozer, cement mixer, crane, dump doing things differently. We learn from these truck, excavator, loader, steam shovel. games how to handle strange and new SYNOPSIS situations and see them as fun and exciting rather than scary. In today’s game, we will Mike and his steam shovel, Mary Anne, have practice moving objects without using our worked together for a long time, building hands. Provide each child one plastic spoon and canals, railroads, highways, and even digging one ball. Say: In this game, you will race across the foundation for tall skyscrapers. The the classroom while trying to balance a golf ball invention of diesel and electric shovels reduced on a spoon. You have to hold the spoon in your the need for their employment. Despite his loss mouth. You are not allowed to use your hands. of work, Mike does not give up. He travels with If the ball falls, you have to go back to the start Mary Anne to a faraway town where he digs a line and try again. Using a floor marking tape, cellar for the town hall. Mike’s creative indicate the start and finish lines. Whoever solutions and perseverance show the resulting crosses the finish line first, wins. Arrange the growth that comes from adapting to life’s children in three lines. The first child in each changes and challenges. line will participate in the race and then go to DISCUSSION his or her seat. Say: Mary Anne is a steam shovel. How do AT-HOME ACTIVITY steam shovels work? Mike loads coal into Mary Say: Use the Technology Changes worksheet to Anne’s fire box and burns it. The fire warms up learn about other examples of technology the water tank and causes the water to boil and changes. Distribute copies of the worksheet. produce steam. The steam moves a set of parts Display children’s work in class. that make gears and wheels move. Say: Mike and Mary Anne have always worked hard at digging. When they lose work due to the new technology of shovels, although they are sad, they do not give up, and they adapt to the RESOURCEFULNESS REQUIRES INITIATIVE change. Change, although it is difficult can often Being resourceful means applying my lead to growth. Everybody is afraid to try knowledge and skills to solve problems something for the first time. When I first creatively and independently. It requires that I learned how to ride a bike, I was afraid of keep trying even when solutions do not come falling. Can you tell me about a time you were easily. afraid of learning something new? Students Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel; Page 1 of 2 © 2018 Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Visit us at www.scu.edu/character/

TECHNOLOGY CHANGES In the book, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, diesel and electric shovels replaced steam shovels. Adaptability: Openness and willingness to change, and to see change and life transitions as a growth opportunity.

Over the last 100 years, many household items, such as the telephone and TV have changed. For example, your parents may remember how the CD Player replaced the Cassette Tape Player. Research or interview an adult about one example of technology change in the last century. Draw the old and new technology in the boxes, below. ------Name______

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