Lesson+Plan

The audience will be a Second Grade Social Studies Class.

Standards SS.2.A.1.1 Examine primary and secondary sources. SS.2.A.1.2 Utilize the media center, technology, or other informational sources to locate information that provides answers to questions about a historical topic. SS.2.A.2.1 Recognize that Native Americans were the first inhabitants in North America. SS.2.A.2.2 Compare the cultures of Native American tribes from various geographic regions of the United States. SS.2.A.2.3 Describe the impact of immigrants on the Native Americans. LA.2.3.5.1 The student will produce, illustrate, and share a variety of compositions.

Objectives: Use computers and books to create a 3-5 minute PowerPoint on Native American tribes across the geographic regions of the United States to identify unique characteristics and achieving 40 out of 50 on a teacher created rubric.

Watching an interactive video of Lewis and Clark to demonstrate the impact of the colonists on Native Americans and answering 80% of the quiz after the video correct.

Use computers and books to create a PowerPoint and examine journal entires from the Lewis and Clark expedition with an interactive game to anlayze how sources can be used to record history.

Use the journal found in the Lewis and Clark game, the Internet, and books to demonstrate proficiency of using primary and secondary sources by creating a PowerPoint.

The students will use Kidspiration to create a Venn Diagram to compare two tribes having 5 characterists of comparisons and contrasts and use Microsoft word to assess the differences in the tribes with a one page well-thought response.

Bloom's Taxonomy

Knowledge: The students will be able to identify that there are Native American tribes in many geographic regions across North America.

Comprehension: The students will describe different aspects of their tribes with a PowerPoint presentation.

Application: The students will construct a Venn Diagram using Kidspiration to compare two Native American tribes.

Analysis: The students will investigate Native American tribes using the internet and books.

Synthesis: The students will plan a report on their tribe.

Evaluation: The students will be assessed on their knowledge with quizzes and tests.

Select Your Media Internet laptop cart Microsoft PowerPoint Kidspiration Microsoft Word

Utlize Your Materials Use PowerPoint to identify the characteristics of a Native American tribe. Reserve laptops for the PowerPoint and videos. Use internet to provide interactive activities and games. Use PowerPoint to provide the students with a Jeopardy review game. Use Kidspiration and Microsoft Word to compare tribes and to express the student's opinion about a tribe in the same area.

Require Learner Participation These are the daily notes I need to prepare in order to make sure my students have everything they need to do their student activities.

Monday: Pass out rubric so that the students know what to do on their PowerPoint presentations. Prepare notes to give an introduction to our Native American unit. Put this map up on the screen. Reserve library time so that the students can get books and make sure to pull out some of the books before the students get there so they can easily find research material.

Tuesday: Prepare the documentary video. Make sure to explain the rules of Millionaire and that everyone has had a chance to look up the basic characteristics of the four Native American tribes we discussed on Monday. The students will have to keep track of their best scores and there will be a contest to see who did the best on the game and understood the material.

Wednesday: Today's activities focus on the Lewis and Clark expedition. The students will watch a video clip explaining the basics of the expedition and the students will have to complete the quiz. The students will not be able to move onto the Lewis and Clark expedition interactive game until they receive 80 % on the quiz. Make sure to direct the students to look at the journal portion of the expedition as it gives excerpts of the journals written during the expedition. This will allow the students to see a primary source as well as demonstrate how decisions made in the game could impact the journey. It also gives the students to see different tribes as they go across different terrains to get to the Pacific.

Thursday: This day is to allow the students to reflect on a different tribe from the one they are researching for the group presentation. It allows them to share their own opinions as well as to show how the tribes can be similar to each other and how they are seen today. It is important to make sure that we have laptops so the students can research and that I provide a short demonstration of Kidspiration before the students use it to create a venn diagram. This is to mainly focus on a different approach for the students to express the opinions and demonstrate their knowledge of the individual tribes and cultures.

Friday: Friday is a fun review day. Make sure that everyone has signed up to bring food.There are two puzzles which help show some aspects of the First Thanksgiving. The PowerPoint is also a good review to conclude the unit on Native Americans. It can also help focus on some of the aspects the projects will need to have. This is to celeberate a holiday that is associated with Native Americans and it also shows how the Native Americans and colonists interacted. The PowerPoint is to be done while we are having our feast and is a group activity that we can do as a class which is an advantage after all of the individual work.

Evaluate and Revise The students will be evaluated on getting at least 80% on the Lewis and Clark quiz. There will also be a quiz on the next Monday focusing on the Jeopardy review. The project will be worth 50 points with design, information, grammar and spelling, overall presentation, and pictures all being worth 10 points. For the students to be successful on the PowerPoint they should at least receive a 40 out of 50. Later on I might look at what pace the students are working on because that might cause some of the activities to be planned for two days.