Paper #2: Using the Teacher Edition History and American Indians

Submitted By: Caitlin Andrews

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science Nevada State College Spring 2013 Instructor: Karen Powell

Paper #2: Using the Teacher Edition

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan:

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This lesson explains the term history and describes how four American Indian groups lived hundreds of years ago. History will be explained as a story of the past and the people who came before us. Students will compare cultures of four different American Indian groups. The text that will be used is the 2nd grade social studies book, Houghton Mifflin 2nd grade Social Studies Textbook: Neighborhoods, pages 212-217. B. Target Population: Grade Level:3rd grade Skill Level: All skill level students Grouping: whole group reading and discussion, individual work on journal entry and worksheets C. Materials: See end of lesson plan for worksheets Reading Skill Worksheet (Unit Resources 64) for each students Vocabulary and Study guide (Unit Resources 65) for each student Houghton Mifflin 2nd grade Social Studies Textbook: Neighborhoods pages 212-217 Social Studies journals and pencils D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o H1.2.4- Recognize similarities and differences of earlier generations in areas such as work, dress, manners, stories, games and festivities.

Student-Friendly Standards H1.2.4- I can recognize and compare American Indian from history by their native group and their characteristics. I can also define history.

E. Procedure: 1. Refer to notes on TE212- Get Set to Read o o o o Explain to students the reading skill worksheet they will be completing while reading as a whole group Preview the lesson with students- have students read the headings and look at the illustrations in the following pages. Ask students: What do you think this lesson is about? Review the meanings of the past, present and future. Ask children to name one thing they learned from the past.

2. Introduce the vocabulary word: history- noun, the story of the past and of the people who came before us.
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o o Refer to Teach on TE 213

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Ask students: What is a way to learn from the past?

3. Begin reading the text as a whole group (pages 212-217) 4. While students are reading, guide them in completing the reading skill worksheet as a class. (Unit Resource 64) 5. Ask various questions from the margins of the TE that correspond with the reading content to check to understanding: o o o o o What did the Delaware use to make clothes? (TE pg. 214) What is a Navajo home called? (TE pg. 214) What kinds of homes did the Osage have? (TE pg. 215) Where did the Shasta live? (TE pg. 215) What did American Indians use to make the things they needed? (TE pg. 216)

6. CLOSURE: Discuss the lesson as a whole group o Students will write in their Social Studies journals Answer the Review/Assess questions (TE pg. 217) o Write questions on the board for students.

Complete the lesson review on page 217

Explain to students the Vocabulary/Study Guide (Unit Resources 65) that needs to be completed at home and returned in their homework folders.

F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? Various journal entry questions will be used as an assessment for understanding from TE 217 and lesson review. Also the reading skill worksheet (unit resources 64) and vocabulary/study guide worksheet (unit resources 65) will be used for additional assessment based on completion and accuracy. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. Students will effectively be able to recognize and identify groups of American Indians from earlier generations and their characteristics. They will also be able to define history as the story of the past and of the people who came before us. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach?
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I think teaching the definition of history will be easiest to teach. Most students should be familiar with this word and have probably heard it in the past. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I think the most challenging part of this lesson to teach will be the differences between the different American Indian groups. These are going to be foreign to the students and probably hard to understand and remember. This part of the lesson might require some additional re-teaching. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? The extent literature piece on pages 212-221 can be used as an extension to this lesson. 4. What can you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? Re-teaching strategies can be used for students who dont grasp the concepts of this lesson. A re-teach mini-lesson (graphic organizer 8) can also be used to help students who are not quite able to identify the characteristics of the different American Indian groups. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I dont know if anything would need to be changed but there certainly are a lot of other American Indians groups that can be used in junction with this lesson for comparing purposes. To expand this lesson, I might have my students pick 2 Indian groups and compare them to each other and then present their comparisons to the class. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? I think the most difficult part of writing this lesson was actually finding a lesson I wanted to write about and then finding the right standard to go with it. I dont think that the standards always match the grade level textbooks which make it hard to find the appropriate standard for each lesson.

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EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Paper #2: Using the Teacher Edition

submitted by: Caitlin Andrews

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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Paper #2: Using the Teacher Edition

submitted by: Caitlin Andrews

Nevada State College

EDEL 453 - Spring 2013

Karen Powell- Instructor

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