Carlos Salazar

Henry Ford Community College

CIS 221-03
Lesson Plan With Kidspiration

Native American History Field Trip Lesson

Grade(s)

3rd

Subject(s)

Social Studies

Length of Lesson

1 hour pre-field trip, 3 Hour Field Trip, 1 hour post field trip

Lesson
Overview/Rationale

By studying cultural artifacts at the DIA, students can gain an

understanding of how Native Americans made and make use of their
natural resources. Because the DIA includes many other examples of
artifacts, they can compare and contrast what they find in the Native
American section with the various other artifacts at the DIA. They will
then create a diagram of what they learned using kidspiration.

Curriculum
Framework/Standard

3 H3.0.4 Draw upon traditional stories of American Indians (e.g., Anishinaabeg

- Ojibway (Chippewa), Odawa (Ottawa), Potawatomi; Menominee; Huron
Indians) who lived in Michigan in order to make generalizations about their
beliefs.
3 H3.0.5 Use informational text and visual data to compare how American
Indians and settlers in the early history of Michigan adapted to, used, and
modified their environment.

http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mde/SSGLCE_218368_7.pdf
Learning Objectives
Technology Uses

Materials

SWBAT apply what they learned in class about Native American history
and then compare and contrast it to the artifacts of other cultures.
Kidspiration Software to make what they learned
into a completed picture
Printer to print the completed pictures

Clipboards
Compare and contrast worksheets for the

museum

Printer
Card Stock
Pencils
Art Supplies to decorate black and white picture

Carlos Salazar
Henry Ford Community College
CIS 221-03
Lesson Plan With Kidspiration
Procedure

Before the Museum

Introduce the idea of a compare and contrast
graphic in class.
Show 4 examples that would fit into a rubric on
a 1-4 scale, and discuss what makes each successive one better at
tables and in a whole group
Inform the students that they will be completing
their own compare and contrast graphic in class.
At the museum
Bring everybody to the Native American section
of the DIA.
Students are separated into groups and assigned
a particular class of objects including : ceramics, clothing,
cooking tools, stone statues, transportation, and painting
As a whole group, do an example with warfare
items, taking a picture and looking at the features that we studied
in class.
Walk over to the next gallery and do the same
thing, comparing and contrasting the Native American piece with
the other cultures piece.
Walk back to the Native American gallery.
Make sure everybody can find an example of what theyre
working with. Monitor them as they begin.
Allow students with chaperones to go
throughout the museum and find other examples, filling in their
compare and contrast worksheet.
After the museum
Go through creating an A+ example with the
kids in the computer lab. The kids do as you do for the first
compare and contrast example. They then finish the assignment,
using their own research from the museum

Assessment

The completed graphic will be assessed on a Rubric based on organization

of the photo essay, analysis of the Native American item, analysis of the
other items, and comparing and contrasting the Native American items to
the other items.

Sample Student Kidspiration

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Carlos Salazar
Henry Ford Community College
CIS 221-03
Lesson Plan With Kidspiration

Grading Rubric
Beginning

Developing

Expanding

Exemplary

Score

Carlos Salazar
Henry Ford Community College
CIS 221-03
Lesson Plan With Kidspiration
Technical

0 points
Does not
complete the
assignment.

1 point
Students use the
technology
appropriately
and clearly
frames pictures

Content
Original
Native
American
Artifact

0 Points
Students show no
knowledge of
Native American
culture when
describing their
artifact

1 point
Students show
basic
knowledge of
Native
American
culture in
describing their
artifact (1 fact)

2 Points
Students
demonstrate
knowledge of
Native
American
Artifacts (2
facts)

3 Points
Students
demonstrate
extensive
knowledge of
Native American
cultures. (3
Facts)

Content
Comparison
language

0 Points
Students writes
no accurate
similarities
between the
Native American
Artifact and the
other artifacts

1 Point
Students writes
1-2 accurate
similarities
between the
Native
American
Artifact and the
other artifacts.

2 Points
Students writes
3-4 accurate
similarities
between the
Native
American
Artifact and
the other
artifacts.

3 Points
Students writes
5-6 accurate
similarities
between the
Native American
Artifact and the
other artifacts.

Content
Contrasting
Language

0 Points
Students writes
no accurate
differences
between the
Native American
Artifact and the
other artifacts

1 Point
Students writes
1-2 accurate
differences
between the
Native
American
Artifact and the
other artifacts.

2 Points
Students writes
3-4 accurate
differences
between the
Native
American
Artifact and
the other
artifacts.

3 Points
Students writes
5-6 accurate
differences
between the
Native American
Artifact and the
other artifacts.

Carlos Salazar
Henry Ford Community College
CIS 221-03
Lesson Plan With Kidspiration
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