Rochester College

Lesson Plan Template

8/27/15
Lesson Title Teacher Candidate Name Date
Native American Board Game Abby Metty 2/3/16

Lesson Summary
Students will create a board game based on a cultures beliefs, priorities, and aspects of everyday life.

Subject Area
Social Studies

Grade Level
3rd-4th grade

Higher Order Thinking Skills (Revised Blooms)

Students will be able to analyze, evaluate and create their board game based on the Mascouten native
American indian tribe.
Approximate Time Needed for Lesson
A couple of class hour periods.

Common Core Standards and/or State of Michigan GLCEs and/or HSCEs

Students will understand the people, events, problems, and ideas that are significant in creating the
history of Michigan.
Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes
Students will learn and understand the daily life of the Mascouten tribe.

Curriculum-Framing Questions
Essential Question Before you began this lesson, what images came to mind
when you hear the term Native American ? Now that you've
learned about a few different tribes, what images come to
mind? What are some common misperceptions of Native
Americans?

Unit Questions What can games show about people, places, and cultures?
What are some games that might show something about
popular culture in the United States today? What do they
show about life in the United States?

Content Questions Why do you think many Native American games encouraged
children to learn adult responsibilities? How is learning such
as this beneficial? What would you enjoy learning in this
way?

Assessment Summary
Students will be evaluated on style and neatness of game, game board and design, historical highlights
and environmental information, and how well the game is played.

Lesson Timeline

Start of the Lesson Mid-Lesson Activities End of Lesson Activities

Talk about the game Monopoly Talk about Native American tribes Students should be able to
and its pieces and what they in Michigan.(specifically the create the board game.
represent. Mascouten tribe.)

Prerequisite Skills
Students should be able to already have a clear idea about board games and what materials come along
with a board game.

Instructional Procedures
1. Open monopoly board game and ask students to identify the game and its pieces.
2. Explain that games and toys are a part of many cultures past and present.
3. Introduce Native American tribes(Mascouten tribe) and tell the students what they valued and
what their lives were like.
4. Tell students they are creating a board game about the Mascouten tribe.
5. Next, divide the students into groups of 2 or 3 to create the game.
6. At the end you may have the students play each others board game.

Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction

You could draw or label diferent parts of the board game to give the
Special Needs Student student the right idea of what they are creating.

You could challenge the student to create a different element of the board
Gifted/Talented Student game that other students dont have to do.

Technology Hardware (Check off all equipment needed)

Camera Laser Disk VCR
Computer (s) Printer Video Camera
Digital Camera Projection System Video Conferencing Equipment
DVD Player Scanner Interactive Responders
Internet Connection Television Other - Click here to enter text.
Technology Software (Check off all software needed)
Database/Spreadsheet Image Processing Web Page Development
Desktop Publishing Internet Web Browser Word Processing
E-mail Software Multimedia Smart notebook software
Encyclopedia on CD-ROM Other - Click here to enter text.

Printed Materials Research Sheet, Game Design Sheet and Evaluation Sheet
Monopoly game board, construction paper, scissors, markers, rulers
Supplies
and tag board
Internet Resources Discoveryeducation.com
Other Resources Click here to enter text.