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LESSON RATIONALE
Within this lesson students will learn about European exploration and colonization of the Americas. Students will go beyond understanding and
knowing the content by understanding how the impact of European colonization has impacted their own life by answering reflective questions at each
center.
READINESS
I. Goals/Objectives/Standard(s)
A. Goal: Students will deepen their understanding regarding the European exploration and colonization.
B. Objective: Using a quick write in the form of a letter, students will identify the reasons and purposes European explorers had in exploring
and colonizing the Americas.
C. Standards: IAS: (6.1.10) Examine and explain the outcomes of European colonization on the Americas and the rest of the world. NCSS:
(III.b) interpret, use, and distinguish various representations of the earth, such as maps, globes, and photographs.
D. ISTE: (3.3a) Students plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or
creative pursuits.
d. Behavior: I will be using Park Elementary Behavior Matrix, as well as my own “Respectful Thinker” bucks. Students will be
docked five citizenship points if they speak without raising their hand or over me or a peer. Students will be rewarded “Respectful
Thinker” bucks for thought through responses to my questions and group discussion. Lastly, I will use the “Ask three before me”
method to foster communication and focus within groups.
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III. Adaptation to Individual Differences and Diverse Learners—I will preselect groups for each class rotation taking into consideration
intellectual needs, as well as relational and behavioral issues. Instructions will be placed at each center for students to refer back to. Lastly,
hard copies of maps will be present at each station for students who need a more tangible resource.
V. Purpose: “Just as we have created our ideal land to explore and call our own, we are going to go back into time and look at the exploration
and colonization of the Americas.”
VII. Check for understanding. Throughout the lesson and center rotation I will ask the questions below to check for understanding both at an
individual and small group level. Also, at the end I will have students complete a quick write as a final check for understanding.
• Questions:
o “What were the four major countries that led the exploration and colonization of the Americas?”
o “How has the advancement of ships helped colonization?”
o “What were the major resources your country found valuable for trading?”
o “How has colonization impacted us today?”
o “How has colonization impacted other people and countries around the globe?”
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VIII.Review learning outcomes / Closure – To close out the lesson, I will have students take on the persona of an explorer and write to someone
back home on their mainland. This letter must address who they are exploring for, transportation, resources they found to trade, and
characteristics of the ideal land we discussed at the beginning of class. (CFU)
• “We are now going to come back together as a class and complete one more activity. I have handed out a loose leaf of paper to everyone,
on that piece of paper I need you to write your name and the country you belong to. For example, if I was in the French group I would
write ‘Ms. Nuckols and France underneath my name.’ You are now going to write a letter to someone back home that describes your time
as an explorer. Within this letter you must share who you are exploring for, the transportation you are using, resources you have found to
trade, and the characteristics of the unknown land. However, I want you all to use the characteristics we brainstormed at the beginning of
class for this part of the letter. You will have the next 7 minutes to write, and then for the remaining three we will have time for some of you
to share your letter with the class. You may begin! … You may finish up the sentence you are on, and then put your pencil down. Is there
anyone willing to read their letter with the class? … As you prepare to pack your stuff up to leave, you may bring me your letter as well as
any bucks you have in exchange for a treat.”
RESOURCES:
https://online.kidsdiscover.com/unit/explorers/topic/ships-of-exploration
https://www.sutori.com/item/untitled-0fbb-da9a#.XJRC4k6xt4k.email
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DlNhbkPiYY
https://online.kidsdiscover.com/unit/age-of-exploration-and-colonization/topic/cultural-change-and-exchange
https://online.kidsdiscover.com/unit/age-of-exploration-and-colonization/topic/colonization-expands
The Instructional sheets will be printed on a separate document that has boarders. I wanted to add the sheets below so the instructions can
be evaluated. **
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TRADING POST
Discuss:
“Who were the leaders for your
country’s exploration?” “What did
they find?” “How do their findings
impact us today?”
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LET’S EXPLORE!
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IAS:
NCSS:
ISTE:
Plan For
Instruction
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Adaptation to Instructional opportunities are provided in
Individual this lesson. The opportunities are
Differences and developmentally appropriate and/or are
Diverse Learners adapted to diverse students.
Early Finishers
Reteaching-
ELL –
Exceptional Needs-
Lesson Presentation Candidates demonstrate understandings,
for Social Studies capabilities and practices associated with the
central concepts and tools in Civics,
Economics, Geography, and /or History within
a framework of inquiry.
Plan for
Competent 3
Assessment
Reflection and Post- The lesson plan includes all required self-
Lesson Analysis answer questions.
SCORING
A lesson plan with elements that do to meet the A competent lesson plan earns a An outstanding lesson plan earns
competent level will receive a score of 33 /40 or score of 34-37/40. a score of 38/40-40/40
lower
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