Social Studies Lesson/Unit Plan Template (Precursor to Teacher Work Sample (TWS) in Internship

Social Studies Lesson/Unit Plan Template (precursor to Teacher Work Sample (TWS) in Internship II)

Teacher(s) Name: Nicole Armstrong

Thematic Unit Theme/Title/Grade Level: Florida Native Americans Grade 4

Wiki space address: http://ucf4floridanativeamericanssp11th.wikispaces.com/

Daily Lesson Plan Day/Title: Day 4: The Timucua Tribe

Learning Objectives

/ 1. The student will be able to obtain information about the Timucua Indians using a book and an information article.
2. The student will be able to record his or her knowledge by filling out and illustrating a postcard.
3. The student will be able to interpret information using a crossword puzzle with 100% accuracy.
4. The student will be able to demonstrate understanding of Timucua Indian arts and crafts by designing their own Timucua pottery.
NCSS Theme/
NGSSS- Next Generation
Sunshine State Standards / NCSS Curriculum Themes/Standards addressed in this lesson:
·  II, Time, Continuity, & Change
·  III, People, Places, & Environments
·  V. Individuals, Groups, & Institutions
NGSSS addressed in this lesson:
·  SS.4.A.2.1 - Compare Native American tribes in Florida.
·  SS.4.A.1.2 - Synthesize information related to Florida history through print and electronic media.
·  LA.4.1.6.4 - The student will categorize key vocabulary and identify salient features.
·  LA.4.2.2.2 - The student will use information from the text to answer questions related to explicitly stated main ideas or relevant details
·  VA.4.S.1.3: Create artworks that integrate ideas from culture or history.
Assessment / Unit Pre-Assessment: An interactive Who Wants to be a Millionaire type game will be played using the ActivBoard. Students will use clickers connected to the program to answer appropriately and the results of the game will be saved as data for use during future instruction.
Unit Post-Assessment: Students will re-take the Who Wants to be a Millionaire game at the end of the week. The results of this game will be used in comparison with those of the pre-assessment results given on day one to check for understanding and learning.
On-going Assessment: Students will complete a crossword puzzle with the information they learned from their assigned readings. Students will also design their own Timucua Indian inspired pottery. The students also will have a KWL chart that they will fill out. The teacher can see what they’ve learned from this chart. Lastly, students will fill out and illustrate a Timucua Indian postcard.
Design for Instruction
Student Activities & Procedures / 1. To review previous day, allow 2-4 volunteers to come up in front of the room and read and/or act out their poems to the class. (ESOL: having students act out poetry)
2. Anticipatory set: Read students a short Timucua folktale and have Native American music in the background. (ESOL: hand out the folktale so they can read along)
3. Discuss key terms within the following reading material. (ESOL: Teach technical vocabulary supporting key concepts)
4. Students will be grouped in groups of four students. A pair of the students will be responsible for reading an excerpt from the book Florida Native Americans. The other pair will be responsible for reading the information provided to them in an information packet. The students will highlight or underline the information they find important. (ESOL: Have students underline or highlight key words or important facts in written
Assignments)
5. The students will then do a jigsaw and share what information they find important from each source. (ESOL, ESE: the students will be working in pairs)
6. Students will then work together to complete crossword puzzle
7. Teacher will then collect crossword puzzles.
8. Teacher will lead a discussion on the pottery of the Timucua and show students drawings of Timucuan pottery shards (ESOL, ESE: using visuals) and explain to students that Timucua Indians made their pottery from clay they found in the ground and that archeologists discovered pieces of this pottery many years after the Timucua had disappeared from Florida. These archeological discoveries help us learn how the Timucua lived long ago.
9. Discuss questions with the students like: How did the Timucua make these pots? Where did they get their materials to make and decorate these pots? What do you think the Timucua used these pots for? Tell the students to look at the designs on the pottery. The Timucua would use a sharp object to engrave a pattern or they would press objects into the wet clay.
10. Display pictures of Timucua pottery.
11. Hand out Timucua pottery template.
12. Have students plan a pattern on their paper pot. When they make their clay pot, they can decorate the clay pot with the pattern they have developed. Allow students to work individually or in pairs. (ESOL: Use discovery learning activities)
13. The teacher will allow the students to get their postcards from their vests.
14. As each student finishes their pot, have them fill out their Timucua Indian postcard and illustrate it.
15. If time permits, allow some students to share their pottery designs with the class and discuss why they decided to design it the way they did.

Resources/Materials

/ Materials:
1. Pottery Template
2. Pictures of Pottery Shards and Timucua Pottery
3. Markers, crayons, and/or colored pencils
4. Journey’s With Florida’s Native Americans book
5. Postcards (Teacher created)
6. Native American Music: iTunes (Search any Native American music)
7. Scissors
8. KWL Chart
9. Timucua Indian Information Packet
10. Crossword Puzzle
Resources:
Make Timucua Pottery and Information for Information Packet: http://www.cummer.org/pdf/teacherplan1.pdf
Information for Information Packet: http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/timucua/timucua1.htm
Book: Journey’s With Florida’s Indians by Kelley G. Weitzel
Crossword Puzzle: http://www.eclipsecrossword.com/
Pictures of Pottery: http://www.collectorsweekly.com/assets/stories/NIgk4Ln9eHfvFb.Yx6CF4g.jpg
http://www.cowart.info/blog/uploaded_images/Vulture_pot-776333.jpg
http://www.floridalosttribes.com/images/Web%20PotteryoftheAncients.jpg
Timucua Legend: http://www.indigenouspeople.net/timucua.htm

Discussion Notes: For Homework, the students will write a simulated journal entry about what their day would be like if they were a Timucua Indian. An extension to the pottery would be to have the students actually make the pottery.