Native+Americans+Lesson+Unit

//Lesson Unit Plan: Using ASSURE Model//
 i. Age and Subject Area  ii. Sunshine State Standards **2. State objectives**  i. Bloom’s Taxonomy Levels **3. Select instructional methods, media, and materials** **4. Utilize media and materials** **5. Require learner participation** //i. Monday – (50 min) European Settlers and First Contact with Native Americans// //ii. Tuesday – (50 min) Major Native American Tribes and their Characteristics// //iii. Wednesday – (50 min) Web Hunts// //iv. Thursday – (50 min) A Day of Folktales and Stories// //v. Friday – (50 min) Centers and Assessment// **6. Evaluate and revise**
 * 1. Analyze learners**
 * 4th grade: Social Studies and Language Arts
 * (SS.A.5.2.1)The student understands U.S. history from 1880 to the present day and understands the geographic, economic, political, and cultural factors that characterized early exploration of the Americas.
 * (SS.A.6.2.2) The student understands the history of Florida and its people and understands the cultural, social, and political features of Native American tribes in Florida’s history.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">(LA.B.2.2.1) The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively and writes notes, comments, and observations that reflect comprehension of content and experiences from a variety of media.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Using a map of the state of Florida, 4th grade students will be able to identify the major Florida Native American tribes and where they settled with 90% accuracy.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">After listening to a Seminole folktale, 4th grade students will be able to create, write, and record their own folktale with elements of Native American culture with 100% participation.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">After creating a Venn diagram, 4th grade students will be able to list the differences and similarities between two Native American tribes in Florida with 85% accuracy.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">After watching a video about early exploration in the Americas and interaction with the Native Americans, 4th grade students will be able to identify the factors that characterized early exploration and its difficulties with 90% accuracy.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Using demonstration videos and explicit instructions, 4th grade students will be able to construct Native American cultural objects with 100% accuracy.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Levels: Knowledge, Comprehension, Application
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Words Used: identify, create, write, record, and list
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Internet
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Microsoft Word
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Podcasting – Microphone
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wikispaces
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Quick Time
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">YouTube
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Venn Diagram
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Kidspiration
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Maps
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Books of Folktales
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Use Microsoft Word to write an essay about the characteristics of early exploration and interaction with the Native Americans.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Create a podcast using the classroom microphone after working in groups to create their own version of a folktale with Native American characteristics.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">View the student page on Wikispaces to watch videos, get instruction, and learn about the Native American culture.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">View videos on Quick Time and You Tube about culture, folktales, and history of the Native Americans in Florida.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Create a written word map diagram either on paper or using Kidspiration.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Use maps and books on Native American culture as supplemental materials to research for their folktale or essay about early settler characteristics and interaction with the Native Americans.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Students will get introduced to the unit by first watching a video on YouTube about the European settlers and their first interactions with the Native Americans.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The video will touch on geography, culture, language, food, politics, and livelihood of both Native Americans and the settlers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The differences in the two are what the students need to focus on and to think about how those differences will affect them in the future.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They will be put into groups of three they will be sitting in these groups at their tables, and asked to create a word map about the European settlers. Have them put the words “European Settlers” in the middle of their word map (can be done using pre-cut diagrams and pencils or with Kidspiration on the computer) and place lines going out from the center word that have characteristics, events, names, and anything that they learned related to the European settlers and Native Americans from the video.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Let the students view the interactive map of the Native American tribes either in their center groups or as a class on the overhead projector screen.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Let them click on each tribe and review the characteristics of three to four tribes. Make sure to list these characteristics on the board in the form of a Venn diagram to make sure that they see how they Native Americans are similar and different
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Also, review the chart of the major tribe populations so they can get a grasp on how large/small the actual tribes were
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">[|Tribe Populations Chart]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Begin the activity of the day and have them read the directions for how to make Native American buffalo skin to write on.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Make sure to review some of the symbols used for their writing, as the students will be asked to write a sentence on the buffalo skin using the examples on the computer and the characteristics they learned from the interactive map.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Today is dedicated solely to a Web hunt on Native American heritage and culture.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This will be done in halves. Half of the class should be on the computers doing the Web hunt while the other half watched a video about the Native Americans and has a discussion about how they are similar to Native Americans or other Americans today.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Have them relate their family traditions and customs to how Native Americans live.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Relate their way of life to ours and how similar or different they are.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Today’s activity is to help students learn to use the podcasting technology, write stories, and to help them understand that Native Americans spread their history and beliefs about religion and nature through folktales.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They will, again, be put into groups based on their tables (three people to each table).
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">First, let them interact with the folktales and sites linked on the student resources page. Make sure they read at least one folktale.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Then, read one of the examples provided from the student resources page aloud to the class with gestures and props. Afterward, explain to them the meaning of a folktale and help them to develop their own meaning.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Then, let them brainstorm in groups to create a short, one paragraph folktale that they must write out in Microsoft Word and then record with the podcasting software.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The podcast directions and general outline/rubric for writing their folktales will be posted to the student resources page.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Have them submit their podcasts to the class website if time permits.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Today will be a day for centers and assessment.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Let the students go onto the Student Resources page and take the online quiz about Native Americans. The results will be sent to the computer and saved as a formal assessment about their knowledge gained through the week.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It is hyperlinked here, in case you need it [|Native Americans Quiz]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They will then have to follow the links given to learn more about the centers that will be around the room today.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">There will be four centers set up around the room. Each one has a craft activity related to the Native Americans.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Put the children into groups of six (combine two tables together). There will be four groups of six once you are done doing that.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Assign each group to a center. They must go on the Student Resources Page and read directions about each center and where to go to find more information or tutorials.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Center 1: Dream Catchers: Here children will follow the directions given on the website to understand the meaning of dream catchers and to create their own. Materials will be labeled.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Center 2: Corn Husk Dolls: Directions will be laid out on tables as well as in the Student Resources Page to help the children make the dolls.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Center 3: Totem Poles: The directions will be on the Student Resources page and laid out on tables to help the children make totem poles with significance.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Center 4: Make Your Own Map: There will be pictures on the Student Resources page, but at this station, you must explain to them that Native American maps were made based on how they saw the land and what they thought everything looked like. Here, create their own map of their house using some Native American symbols.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Make sure that each person creates a craft at their center time and turns it in to you by the end of the period.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This is done after using the lesson plan.