Teachers: Paige Millan

Subject: 1st grade social studies and writing

Standard:
SS01-S1C3- 02 Describe the interaction of Native Americans with the Pilgrims (e.g., arrival
of the Mayflower, Squanto, the Wampanoag, the First Thanksgiving).
1.W.4 With guidance and support from adults, produce writing in which the development and
organization are appropriate to task and purpose. (Grade-specific expectations for writing
types are defined in standards 13 above).
II-W-3-LI-1: generating ideas through teacher-led prewriting activities (e.g., graphic
organizers, etc.) and student recording of the ideas.
ISTE (Teachers) 2.a. Design or adapt relevant learning experiences that incorporate digital
tools and resources to promote student learning and creativity.

Instructional Input

Objective (Explicit):
SWBAT identify and distinguish between the Pilgrims and Native Americans
Evidence of Mastery (Measurable):
80% of students will be able to identify two facts about Pilgrims, two facts about Native Americans,
and one fact that is the same about both.
Sub-objectives, SWBAT (Sequenced from basic to complex):
Name the Pilgrims and the Native Americans
Recognize the difference between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans
Discuss the actions of the Pilgrims and the Natives
Give examples of the Pilgrims and Native Americans skills and hobbies
Compare and contrast the Pilgrims and the Natives
Key vocabulary:
Materials:
Pilgrim
The Pilgrims First Thanksgiving
Native American
Tape
Skills
Graphic Organizer
Venn diagram
Pre-made Pilgrim & Native American fact strips
Opening (5 Minutes)
Have the students come to the carpet.
Show students the pictures of the Pilgrims and Native Americans from the day before, ask them if
they can remind me of what they noticed about the pictures.
Tell them that they will be able to answer who the people in these pictures are by the end of the
lesson.
Share the objective: I can identify and tell what is the same and different between the Pilgrims and
Native Americans.
Teacher Will: (20 Minutes)
Student Will:
Begin the read aloud: The Pilgrims
Sit crisscross on the carpet while actively
first Thanksgiving
listening to the read aloud.
Pause and ask questions about the
Answer the questions throughout the
story
read aloud.
o Who is this about?
o What were the Pilgrims

Guided Practice

struggling with?
o Who were those who helped
the pilgrims?
o What were the Native
Americans good at?
Summarize the reading thoroughly
while conducting the read aloud.
o Pilgrims are the people who
traveled to a New World in
hopes of being able to live a
better life.
o Native Americans are the
people who lived in America
originally, long before people
sailed on ships to come live
here.
Direct their attention back to the
pictures and ask them to think
about anything that they now know
about these pictures after hearing
the story.
o Think, Pair, Share with their
shoulder partners what they
know about these pictures
now.
o Have them share their new
discoveries by calling them
using lucky hands.
Show them a Venn diagram and
explain that we will be using what
we learned from the story today to
fill one of these out. Explain the
different parts of the diagram.

Relate the read aloud back to the pictures

from the previous day. Think, pair, share
with shoulder partner about the new
information learned that could explain the
pictures.
o Who/what is in the picture?
o Where are they?
o What are they doing in the picture?

Listen to what a Venn diagram is and be

prepared to share back that a Venn
diagram is a way to show what is the
same and what is different about two
things.

Co-Teaching Strategy/Differentiation
The thorough summarization is for the students who may be struggling to understand the
story. Words and ideas will be made as simple as possible for their full understanding.
Teacher Will: (15 Minutes)
Student Will:
Discuss what we learned from the
Listen to and participate in discussion
read aloud.
summarizing the who, what, when,
o Who were the two groups in
where, and hows of the read aloud.
the story (Pilgrims and
Natives)
o Where did the Pilgrims come
from?
o When did the Pilgrims travel

Independent Practice

here?
o How was the Pilgrims first
year in the New World?
o What skills did the Natives
have?
o How did the Natives help the
Pilgrims?
o Who was at the first
Thanksgiving?
Model taking the information and
filling in the Venn Diagram
o Have them sit in a circle
around the tape Venn
diagram on the ground
o Take the pre-made fact strips
and read them one at a time
to the students.
o Hand the fact to one student
(use lucky hands to pick)
and have them stand in the
correct part of the Venn
diagram to show where we
would put the information.
o Show them the digital anchor
chart (that will be transferred
to paper for them to
reference throughout the
unit) and tell them that they
can use the facts on there to
help them fill in their Venn
diagrams.
Co-Teaching Strategy/Differentiation
Teacher Will: (10-15 Minutes)
o Have the student go back to their
tables begin working on their Venn
diagrams.
They must write at least 2
things under pilgrims, 2 things
under natives, and 1 thing in the
middle
Remind them that they can use the
anchor chart to help fill in the Venn
diagram.

Watch how to organize information in a

Venn diagram.
Participate in deciding where the fact
should go in the Venn diagram.
If called on, stand in the correct part of
the Venn diagram.

Student Will:
Work independently at their tables to fill in
the Venn diagram.
Use the anchor chart to help gather the
facts that can be put in the diagram.
Write 2 facts for Pilgrims, 2 facts for
Natives, and 1 fact that is true for both.

Co-Teaching Strategy/Differentiation
Specific students will be provided with a word bank (that includes pictures) of facts.
Students who are done quickly will be asked to write 1-2 extra facts in each part.
Closing/Student Reflection/Real-life connections: (5 Minutes)
o Discuss: if I put me on one side of the Venn diagram and I put pilgrims on the other side,
what would I write in the middle? Would there be a lot of things that are different? What about
the same?
Technology
Clothes
Families
Traveling
Use the projector to display a new (digital) Venn diagram and write the students responses
in the correct parts.
Explain to the students that Venn diagrams are a great tool for telling what is the same or
different about two things.
Review the learning target.