Lesson Plan Template Name: 13 Colonies Posters Class/Subject: 7th Grade Social Studies Date: December 3, 2012 Student

Objectives/Student Outcomes: -Students will identify five key facts from the 13 Colonies research they completed on Thursday and Friday -Students will recognize the importance and differences of lifestyles in the 13 Colonies -Students will design a poster displaying the key facts and drawings to be presented to the class on Wednesday Content Standards: -16.D.3a (US) Describe characteristics of different kinds of communities in various sections of America during the colonial/frontier periods and the 19th century. -16.D.3b (US) Describe characteristics of different kinds of families in America during the colonial/frontier periods and the 19th century. Materials/Resources/Technology: -Printer paper -Markers, colored pencils, and crayons -Interactive Notebooks Teachers Goals: -To ensure that students enhance their research abilities by being able to identify and pick out important facts from various resources (books, websites) -To draw and develop a detailed and creative poster that accurately displays key facts and pictures -To make logical inferences from research and demonstrate knowledge and importance of life in the 13 Colonies Time 8:458:50

Start of Class: Check assignment notebooks to make sure homework is written down, have students get their Interactive Notebooks (they should have written down their key facts and research from the library in their notebooks), and complete Bell Work which is homework that is due Friday which they will receive as they walk into the classroom. The Bell Work is used as a tool to ensure that students are quiet, on task, and ready to work when the bell rings so that no time is wasted getting read to start class. Then to transition to the lesson, have students clear everything off their desks so they are not distracted or doing other work. Show the class an example of a poster they will be creating today and tomorrow. Students can use the example, which will be on the board, as a reference tool to guide them when creating their own posters.

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Introduction to Lesson: Begin the lesson by explaining to the class the objectives for today. Today they get to embrace their creative abilities and design posters. Students will have today and tomorrow to create posters based on the 13 Colonies research we did in the library the previous two days. Students were asked to write down in their Interactive Notebooks five important or interesting facts that demonstrate the lifestyle of people from the Colonies. They were to pick any two topics (fashion, food, games they played, and school) to do research on. The posters they create will be presented to the whole class on Wednesday. Printer paper is already on each table along with coloring utensils. Lesson Instruction: Clearly explain to students that they are to pick one of the two topics they researched in the library last week, doesnt matter which one. It can be whichever one they have the most information on, the one they found most interesting or the one they learned the most. Then they will be creating a poster that displays five of the facts they wrote down in their notebooks that they thought were important or interesting to them and that accurately show what the lifestyles were like in the 13 Colonies. Students researched various topics about the 13 Colonies such as fashion, food, games they played, and school. Then, explain to students what posters should look like. Ask students to look at posters around the room or think about posters they might have at home or have seen. What is it about that poster that you like? What makes a good poster versus a bad poster? Explain that posters are to be eye-catching, colorful, and appealing. Instead of a bunch of written words, they should be detailed with big pictures that represent their facts. Students can create small captions of a couple words if they wish to provide clarity of their pictures. (Make sure students understand that I know not everyone is artistic and their pictures do not have to be perfect.) Students do not need to write down word-forword what they wrote down in their notebooks because this will become verbal as they share and describe their pictures on their posters with the class on Wednesday. Ask students if they have any questions before we get started. Inform students that they have the rest of the period to work and also all period tomorrow. Since the students have two days to work on their posters, tell the students that I expect detailed, neat, organized, and creative posters. Students can periodically look at the example poster at the front of the room if they arent sure they are on track or ask their table for their opinions. If students do not have anything written down in their notebooks from the research in the library (they chose to goof off instead, blew it off, etc.) or they were absent, give students a textbook to look up the various topics and pick out their facts that way. Before students can move on to creating their posters, they need to write down at least five facts and show me to make sure they are on task and understand the objectives of this project.

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Assessments/Checks for Understanding: Walk around throughout the period to make sure students are diligently working and staying on task. Also make sure that students

have grasped the concept that a poster should have more pictures than words. Ask students what topic they chose to research about life in the 13 Colonies and why. Did they find it the most interesting? Could they relate to the games they played or the strictness of school? Also ask students to share one of their facts with you and why that is important. Was the student able to identify and pick out an important fact from a book or website? Continually ask students if they need help or have any questions. 9:259:28 Closure/Wrap-Up Review: Students should work until the bell rings. When there are a couple minutes left, have students clean up coloring materials and straighten up classroom. Ask students if they came across anything interesting in their research that they want to share with the class. Why was this interesting to them? Did any other students find this interesting as well? Tell students once more that they will continue working on their posters tomorrow in class. Self-Assessment: N/A