Title of Unit: American Settlement and the 13 Original Colonies Title of Lesson: Dutch and French Colonies Submitted

By: Robyn Bolton

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This social studies lesson plan is designed for 5th grade students to learn about how the 13 original colonies came to be and what they were like during the time of settlement. This lesson uses the 5th grade Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook United States History (pgs. 160-163) B. Target Population: Grade Level: 5th Grade Skill Level: All learning levels Grouping: Whole group discussion, small group activity, individual assessment. C. Materials: 5th grade Houghton Mifflin Social Studies textbook United States History Paper Pencil Computer Projector Study Guide Handouts D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards H2.5.1 Describe motivations for and expeditions of European exploration of the Americas. H1.5.6 Identify individuals and groups responsible for founding and settling the American colonies. H1.5.5 Describe the social, political, and religious lives of people in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies.

Student-Friendly Standards I can describe reasons why Europeans explored America. I can identify people that were responsible for founding America. I can describe the way people lived in New England, Middle and Southern colonies.

E. Procedure:
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Title of Unit: American Settlement and the 13 Original Colonies Title of Lesson: Dutch and French Colonies Submitted By: Robyn Bolton

1. Introduction: Students will watch a video that sums up what students have learned the past three days: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1Im20BAtaQ. Students will then pair up. In pairs students will come up with two questions that they want to know about how life was in the 13 colonies. 2. We will then go over the vocabulary words and students will write down the definitions to the vocabulary words: growing season, tidewater, fall line, back country. After that we will begin reading the book pages 160-163. I will stop during the readings and ask questions and students will reply: (after the third paragraph on page 160) What were the 3 colonial regions separated by? (after the second paragraph on page 161) Why was it hard to farm in New England? (after the fourth paragraph on page 161) What were New Englands natural resources? (after the second paragraph on page 162) Why were the Middle colonies good for farming? (after the third paragraph on page 163) Why were the rivers and forest a good resource for people in the middle colonies? (after the fifth paragraph on page 163) What made the Southern colonies ideal for cash crops?

3. Once we are done reading students will individually answer the review questions on page 164 (questions 3,4,and 6) Why was the tidewater good for growing crops? In what ways did the geography of the Southern Colonies affect how colonist made a living? Why would colonist want to settle near rivers and other waterways? Use facts to support your answer.

4. Once students are done with answering the questions they will be paired up. Students will create a map on a poster board of the thirteen colonies and map out each region and color each region a different color. Next to each region students will describe the area and how they grew crops, hunted, etc. 5. CLOSURE: Students will go back to their partner that they had at the beginning of the lesson and they will talk about what they learned and see if their questions about the thirteen colonies was answered.
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Title of Unit: American Settlement and the 13 Original Colonies Title of Lesson: Dutch and French Colonies Submitted By: Robyn Bolton

F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? I will use the map that the students draw as a way to measure students understanding. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. I will know students understand the concepts from the lesson if they can identify the regions correctly and if they can describe how people survived off of the land. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I think the whole lesson will be easy. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach? I do not think that there will be any challenging parts to the lesson. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? As homework I will have students fill out the study guide handout. 4. What will you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? For students that do not grasp the concepts I will have them partnered up with students that can help them out. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? The introduction might have to change. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? The most difficult part of writing this lesson plan was finding a way to introduce the topic to students.

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Title of Unit: American Settlement and the 13 Original Colonies Title of Lesson: Dutch and French Colonies Submitted By: Robyn Bolton

Sample of Study Guide

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