Title of Unit: The English Colonies Title of Lesson: Life in the Middle Colonies Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

A. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This social studies lesson describes the diverse population of the Middle Colonies and explores how people made a living. This lesson uses the 5th Grade Houghton Mifflin Social Studies Textbook United States History: Volume 1 (p. 196-201). B. Target Population: Grade Level: 5th Grade Skill Level: students at all learning levels Grouping: whole group reading and discussion, independent for activity and assessment C. Materials: Paper and pencils Reading Skill Strategy (Unit Resources p. 57) for each student- see last page of lesson plan for sample Vocabulary and Study Guide (Unit Resources p. 58) for each student- see last page of lesson plan for sample Houghton Mifflin 5th Grade Social Studies Book: United States History: Volume 1 (p. 196201) D. Objectives: o NV State Social Studies Standards o H1.5.5. Describe the social, political, and religions lives of people in the New England, Middle and Southern Colonies.

Student-Friendly Standards H1.5.5. I can describe the social lives of people in the Middle colonies.

E. Procedure: 1. Refer to notes on TE 196 Get Set to Read. Explain the Study Guide students will complete as we read. Call students attention to the chart on p. 197. o Ask, What does this chart show about religion in the middle colonies?

Complete the Reading Skill Strategy worksheet as a class as we read. Identify & discuss if students can recall a time when they joined a group, such as a club or sports team. Discuss how they felt about being new to the group. Ask them how people already in a group can make new people feel welcome. o Create a word web of students responses.
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Title of Unit: The English Colonies Title of Lesson: Life in the Middle Colonies Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

Introduce vocabulary (free market economy, free enterprise, artisan, laborer, apprentice).

2. As a class, read p. 196-199, stopping to ask questions as indicated in the margins of the TE. 3. Students should take notes and record information on their Study Guide while we are reading. They can continue working on it when we finish reading. 4. Ask questions listed in the margins of the TE as an ongoing check for understanding. Focus on these questions about a mix of people: (TE 197) How many Presbyterian churches were there in the Middle Colonies? (TE 197) What made the Middle Colonies a good place for farming? (TE 197) What did children do to help on farms? (TE 198) What could colonists do under the free enterprise system? (TE 198) What did young people do as apprentices? (After paragraph 2 on p. 199) Why did colonial children become apprentices? (Review question #3) Why were the Middle Colonies known as the breadbasket?

5. CLOSURE: Discuss the two statements in the Review and Assess section of TE 199. F. Assessment: What will you use to measure student understanding? Report on an Apprentice (TE 198) Have students create a book jacket for a story about the life of an apprentice. They should include a title, a summary of the story, and an illustration. Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson. Students will be able to describe the social lives of people in the Middle colonies through their summaries and illustrations on the book jacket. G. Reflection: 1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach? I think the group discussion aspect will be the easiest part of the lesson. The group discussion would allow students to learn from each other and hear things from a different perspective. 2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach?
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Title of Unit: The English Colonies Title of Lesson: Life in the Middle Colonies Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

I do not think any aspect of this lesson will be challenging to teach. The lesson is pretty straightforward and I think fifth grade students will be able to grasp the concepts relatively easily. 3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson? In order to extend the lesson, we will as a class do the Extend Lesson 2 Colonial Apprentice on p. 200-201. 4. What can you do for students who dont grasp the concepts? I would pull any students that did not grasp the concepts aside and we would work on the Reteach Mini Lesson described at the bottom of TE 199. We would work together to use a compare/contrast chart to reteach life in the Middle Colonies. 5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change? I do not think any aspect of this lesson needs to be changed. I think the lesson will go pretty well and students will easily grasp the concepts. 6. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part? I think the most difficult part of this particular lesson was in choosing the standards. The standards for the grade level did not completely match up with the objectives of the lesson.

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Title of Unit: The English Colonies Title of Lesson: Life in the Middle Colonies Submitted By: Jessica Solomon

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Karen Powell- Instructor

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