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Author:JakePhelps
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LESSONOVERVIEW
Subject(s)
AmericanStudies,SocialStudies
Topic/unitofStudy&time
allotment
UnitedStatesHistoryandGeography
Grade/Level
Grade5
Objective
Studentswilllearnthenamesandlocationsofall50statesandbeabletoidentifythemonamapoftheUnitedStates.
Summary
StudentswillstudymapsoftheUnitedStatesandlearnhowtoidentifyeachofthefiftystates.Thelessonwillculminate
withanonlinequizgaugingthemasteryofeachstudent'sknowledgeonthistopic.
IMPLEMENTATION
LearningContext
InthiscurrentunitstudentsarelearningaboutthehistoryandthegeographyoftheUnitedStates.Studentshavea
basicunderstandingofwhytheUnitedStatesstartedandwherepeoplefirstimmigratedto.
Inthepreviouslessonsstudentslearnedmorehistorybasedaboutthe13originalcoloniesandhowtheycametobe.
Thefollowinglessonswillgointomoreinformationaboutthestatesspecifically.Afterstudentshaveanunderstandingof
thelocationofeachstate,studentswilllearnthecapitalofeachstateaswellassomeotherfactsaboutthestates
includinghowtheydifferfromeachother.
TeachingStrategies
Teacherleddirectinstruction(videopresentation)
Pairshare:
Studentswillpracticethequizingroupsoftwobothgivinganswersandprovidingeachotherwithhelpwhenneeded.
ELL:
ELLstudentswillhavethelinkforthevideoprovidedforthemtowatchalongsidewiththequiztheywillcomplete.ELL
studentswillbeabletowatchthevideowiththesubtitlesonincasethenamesweren'tquiteclearforthemandseeing
howeachstateisspelledwillmakeiteasierforthemtorecognizethenamestheyseeonthequiz.
DirectionsforthelessonwillbewrittenontheboardfortheELLstudentstorefertoincasetheymissedanything
whentheteachergavedirectionstothewholeclass.Theycanalsousethedirectionsontheboardtoreferenceifasking
theteacheraquestionaboutwhattheyshouldbedoing.
SNS:
SNSstudentswillalsobegiventhelinkforthevideoaswellasthelinkforthequiz.SNSstudentswillbeabletowatch
thevideoataslowerpacethanitisplayedfortherestoftheclass.Thiswillhelptheminthattheywillhavealonger
timetoseeeachstatehighlightedandmaketheconnectionbetweenthelocationofthestatehighlightedandthename
saidaloud.
TimeAllotment
2classperiods.30Mins.perclass.
SampleStudentProducts
Author'sComments&
Reflections
PROCEDURE
AnticipatorySet
TheteacherwillloadasongteachingthenamesoftheFiftyUnitedStates.Whenallthestudentsarebackinthe
classroomandintheirseatstheteacherwilldimthelightsandplaythevideoforthem.Inthisvideoeachstateis
highlightedasthenameofthestateissung.
Modeling
1.Theteacherwillpresenttheaforementionedvideoandthenshowitasecondtimehavingthestudentssingalongif
theyfeelcomfortable.
2.Theteacherwillpairstudentsupatcomputersandprovidethestudentswiththelinkforthequiztotake.
3.Theteacherwillcomearoundprovidinghelpforstudentsasneeded.
4.Studentswillpracticethequizrepeatedlyintheirpairswithoutteacherguidancewritingdowntheirtop3scores.
GuidedPractice
Afterthestudentswatchthevideopresentedtheteacherwillplayitwithoutthesoundonpausingforthestatesthat
aremaybelessknown,smaller,orfartherawayfromthestatethestudentsliveintogiveextrahelp.
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Theteacherwillaskstudentstoidentifyeachstateaskingforthemtoprovideinputonpnemonicstheyhaveto
rememberitsothatotherstudentscanlearndifferentwaystomemorizethelocationsofdifferentstatesaswellas
providingtheirown.
Atthebeginningofthestudentspracticingonthequizzestheteacherwillwalkaroundprovidingextrahelpforstates
studentsarehavingdifficultywith.
IndependentPractice
Thestudentswillcontinuetoworkonthequizzesthistimewithoutguidancefromtheteacher.Theywillbeaskedto
providethetopthreescorestheygotasapairtocompareamongsttheotherstudentsintheclass.
Closure
Theteachertalksabouttheimportanceofthedifferentstatesandofknowingwhereeachstateislocated.Forafinal
assessmenttheteacherprojectsthequizatthefrontoftheroomcallingonstudentsatrandomtoanswerwhatstateis
currentlybeingshown.
FollowUp
Throughthenextfewlessonsthelocationsofthestateswillbereferencedasstudentsaretaughtandlearnthecapital
ofeachstate.
MATERIALSANDRESOURCES
InstructionalMaterials
Computers(Onefortwostudents)
Projector
Resources
Technologyresources:
Safari,http://online.seterra.net/en/vgp/3003
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XobheaE0I
Thenumberofcomputersrequiredis1per2students.
STANDARDS&ASSESSMENT
Standards
CACaliforniaK12AcademicContentStandards
Subject:History&SocialScience
Grade:GradeFive
Area:UnitedStatesHistoryandGeography:MakingaNewNationStudentsingradefivestudythedevelopmentofthe
nationupto1850,withanemphasisonthepeoplewhowerealreadyhere,whenandfromwhereothersarrived,and
whytheycame.StudentslearnaboutthecolonialgovernmentfoundedonJudeoChristianprinciples,theidealsofthe
Enlightenment,andtheEnglishtraditionsofselfgovernment.Theyrecognizethatoursisanationthathasaconstitution
thatderivesitspowerfromthepeople,thathasgonethrougharevolution,thatoncesanctionedslavery,that
experiencedconflictoverlandwiththeoriginalinhabitants,andthatexperiencedawestwardmovementthattookits
peopleacrossthecontinent.Studyingthecause,course,andconsequencesoftheearlyexplorationsthroughtheWarfor
Independenceandwesternexpansioniscentraltostudentsfundamentalunderstandingofhowtheprinciplesofthe
Americanrepublicformthebasisofapluralisticsocietyinwhichindividualrightsaresecured.
SubStrand5.9:Studentsknowthelocationofthecurrent50statesandthenamesoftheircapitals.
AssessmentPlan
Thequizthatthestudentstakesgradesthemastheygo.Theteacherwillusetheirfinalscoreasameanstoassess
theirknowledgeonthislesson.Theywillusetheirscorefromthefirsttimetheytookthequiztothelasttimetheytook
thequiztoseehowmuchtheylearnedfromthelesson.
Assessment/Rubrics
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