Reading Writing Speaking/Listening

1. Students will have The Village: Life in 1. Teacher will give the Grammar
1. Students will write a Media Literacy
Colonial Times read to them. After reading, students a dialogue 1. Students will edit and
script placing themselves 1. The students between two different correct sentences about
the students will discuss as a class the types
in the shoes of either a kinds of people in this Colonial America and Native
of jobs that people have now compared to
Native American, will make a time period (ex. a shoe Americans. After doing this
Colonial times. (INTER & INTRA)
2. Students will read Our Strange New Land colonists, or slaves. After cartoon about maker and a blacksmith
as a large group, students will
write five of their own
by Patricia Hermes individually. After writing, they will record colonial life in or child and mother). The sentences about Native
reading, the students will partner up and themselves using Adobe students will read the Americans and Colonists.
discuss what they read, including what facts Spark to read and voice America. (VS, dialogue to each other The sentences should contain
working on their fluency at least four grammatical
they learned and any questions they had over photos on their topic, VL) when they read aloud to errors. Once completed,
while reading. They will also discuss what
creating a news report others. (INTER & VS & students will swap papers
things they have in common with the main with a peer and will edit and
character as well as the Native Americans from the era. (VL & BK) correct their sentences.
she interacts with during the story. (INTER INTER & BK) (INTER & VL & VS)
& INTRA)

The Factors that Shaped Math

Social Studies British Colonial America
1. Pre/Post Test: Students will create a KWL chart about what 1. The students will look at charts of 5 x 7
they already know and want to know about colonial times. They fields. Students will perform various
will include information about Native Americans, slavery, 3rd Grade multiplication problems using the table in
colonists, and various other information about Colonial times.
order to maximize crop rotations for
This will be collected before the unit and will be completed as a
post-test after the unit is complete. (INTRA)
Abby Martin various inside areas of the fields. (MR &
2. Students will complete a blank map of the world, labelling the Lindsey Watts NA)
equator, longitude lines, latitude lines, prime meridian. They will 2. Students will do math problems
also complete a map of the United States, labelling the major comparing how many Native Americans
rivers, lakes, and mountain ranges. (INTRA & VL & VS)
3. Students will hold a mock election. They will group
were in Georgia throughout various years
themselves into a house of representatives and a senate, and will during Colonial times. Students will then
elect students to become president. In order to cast their vote in map the progression of Native American
each primary and caucus, they will be required to answer various Science migration to the West using predetermined
questions about the three branches of government. (INTER & 1. Students will discuss how data of how many Native Americans were
INTRA) differences in weather causes
4. Students will choose from three different short essay topics in each state every few years. (MR)
including slavery/indentured servants, colonists, or Native
differences in plants, animals,
Americans. They will be required to write a minimum of three and resources available in a
paragraphs about their topic. (INTRA & VL) particular region and how that
5. Students will discuss the reasons why a lot of the colonies affected the people in Fine Arts Key
were created and how the need for religious freedom helped
Colonial America. (INTER & 1. Music-Students will choose four types of Verbal-Linguistic (VL)
shape that aspect of America today and how that differs from
countries around the world. (VL) NA) artisans and play out the beats of the four Interpersonal (INTER)
6. Students will create a Venn diagram comparing government in 2. Students will analyze words in a string with instruments. (MR) Naturalistic (NA)
Colonial America and government in America now. (VL)
7. Students will learn how the bartering system worked. Each
fossils that are from Colonial 2. Art-The students will draw using oil Visual-Spacial (VS)
student will be given a role and they will act it out as a class times. Once familiar with pastels, paint using water colors, or create an Logical Mathematical (LM)
including a class store where students can use their items to fossils, students will create artifact using clay, something they think Intrapersonal (INTRA)
barter. (VL & INTER & BK) their own fossils that could
8. Students will draw the web of consumers, producers, supply, represents colonial America. (VS) Musical Rhythmic (MR)
have been found during
demand, and currency. They will be need to write short 3. Drama-Students will act out a play as a Bodily-Kinesthetic (BK)
descriptions underneath each of the topics to ensure that they not Colonial times. (INTER &
only understand the terms, but also understand how they work NA) class the events concerning Native
together to form a stable economy. (INTER & VL) Americans and colonial settlers. (BK & VL)
9. The students will create a chart comparing and contrasting the
treatment of the Native Americans and also the African
American slaves by the white man. (INTER & VL)