Traditions: Past & Present Taylor Fisher

Unit Overview

DAY #1 DAY #2 DAY #3 DAY #4 DAY #5 DAY #6

Objective Students will be Students will be After this lesson, Students will be able Students will be able to Students will be able to
able to demonstrate students will be able to demonstrate their demonstrate their demonstrate their
able to knowledge and
their knowledge and to demonstrate their knowledge and knowledge and
demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the understanding of the First
understanding of at understanding of the Thanksgiving and why the
knowledge and understanding of the Pilgrims daily lives, at Native Americans daily
understanding of least three of their celebration started.
Mayflower events and least two traditions, lives, at least two Students will be able to
own traditions by why the Pilgrims and struggles in the
traditions and be traditions and how they explain at least two
producing a quality came to America by first couple of months traditions from the First
able to produce a paragraph. helped the Pilgrims
creating a foldable. at Plymouth. Thanksgiving that are still
product of their survive.
used today.
own traditions.
Standards NCSS: 2.RL.2.4 NCSS: 2.W.3.1 NCSS: 2.1.4 Identify and describe community celebrations, symbols and traditions and explain why they
are important.
Materials Countdown to Poster with Mayflower Poster with Pilgrim in the Poster with Native Poster with
Thanksgiving by Jodi in the middle. middle. American in the middle.
Huelin. Unit foldable. Unit foldable. Unit foldable. Unit foldable.
Thanksgiving picture in
the middle.
Blank pieces of paper
for comic strips.
Tradition Map.
Vocabulary list.
Needs/Wants worksheet.
Vocabulary list.
Vocabulary list.
Wampanoag Way Video. Unit foldable.
Thanksgiving traditions sheet. The Pilgrims First Chores worksheet. The Pilgrims First Vocabulary list.
list sheet. Thanksgiving by Ann The Pilgrims First Thanksgiving by Ann Scavenger Hunt cards
Crayons/pencils. Crayons. McGovern. Thanksgiving by Ann McGovern. and sheet.
McGovern.
Management Students will be at the
Students will be at the carpet and their desks. Students will be at the carpet and their desks.
carpet and their desks. Students will work Students will work quietly and diligently.
Students will work quietly and diligently.
quietly and diligently. Students will produce a Students will produce a written product about what they learned that day and examples of two
Students will create a quality paragraph and traditions.
product then present it. some students will THANGIVING letters on the board.
share.
Anticipatory Think about something Fix a sentence as a Students will sit in a Sit in a circle and work Think about what you
Set that you and your
class. Each small square on the in partners. Needs and Questions are thankful for at
families so every year Wants worksheet
around Thanksgiving. student will fix
carpet to represent the
small size on the (categorize). about needing school. A few students
Talk with a partner. one error. Share explanation of will share.
Mayflower. answers help.
Purpose Today we will be Today we will learn Today we will learn Today we will learn Today we will be
Today we will learning about how to about the Mayflower, about the Pilgrims daily
about the learning about the First
learn about construct a well written how the trip was, and life, their traditions and
paragraph (Correct why the Pilgrims left the struggles they faced Wampanoags daily Thanksgiving, why it
traditions and punctuation, spelling, because it is important as they tried to meet all was celebrated
life, some of their
their capitalization, to know how the of their needs and how
traditions and how between the Pilgrims
formatting, and restating Pilgrims got their start the Native Americans and the Native
importance of the question) about and this is the start to played an important role they helped the
Americans and how it
bringing people traditions that you carry how the holiday in saving the settlement. Pilgrims survive. started a tradition.
on. Thanksgiving came to
together. be.
Lesson INPUT: INPUT: INPUT: INPUT: INPUT: INPUT:
Presentation Read Countdown to Review traditions Read The Pilgrims Read The Pilgrims Read The Pilgrims Read The Pilgrims First
Thanksgiving. First Thanksgiving. First Thanksgiving. First Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving.
Explanation of
and explain how Scavenger Hunt activity,
Explain why the Explain the Explain the
traditions. to write a quality Pilgrims left Wampanoags daily work in groups. Go over
paragraph. Pilgrims daily lives,
Go over every page England, and their lives, traditions, and every card. Explain how
of the story. traditions, and the Wampanoags and
OUTPUT: trip on the struggles in the how they helped the
List traditions that Produce a Mayflower. Pilgrims survive. Pilgrims started a
students families new world. tradition.
paragraph about OUTPUT: OUTPUT: OUTPUT:
carry on. OUTPUT:
three traditions. Fill out the Fill out Native
OUTPUT: Fill out the Pilgrims Fill out The First
Create a comic strip
Mayflower flap on American flap on Thanksgiving flap on
flap on foldable.
of a tradition. foldable. foldable. foldable.

Closure or Students will share their Students will

Conclusion comic strips and explain
their tradition they
underline key criteria
in their paragraph.
Back at the carpet: Share some of the students foldable flaps.
drew.
Formative Questions/answers
throughout lesson and
The traditions
Assessment observations of students paragraph. Students questions/responses and observation while they are working.
while they work.
Adaptations
See lesson plan: Tomas and AJ. Movement and visuals.

Summative
Assessment Comic strip Unit foldable
(as needed)
Traditions: Past & Present Taylor Fisher

DAY #7
Students will be able to demonstrate
Objective their knowledge and understanding of
the importance of Thanksgiving and
their family traditions.
Standards NCSS: 2.RL.2.4
Unit foldable.
Traditions sheet.
Materials Posters of Mayflower, Pilgrims,
Native Americans, and the First
Thanksgiving.
Students will be at the carpet and their desks.
Management Students will work quietly and diligently.

Anticipatory Share my own Thanksgiving story and

Set my familys r=traditions.
Today we will learn why
Thanksgiving is important, and
Purpose explain what traditions students and
their families or loved ones do on
Thanksgiving
INPUT:
Explain why Thanksgiving is important.
Review how I shared my traditions and
what my family and I do on
Lesson Thanksgiving.
Presentation OUTPUT:
Fill out My Thanksgiving/Traditions flap
on foldable.
Glue Traditions sheet on the foldable
from the second lesson.
Closure or Back at the carpet: Share some of
Conclusion the students foldable flaps.
Formative Questions/answers throughout lesson
Assessment and observations of students while
they work.
Adaptations See lesson plan: Tomas and AJ. Movement
and visuals.
Summative
Assessment The unit foldable.
(as needed)