Social Studies Lesson Plan

Objectives: Students will be able to identify communities of their region on a map. Students will be able to define the terms climate, landform, natural resource and agriculture. Students will be able to list their regions communities o Climate(s) o Landform(s) o Food/agricultural product(s) o Natural resource(s) Students will be able to compare and contrast their current community they live in, versus communities in their region. Materials needed: Half poster sheet* Magazines, newspaper articles, photocopies of text* Letter stickers* Small map of the United States* Glue Scissors Social studies text book + Additional texts
*I will provide these materials

PosterAnticipated schedule of work (FOR POSTER ONLY)

Date Description of work students will be doing on project

4/10 Students will be divided into 5 groups and given a region to study the community in. Directions on how to select information and organize poster will be given. Students will begin exploring magazines, newspaper articles, information from photocopied texts, ect. They will find the required information and pictures to add to their poster. Interesting facts may be added to the poster as well. (same as 4/11) Students will wrap up picture and information exploration. Students will begin to format their poster Although, if they are not finished finding information, they may still continue to explore the available resources. Students will continue to either format and search for missing information. Once they have practiced the poster layout, they will begin gluing their pictures and writing in their information on their poster.

4/11

4/13 4/17

4/20

4/26 4/27

(same as 4/20) Projects should be finished by today. Groups will give 5 minute presentation of their projects. During this presentation, they will highlight the climate, landforms, food/agriculture, natural resources and popular sites of their regions communities.

Compare/contrast paper: Students will write at least 1-2 paragraphs comparing and contrasting the community they live in, versus the communities in the region they studied. This is an extension of the posters objectives and a chance for students to apply the content they learned. Additional resources: Golden, Nancy. Exploring the United States with the Five Themes of Geography. New York: PowerKids, 2005. Print. Steele, Philip. Scholastic Atlas of the World. New York, NY: Scholastic, 2001. Print.