Lesson Plan

Subject/Grade Level: US History to 1877/8

th
grade
Lesson Title: Geography o !uropean "#erica
Lesson $uration: 2 days
%eror#ance &bjective: Upon completion of this lesson, the student will be able to locate, identify and
describe the major cities and settlements of North and South America and the European nations that
founded them.
Speciic &bjectives:
Students 'ill be able to identiy the !uropean nations that settled (orth and South "#erica)
Students 'ill be able to locate and describe 1* #ajor+ or historically relevant cities o (orth
and South "#erica on a #ap or globe)
Students 'ill de#onstrate a#iliarity 'ith G%S technology)
%reparation
,ra#e'or- Strand: Global "airs
.ontent Standard .o#petencies/&bjectives: .o#p: /: 0Understand ho' geography and politics
have inluenced the historical develop#ent o the United States in the global co##unity)1/&bj) a:
!2a#ine the e2ploration and coloni3ation periods o the United States using social studies tools
0e)g)+ ti#elines+ ti#e 3ones+ #aps+ globes+ graphs+ political cartoons+ tables+ technology+ etc)1)
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6S ..7/..SS: ..SS !L" 7H8Literacy 988)7: integrate visual inor#ation 0e)g)+ in charts+ graphs+
photographs+ videos+ or #aps1 'ith other inor#ation in print and digital te2ts
:nstructional "ids: %ro#ethian board to de#onstrate use o Google search engine and Google
!arth)
6aterials (eeded: ;or-sheet or each student 'ith clues about each location and a chart 'ith
categories or .ity/settle#ent na#e+ coordinates+ year o initial settle#ent+ and the nationality o
initial settlers) Student journal noteboo-s+ pens/pencils
!<uip#ent (eeded: 15 ipads or laptops 'ith internet capabilities) .&(T:(G!(.=: .o#puter lab
$esired Student %rere<uisites: >asic -no'ledge o the physical geography o (orth and South
"#erica)
:ntroduction/"nticipatory Set
Journal Entry ( min! "a#e you e#er been to a lar$e city% &hich one% &hat was is li'e% "ow was it
different from where you li#e now% Are there any cities you would li'e to #isit% &hich ones% &hy do you
want to #isit there% &hy do you thin' some small towns turned into #ery bi$ cities and some stayed #ery
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Lesson &utline/%rocedures: :nstructor (otes:
Journalin$ ( minutes!- &hile students complete journal assi$nment,
teacher will enter attendance in SA., and prepare for transitions. At this
time, handout of assi$nment sheets will commence
Students are to write, non/
stop for minutes.
.odelin$- +eacher will present a short #ideo lecture about the European
land claims and settlements of North and South America. (01 minutes!
(n the e#ent of a technolo$y
failure, there is a handout
master that is a#ailable to
photocopy.
2uided3(ndependent 4ractice- Students will be di#ided into $roups of two.
+eacher will demonstrate how to use the software, and how to complete the
first location, and students will proceed to find all of their assi$ned
locations. +eacher will circulate monitorin$ for stru$$lin$ students, off/tas'
beha#ior, technolo$y issues and any other pertinent matters.
2roups will be pre/assi$ned and
students will immediately
transition followin$ the #ideo
lecture.
5losure- *nce handouts are collected, teacher will $o o#er with the
students how their lesson fits into the .ississippi 5urriculum framewor's
and 55SS standards.
Allow for a short 67A session
with the par'in$ lot 8uestions
(time permittin$!
"pplication
Guided %ractice-
9rief powerpoint lecture on European in#ol#ement in North America
Usin$ 2oo$le, the teacher will demonstrate how to complete the first item on the handout.
:ndependent %ractice-
Students (wor'in$ in pairs! will follow a list of clues to find the followin$ locations-
:os An$eles
New ;or' 5ity
<io de Janiero
:ima, 4eru
.e=ico 5ity
St. Au$ustine, >:
6uebec 5ity
.ontreal
Jamestown3&illiamsbur$, ?A
New *rleans
&atlin$ (sland, 9ahamas
Students will pro#ide the name of the cities based on the clues $i#en, coordinates, nation who established
the initial European settlement, major lan$ua$e spo'en, predominant reli$ion and population.
Su##ary
Lesson .losure-
Students will be show the standards and curriculum framewor's to demonstrate what they ha#e learned.
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!valuation
:nor#al "ssess#ent/7evie'-
(n/class *bser#ation for assessment purposes.
+eacher will facilitate class discussion of the answers at the end.
,or#al "ssess#ent-
"andouts will be ta'en up and $raded. Unit test will contain a short answer portion where students will be
$i#en a location and instructed to describe its human $eo$raphy.
Lesson !2tension
!2tension/!nrich#ent-
As more of a challen$e, student scan be $i#en the additional sites of 5aho'ia, (:, 5lo#is, N., and .onte
?erde, 5hile and challen$ed to find the si$nificance of these sites.
"cco##odations/$ierentiation-
@inesthetic learners- &ill ha#e an opportunity to demonstrate locations usin$ a floor map.
+actile- 5an show locations usin$ a Apin the tac' on the boardB map.
Auditory3?isual- Audioboo file will be made with an accompanyin$ photo to pro#ide clues.
4airs will be determined usin$ peer/modelin$ inter#ention on a case/by/case basis.
7eerences:
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