Clinicals Social Studies Lesson Plan Assignment

Directions: There are three documents you will submit in the dropbox for this
assignment:
1) The Observation Report of Social Studies Instruction form ( in the
clinical assignment folder on Canvas)
2) The social studies lesson plan and reflection (use the lesson plan
template below)
3) Cooperating Teacher (CT) Feedback Form on your social studies lesson
(form is in the clinical assignment folder on Canvas)

Use the template below for your social studies lesson plan and reflection. Make sure that
before you turn in the lesson plan you have completed the Reflection part of the lesson
plan template (at the very end).

Here are the Reflection prompts: Write several paragraphs about what you learned from
this lesson. What were the strengths? What were the weaknesses? What did you learn
about teaching and student learning? How would you teach this lesson differently in the
future? Before uploading the lesson plan to Canvas, save your file with the following
name: firstnamelastname.SSplan.doc

Due Date: All three documents (described above) are due in the dropbox by 11:59pm on
Tuesday, November 21. Make sure the template is completely filled in based on the
lesson plan that you implemented at your clinical school during the clinical weeks.
 13 Colonies
Name: Molly Ryan Central Focus/Big Idea of
the Lesson: Early history in
Grade Level/Subject: 5th grade the United States is
reflective of the 13
colonies.

Essential Standard/Common Core Objective: 5.H.1.2: Date taught:

Summarize the political, economic, and social aspects of
colonial life.

Daily Lesson Objective: Students will be able to compare the culture of the New England
Colonies, Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies.

21st Century Skills: (Go to this link for more info about Academic Language
these skills: Demand : Culture,
http://www.p21.org/storage/documents/P21_Framework_D Citizenship, and Economics
efinitions.pdf)
Language Function:
1. Collaboration Compare
2. Communication
3. Critical Thinking Vocabulary: New England,
Middle, Southern Colonies,
Culture, and Industry.

Discourse: Inquiry
question, think-pair-share.

Syntax: Graphic Organizer

and exit ticket.
 Prior Knowledge: Students should understand how historical events and issues have
been driven by interactions between people and their physical environment.

Activity Description of Activities and Setting

Time

1. Focus and The teacher start with a turn/talk and quickwrite inquiry 5 min
Review by asking the following questions:
How did America came to be?
What are the names of the 13 colonies?
Where were the 13 colonies located?
- Why did the early colonists come to America?
What were some of their reasons for coming to
America?

2. Statement of The teacher will tell the students, Today we are going 1 min
Objective to compare the different regions of the 13 colonies. We
are going to do that by doing a webquest.
for
Student
3. Teacher The teacher will say: 5 min
Input
What are the 13 colonies? They were formed because
the people who lived in England needed to make more
money. By making new colonies they were able to make
money by using natural resources such as cotton, to
make materials they used in trading. Another reason
these new colonies were formed were because the
people who lived in England believed in different
religions than what they were being made to believe. So,
there was 13 colonies created. These 13 colonies were
split into 3 sections. The New England Colonies, The
Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies. The New
England colonies were formed because the people of
England wanted to have their own religious beliefs. They
were being persecuted for having their own religious
beliefs, so they chose to move away to escape being
prosecuted. *Will explain persecution: ill-treatment
because of religious beliefs.* These New England
settlers made their money by shipping and trading, which
you will learn more about today in the websites I have
listed for you to look at. The people who made up the
Middle Colonies made their living by trading and port
cities, since these colonies were near water. The soil
was very fertile, which made it easy for the people in
these colonies to make a living by farming. They would
grow many different things you are going to read about
today. Lastly, the southern colonies were involved in
farming as well, and also played a big role in the Slave
Trade. We are going to be looking at different websites
to find more information about the New England
Colonies, Middle Colonies, and the Southern Colonies.
We are going to be looking at a Webquest. In this
Webquest, we will read the directions and you will
answer the questions, by finding the information that is
asked, in the websites that are listed
4. Guided Teacher: We are going to make a graphic organizer 5-10 min
Practice together up on the board to compare the three different
sections of the original colonies.

5. Independent Pass out the webquests to all students 20-25

Practice Teacher: Now we are going to do a webquest. You min
should complete the webquest in small groups. We need
to stay focused and use only the websites that I have
provided for you. Once we are done, we are going to
make an organizer to compare the information each
group found about the three different colonies.

Students complete the webquest.

6. Assessment Formative: The teacher will check for understanding by asking

Methods of questions throughout and listening to the students when they talk
all about the different colonies and make sure that they understand the
objectives/skills correct concepts.
: Summative: Students will give each student an exit ticket to check for
understanding of the 13 colonies. The students are expected to get
correct.

7. Closure Bring the class back together and go over what they 4-5 min
have just learned. Briefly review the 13 colonies (New
England, Southern, and Middle) and compare them
briefly.
 Targeted Students
Modifications/Accommodations: Struggling
students will have fill in the blank webquest to
fill out.
English language learners: Will have fill in the
blank webquest to fill out.
Autism Spectrum: Will be able to sit in a quiet
corner and be able to work.
Student/Small Group
Modifications/Accommodations:
Struggling readers: Will be able to have
fill in the blank webquest to fill out.
Academically/Intellectually Gifted: Create
a research question about the region
they worked on.

Materials/Technology: Exit ticket, computer/ipad, activity sheet, webquest, powerpoint,

pencil, paper.
References:
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/13coloniesdef.htm
http://13colonies.mrdonn.org
https://www.landofthebrave.info/new-england-colonies.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVlhqKwn36w
HYPERLINK "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAZ8QJgFHOg"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAZ8QJgFHOg

Reflection on lesson:

I taught my fifth grade social studies lesson on Friday, October 13th at about 3:05pm-
3:45pm. Before I started teaching, I told the students about my rules: raise your hand, do
not talk while others are talking, be respectful, and have fun. As I started teaching, the
students were very talkative. I had to reinforce my rules that I talked about at the
beginning. Some students came to the carpet while I was teaching my lesson, so they could
see. That was fine, but one particular student was throwing a marble at other students and
interrupting the lesson. I told him to go back to his seat since he could not act
appropriately on the carpet. While teaching many of the students took advantage of the
fact that I was a student and thought that they could get away with disrupting the class. I
think I did an okay job of classroom management, but I definitely need some help to
improve it and not let students take advantage.

The first thing I did when I started teaching was ask the students to post what they know
about the 13 colonies on the whiteboard. Many of the students wrote that they did not
know anything. Even one student said that he knew it had the number 13 in it, after
 looking at the responses I started to get discouraged about the lesson since many of the
students have never even heard of it! I think I should have told the students to provide
more detail and not be so vague in the future. I went on with my lesson and showed a
quick two minute video of what the 13 colonies were. I brought in the fact that NC, the
state where they live was a part of the original 13 colonies. I then had the students turn
and talk about questions on the powerpoint. As I was walking around, I noticed that the
student did not really know the answers to theses questions and therefore got off topic. I
kept telling the students it is okay if they do not know the answers, just to think back to
previous classes and try to remember what they know.

The next part of my lesson was the webquest. I gave the students time to complete the
webquest and walked around to observe what the students were doing. Many of the
students did not understand that they had to read through three pages of the article
before answering the questions; so some students were just googling the answers. I told
them that they should get this information from the article -- not google. Next time, I
should probably pull up the website on the projector and show them what they should
read through. Even though the teacher put the websites in canvas, the students did not
understand that they should read through the three pages of information. I had to keep
repeating myself and telling the students to read through the information. After the
webquest we went over the three regions of the colonies together which I think went
really well. The students were eager to answer all the questions and it went really great.
Unfortunately, after we compared the three regions, we ran out of time and I had to stop
my lesson. Overall, I think my lesson went pretty well, I just need to work on classroom
management.

http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/wwww/us/13coloniesdef.htm

http://13colonies.mrdonn.org

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVlhqKwn36w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAZ8QJgFHOg
Southern Colonies Webquest:

First, go here: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

(Read through the 3 pages of information and pull out important information about the Southern
Colonies.)
Questions:
1. What was the first permanent settlement and where was it?
2. What was the main reason the people of the Southern Colonies came to the New World?
3. What was the main industry in the south?
4. What did they grow?
5. Who was the founder of each Southern Colony?

Middle Colonies Webquest:

First, go here: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

(Read through the 3 pages of information and pull out important information about the Middle
Colonies.)
Questions:
1. Why were the Middle Colonies founded?
2. What did the factories in the Middle Colony, Maryland produce?
3. What was the main industry in the middle colonies?
4. What did they grow?
5. Who was the founder of each Middle Colony?

New England Colonies Webquest:

First, go here: http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm

(Read through the 3 pages of information and pull out important information about the New
England Colonies.)
Questions:
1. What were the main things that New England Colonies wanted to do/be able to do?
2. What was the industry in the New England Colonies?
3. What was the major port in the New England Colonies?
4. Name the four New England Colonies.

Lastly, find two fun facts about the New England Colonies from this website.
https://www.landofthebrave.info/new-england-colonies.htm