ED 345 Calvin College Lesson Planning Form

Teacher: Date: Subject/ Topic/ Theme:

I. Objectives
What is the main focus of this lesson?
Setting up the land and Native Americans
How does this lesson tie in to a unit plan? (If applicable.)
Unit: Westward Expansion Lesson: Setting up the land out west and meeting new friends.
What are your objectives for this lesson? (As many as needed.) Indicate connections to applicable national or state standards. If
an objective applies to only certain students write the name(s) of the student(s) to whom it applies.

SWBAT describe what an overlanders role is like when they finally get out west.
SWBAT describe what the overlanders relationship with the Native Americans was like.
SWBAT demonstrate their knowledge through an Oregon Trail board game.

II. Before you start

Prerequisite knowledge and skills.
Lessons 1-5

Assessment
Questioning throughout, listening to their answers during the game.
(formative and summative)

Materials-what materials (books,

Setting up the land and Native American pages from the packet, Oregon Trail board game with
handouts, etc) do you need for this
new, additional questions.
lesson and do you have them?

Do you need to set up your Floor space

classroom in any special way for
this lesson? If so, describe it.

III. The Plan

Time Parts The description of (script for) the lesson, wherein you describe teacher activities and student activities
Motivation
(Opening/ Alright we have been learning so much about the Oregon Trail. Tell me some things the overlanders saw
Introduction/ or did or needed during their journey out west.
Engagement)
Today we have FINALLY arrived out west!! It has been six hard months, but now we are here!

Development What do you think they had to do when they finally got out west?
 Read Setting up the land.
(Choose a student to read)
Where did they settle?
What was the first thing they had to do?
Do you think six months is a long time to build a house or not enough time?
Why or why not?
What would you build your house out of? Where would you sleep while you were building?
Who had to help build?

Read first paragraph of Native Americans

Did they usually get along?

Read second paragraph of Native Americans.

Whoa. What happened?
Why did they get into a big fight?
Who was in the wrong?
What would you have done if you were an overlander there?
What would you have done if you were a Native American there?

We are going to play the Oregon Trail game again that you all liked so much. It has the same rules but
there are more questions now to answer! Go!

Walk around and listen in on students as they play the game. Settle any disputes and answer any
questions.

Pause! Time to clean up. When your group has cleaned up come up to me and tell me one thing you
Closure
learned or a question that was difficult to answer during the game!

Your reflection on the lesson including ideas for improvement for next time: