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Lesson Plan for All About Explorers
Objectives:
Social Studies: Learning about European exploration.
Language Arts: Reading, listening, and viewing.
Technology: Mouse skills, going to Internet Explorer, navigation on
the network, use of Back Button, clicking on hyperlinks, learning to
use Inspiration, highlighting text, inputting data into
Inspiration,, and inserting graphics.
Overview:
Week One: Introduce
lesson by giving the Columbian Exchange quiz, show website to be
used and show one or two videos. Week Two: . Week Three: Continue
. Week Four: Show webs.
Learner Outcomes:
Students will create a web of their explorer using Inspiration.
Curriculum Standards
English Language Uses
Curriculum Standard 6. Students will demonstrate competence in
using the interactive language processes of reading, writing,
speaking, listening, and viewing to communicate effectively.
Use the tools of information
technology to enhance written and spoken messages
Social Studies
Curriculum Standard 8. Students will demonstrate an understanding of
the patterns and results of international trade including
distribution of economic resources; imports and exports;
specialization; interdependence; exchange of money; and trade
policies
Explain how international trade links
countries around the world
and how such trade influences the economic welfare of nations
Curriculum Standard 16. Students will demonstrate the ability to
employ historical analysis, interpretation, and comprehension to
make reasoned judgments and to gain an understanding, perspective,
and appreciation of history and its uses in contemporary situations
Examine historical data related to ideas, events, and people from a
given time-frame in order to reconstruct a chronology and identify
examples of cause and
effect.
Curriculum Standard 17. Students will demonstrate a knowledge of the
chronology and significance of the unfolding story of America
including the history of their community, New Hampshire, and the
United States.
Discuss the reasons why various groups of people came to
America; why and how they
became Americans; and how
they contributed to the development of our country.
Materials:
Computers, videos,
SmartBoard, Inspiration software, All About Explorers - The Columbian Exchange worksheet,
pencils, and paper.
Procedure:.
Week One:
1.) Hand out All About Explorers – The Columbian Exchange and have
student take the quiz.
2.) Using the SmartBoard or large screen monitor, play the movie on
early explorers.
3.) Check the quiz.
4.) Play the movie of the Vikings.
5.) Reintroduce Inspiration.
Week Two:
1.) Show the Explorers movie.
2.) Have students start to do research on their assigned explorer
and start to work on web.
Week Three:
1.) Continue working on webs.
Week Four:
1.)Show and explain the webs on explorers.
Assessment:
See Rubric
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