This unit will last for two-three weeks beginning with Indians, then Pilgrims, and ending with comparison and contrast of both cultures. The last week I will be looking at gathering and possessing/organizing information about past events and people (Native Americans “Indians”).  I will also allow my students to interact with the computer not only and information source but also an organizing and processing source. .

Description of Instructional and Learning Activities

Research and Symbol/Cultural Activities

Lessons will last for one hour with 15 minute intervals (teacher instruction, web browsing, PowerPoint  interaction, and Cultural Activities and Artifacts.  Students will  split up into 3 groups that travel around the room to different sites.  The centers will be Center A web-browsing, Center B– PowerPoint and Center C– Cultural Activities that allow student to create authentic artifacts.  These include the following:

-Tipi-Students will paint pictures and make a model of a Plains Indian tipi

-Clay pot- Students will make a clay pot that Southwest Indians might have used

-Totem Pole-students will use paper towel/toilet tissue holders to make miniature replications of a Totem Pole used by the Northwest Coastal Indians                    

-Indian and PilgrimVillage/Blocks –Students role-play build out of a wooden log set

We will also use books. Maps, and posters that are dispersed throughout the room.

 

An example of this can be found in  my lesson plans for the first week of this Unit:

 

 

 

 

 

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