Gamaliel Elementary Lesson Plan Template
Unit Title/Subject:
Topic 3: Native Americans
Learning Targets:
Dates:
9-2 to 9-5
Grade:
5th
I can identify early Native-American cultures in the United States.
I can explain and give examples of how Native Americans adapted to the physical environment to meet their needs.
I can compare the way of life of Native Americans in the past to their way of life today (communication, technology, transportation, and
education).
I can describe social institutions (e.g., government, economy, education, religion, family) in Native-American cultures.
Day 1 Instructional Activities:
 No School
Day 2 Instructional Activities:
1. Bell Ringer: Daily Geography Week 4 and Flashback
question
2. Vocabulary Words given out to students. Pre-test will be on
Thursday. If not mastered the students will take home a
note to be signed and will retake the test again on Friday.
3. Native American Culture Map: www.teachtci.com
Students will receive a map to color code the Native
American Regions. They will also be looking at artifacts and
placing them in the region they belong based on clues from
the Text.
4. Exit Slip: Describe one Native American culture.
Day 3 Instructional Activities:
1. Bell Ringer: Daily Geography Week 4 and Flashback question
2. Students will review the Native American Cultural
Regions map from the previous lesson. Students will
analyze images from several Native American groups to
compare and contrast the similarities and differences.
This will include the elements of culture such as food,
clothing, gender roles, and activities that support beliefs.
3. Review the elements of culture: music, clothing, food, art,
literature, stories, traditions, religion, beliefs, and language.
4. Place students in pairs and give each pair one of the sheets
from Resource 7A and a copy of Resource 7B. Tell students
to analyze the images. It is important that the students look
at the background and foreground to better understand the
image. Each image has a caption that explains where the
Native Americans live and the actions in the image.
5. We are going to put together a quilt that displays Native
American cultures.
6. Exit Slip: Compare TWO of the quilt squares from today’s
lesson. How are the cultures represented on the quilt
squares the same and different?
Day 4 Instructional Activities:
1. Bell Ringer: Daily Geography Week 4 and Flashback
question
2. Vocabulary Pre-Test (Clickers)
Assessments
(formative and/or summative):
Assessments
(formative and/or summative):
 Bell Ringer
 Native American Map
 Exit Slip
Assessments
(formative and/or summative)
 Bell Ringer
 Quilt squares
 Exit Slip
Assessments
(formative and/or summative):
 Bell Ringer
 Vocabulary Pre-test
Gamaliel Elementary Lesson Plan Template
3. Students will learn about how Native Americans
overcame scarcity by effectively using their resources.
Students will infer how Native Americans in the Plains
Region used the buffalo in a variety of ways and let
very little go to waste. After watching a video that
describes how the natives used the buffalo, students
will compare how we use resources today to how
Native Americans used resources in the past.
4.
5. Exit Slip:
Students who did not master vocabulary test this day will have
vocabulary homework to complete this night as well as studying for
the retake.
Day 5 Instructional Activities:
1. Bell Ringer: Daily Geography Week 4 and Flashback
question
2. Vocabulary Test- for those who did not master on Thursday
3. Exit Slip:
Due to Reward day unsure of how long we will have class. 30- 40
minute classes.

(Clickers)
Exit slip
Assessments
(formative and/or summative)
 Bell Ringer
 Vocabulary Test
 Exit Slip