HAZLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
HAZLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
DISTRICT UNIT/LESSON PLAN
DISTRICT UNIT/LESSON PLAN
Teacher Name : Mr. Jerome Kolbush
Grade Level (s): Fourth Grade
Building : Valley Elementary/Middle School
Subject : Social Studies
Start Date(s): January
Unit Plan
Unit Title: an educational unit title summarizes content across several lessons that establishes and reinforces certain skills and essential knowledge for grade levels and
content areas.
The Southeast
The Land of the Southeast
Essential Questions: Essential questions are concept in the form of questions. Questions suggest inquiry. Essential questions are organizers and set the focus for the
lesson or unit. Essential questions are initiators of creative and critical thinking. Essential questions are conceptual commitments focusing on key concepts implicit in the
curriculum
What kinds of wetlands are found in the Outer Coastal Plain of the Southeast?
Which has a higher elevation, the Outer Coastal Plain or the Inner Coastal Plain?
The barrier islands shown on this map are located off the coast of what state?
What does the word piedmont mean?
Why do you think the Piedmont was a good place to settle?
What kinds of natural resources would you find in Appalachia?
Why use Elevation Maps?
Why might tourists want to visit southern Florida during the winter?
Which state in the Southeast has the coldest average temperature in January?
How does a hurricane cause destruction?
What purpose did lighthouses originally serve?
How did the alligator become an endangered species?
How did the alligator species make a comeback?
What vegetables is grown more than any other crop in the Southeast?
In which two states are most of the region’s peanuts grown?
What two goods are made from trees?
How can the logging industry help industry help preserve forests while still harvesting trees?
Standards: PA Core Standards, PA Academic Standards/Anchors (based on subject)
7.2: Physical Characteristics of Places and Regions
7.2.4. A; Identify the physical characteristics of places and regions
7.2.4. B Identify the basic physical processes that affect the physical characteristics of places and regions
Summative Unit Assessment :
Summative Assessment Objective
Assessment Method (check one)
____ Rubric ___ Checklist __x__ Unit Test __x__ Group
__x__ Student Self-Assessment
Students willLearn about the Southeast.
____ Other (explain)
Learn about the Land of the Southeast
Day
Objective (s)
Students willIdentify and describe major
landforms in the Southeast
1
Identify and explain how barrier
island are forms.
Identify and compare and contrast
landform elevations in the
DOK
LEVEL
1
2
3
4
Activities / Teaching Strategies
Activities
Note Taking
Lecture
Introduce the Lesson
Drill and Practice
Compare and Contrast
Main Idea and Details/Summarization
Peer Discussion
Grouping
DAILY PLAN
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Materials / Resources
Textbook
Notebook
Discussion whole groups
Small group
Vocabulary Words from the Lesson
Computers
Assessment of Objective (s)
Formative-Agree/Disagree
Thumbs Up and/Down
Choral response/observe
Think-Pair share
Random Reporter
Integrating Technology
southeast.
Teaching Strategies
Direct Instruction
Interactive Instruction
Independent Study
Social studies textbook pages 166169 Coastal Plains to the
Mountains
Summative- Test/Quiz/Class/Class
Work
Student Self – AssessmentDiscussion whole group
Identify and explain how to use an
Elevation Map
Social Studies textbook pages 170171.
Students willIdentify and describe the climate
of the Southeast.
1
2
3
4
Identify and examine hurricanes in
the Southeast.
2
Identify and explain the function of
lighthouses.
1
2
3
4
Identify ways in which resources of
the Southeast are used.
3
Identify a renewable and a
nonrenewable resource found in
the Southeast.
4
Identify how the Cherokee lived
Textbook
Notebook
Discussion whole groups
Small group
Vocabulary Words from the Lesson
Computers
Activities
Note Taking
Lecture
Introduce the Lesson
Drill and Practice
Compare and Contrast
Main Idea and Details/Summarization
Peer Discussion
1
2
3
Activities
Note Taking
Lecture
Formative-Agree/Disagree
Thumbs Up and/Down
Choral response/observe
Think-Pair share
Random Reporter
Integrating Technology
Summative- Test/Quiz/Class/Class
Work
Student Self – AssessmentDiscussion whole group
W
S
L
Textbook
Notebook
Discussion whole groups
Small group
Vocabulary Words from the Lesson
Computers
Teaching Strategies
Direct Instruction
Interactive Instruction
Independent Study
Identify and explain why coal is an
important resource in the
Southeast.
Social studies textbook pages 178183.
Students will-
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Teaching Strategies
Direct Instruction
Interactive Instruction
Independent Study
Social Studies textbook pages 172174
Students willIdentify and describe the
importance of protecting
endangered species.
Activities
Note Taking
Lecture
Introduce the Lesson
Drill and Practice
Compare and Contrast
Main Idea and Details/Summarization
Peer Discussion
Formative-Agree/Disagree
Thumbs Up and/Down
Choral response/observe
Think-Pair share
Random Reporter
Integrating Technology
Summative- Test/Quiz/Class/Class
Work
Student Self – AssessmentDiscussion whole group
W
S
L
Textbook
Notebook
Discussion whole groups
Formative-Agree/Disagree
Thumbs Up and/Down
Choral response/observe
before Europeans came to North
America.
4
Identify the Trail of Tears and
describe its impact on the
Cherokee.
5
1
2
3
4
Identify and locate the earliest
European settlements in the
Southeast.
Identify and evaluate the impact of
agriculture in the Southeast.
Identify and explain the effects of
the Civil War.
6
Identify and describe how the
Southeast changed during
Reconstruction.
Identify and analyze the
development of the civil rights
movement.
Identify and describe the first gold
rush in the United States.
Activities
Note Taking
Lecture
Introduce the Lesson
Drill and Practice
Compare and Contrast
Main Idea and Details/Summarization
Peer Discussion
1
2
3
4
Activities
Note Taking
Lecture
Introduce the Lesson
Drill and Practice
Compare and Contrast
Main Idea and Details/Summarization
Peer Discussion
Teaching Strategies
Direct Instruction
Interactive Instruction
Independent Study
Think-Pair share
Random Reporter
Integrating Technology
Summative- Test/Quiz/Class/Class
Work
Student Self – AssessmentDiscussion whole group
W
S
L
Textbook
Notebook
Discussion whole groups
Small group
Vocabulary Words from the Lesson
Computers
Teaching Strategies
Direct Instruction
Interactive Instruction
Independent Study
Social Studies textbook pages 194199.
Students willIdentify two causes of the Civil
War.
Small group
Vocabulary Words from the Lesson
Computers
Teaching Strategies
Direct Instruction
Interactive Instruction
Independent Study
Identify and explain how North
Carolina Cherokee support
themselves and keep their culture
alive today.
Social studies textbook pages 188192.
Students willIdentify important explorers of the
Southeast and the areas they
explored.
Introduce the Lesson
Drill and Practice
Compare and Contrast
Main Idea and Details/Summarization
Peer Discussion
Formative-Agree/Disagree
Thumbs Up and/Down
Choral response/observe
Think-Pair share
Random Reporter
Integrating Technology
Summative- Test/Quiz/Class/Class
Work
Student Self – AssessmentDiscussion whole group
W
S
L
Textbook
Notebook
Discussion whole groups
Small group
Vocabulary Words from the Lesson
Computers
Formative-Agree/Disagree
Thumbs Up and/Down
Choral response/observe
Think-Pair share
Random Reporter
Integrating Technology
Summative- Test/Quiz/Class/Class
Work
Student Self – AssessmentDiscussion whole group
Identify and explain why Atlanta is
an important transportation
center.
Identify the causes of growth in
Southeastern cities.
Social Studies textbook pages 202206.
Social Studies textbook pages 210213.