HAZLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
DISTRICT UNIT/LESSON PLAN
Teacher Name : Cvammen
Subject : Social Studies
Start Date(s):
9/29
Grade Level (s):
5
Building : Heights- Terrace
Unit Plan
Unit Title: Life in the Western Hemisphere
Identify and use summarizing and noting details to derive meaning.
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
Who were the people that reached the Americas and where did they settle?
What cultures developed in different parts of North America?
What powerful civilizations developed and spread in Central and South America?
Standards: PA Core Standards, PA Academic Standards/Anchors (based on subject)
CC.1.2.5.A Determine two or more main ideas in a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
CC.1.2.5.C Explain the relationships or interactions between two or more individuals, events, ideas or concepts in a text based on specific
information in the text.
Summative Unit Assessment :
Summative Assessment Objective
Students will take notes on the main idea and supporting details and explain
the information to demonstrate understanding of the material.
Assessment Method (check one)
____ Rubric __X_ Checklist ___X_ Unit Test ____ Group
____ Student Self-Assessment
____ Other (explain)
DAILY PLAN
Objective (s)
Students will-define vocabulary
related to the text, make
predictions based on pictures.
DOK
LEVEL
1,2
Grouping
Day
Activities / Teaching Strategies
Preview vocabulary
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Materials / Resources
Chapter 1, Lesson 1
Assessment of Objective (s)
Formative-class discussion
Summative- review of notes
1
Student Self - Assessment-evaluate
predictions
Students will read Lesson 1 as a
group
1,2
Students will create questions during reading- who,
what, when, where, why, how.
s
Ch. 1, Lesson 1 – Migration to the
Americas
Formative-questioning
Summative- answers to questions
2
Student Self - Assessment-reflect
on answers given on details chart
1,2
Students will read Lesson 2.
Students will discuss the three (3) groups of early
people described in the lesson
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Ch 1, Lesson 2 – Early American
Cultures
3
Formative-questioning
Summative-answers
Students will continue reading
Lesson 2 to completion.
1,2
Students will complete a worksheet using information
from the lesson.
I
Formative- questioning
Ch 1, Lesson 2
Summative- answers
4
Workbook pg. 17
Student Self - Assessment- reflect
on answers given on details chart
Students will preview vocabulary
for Lesson 3.
1,2,3
Students will look up and record definitions for Lesson 3
vocabulary in their notebooks.
S,I
Ch 1, Lesson 3 – The Rise of the
Empires
Formative-oral review of
vocabulary
Student notebooks
Summative- graphic organizer
5
Student Self - Assessmentchecklist
Students will read Lesson 3
1,2
Students will discuss the Maya, Aztec, and Inca cultures
through their group reading.
W,S
Ch 1, Lesson 3, con’t.
Formative- oral discussion
Summative- Chapter Test
6
Student Self - Assessmentcompletion of questions at end of
lesson