ED 101 Educational Technology Lab – Fall 2012
Boston University – School of Education
LESSON PLAN
Grade(s)
Grade 2
Content Area(s)
Social Studies
Topic of Lesson
Native Americans
Three
Objectives
1) Students will be able to correctly label the names of the six Native
American tribe regions (Pacific Coastal, Western Mountains,
Southwest, Great Plains, South East, Northeast Woodlands) when
given a map of the US that features the borders of the six regions.
2) Students will be able to write the name of at least two of the three
tribes in each of the six regions when given a chart on Native
Americans.
3) When provided with the names of all tribes in the 6 NA regions
(Pacific Coastal, Western Mountains, Southwest, Great Plains,
South East, Northeast Woodlands), students will be able to write
facts about clothing, shelter, and food for a tribe in 3 of the 6
regions.
Standard 1. Demonstrate proficiency in the use of computers and
applications, as well as an
understanding of the concepts underlying hardware, software, and
connectivity.
Technology
standard
G3-5: 1.17 Identify and use terms related to the Internet (e.g., Web
browser, URL, keyword, World Wide Web, search engine, links).
Curriculum
Framework
 Massachusetts History and Social Science Standards
 Massachusetts and its Cities and Towns: Geography and History,
Grade 3
 History and Geography
1. Identify the Wampanoags and their leaders at the time the Pilgrims
arrived, and describe their way of life.
Materials
needed
-
Lesson
Computers with Internet access
LCD projector to show website at front of classroom
A blank chart with the six regions and spaces to write the tribes,
food, shelter, and clothes
A blank map of the US divided into the six regions
The students will be seated on the carpet where they have daily lessons. I
Introduction
(5 minutes)
Lesson
Procedure, Web
Site Use, and
Technology
Standard
Instruction
(15 minutes)
will begin by asking them general questions about Native Americans such
as: Who were they? Where did they live? When did they come here? They
should have already learned some of the answers to these questions. I will
explain that we will be using a website to learn more specifics about the
lives of Native Americans.
Next, I will pull up the website. I will take this time to go through the
technology standard. I will briefly explain what a browser is and show
them the website and URL for the Weebly. I will define the term URL for
them. I will ask them for examples of websites they use and introduce the
idea of a search engine. I will also show them how a link to a website
works.
I will then go on to the content of the Weebly website for their class. First
we will discuss the idea of regions. I will ask them what they know about
regions. Are there different areas of Boston? Different areas of
Massachusetts? Different areas of the US? I will then go on to briefly
explain that Native Americans were divided into six different regions
across the US and show a map of these regions. I will show them on the
website the names of each of these regions and explain that each region had
its own traits.
Next, I will go into more detail about the traits of each region. I will ask the
students if they have unique traits in their region: Does Boston have a
special food? Special weather? Special clothes? I will explain to them that
like Boston, each region had its own special ways and people. I will go
through each content page (which are divided by region) and I will briefly
discuss the tribes, food, shelter, and clothes. The students will look more in
detail at the website later when they work on their worksheets.
The students will now be introduced to the map and chart that they will
work on in groups of 5 at their tables.
Wrap-Up of
Lesson
(5 minutes)
How will
students be
assessed to
make sure they
are able to
perform the
objectives?
After the lesson on the rug the students will have returned to their tables in
which they are in groups of five. Each group will be assigned to a region.
Each group will write down facts they learn as well as come up with three
questions they would like to research in a different class. At the end each
table will present what they learned about their region specifically. My
class focuses a lot on student research, so in a following class they will be
asked to research the questions they came up with in this lesson.
Objective 1: Students will be able to correctly write the names of the six
Native American tribe regions when given a blank map of the US
Assessment 1: Students will be given a blank map of the United States that
is divided into the six regions. They will write the names of each region
and color each region a different color. At the end of class we will go over
the location and name of each region once more.
Objective 2: Students will be able to write the name of at least two of the
tribes in each of the six regions when given a chart on Native Americans.
Assessment 2: The students will be given a blank chart with the name of
each region and spaces under each region. The students will be asked fill in
the names of at least two of the tribes in each region on the chart (the
Wampanoags should be included in the Northeast Woodlands region in
order to fulfill the curriculum standard). I will walk around to make sure
students are correctly placing the tribes in the correct regions. At the end of
class we will go over the names of all the tribes in each region.
Objective 3: Students will be able to write the unique food, shelter and
clothes customs of the tribes in at least three of the six regions when given
a chart on Native Americans.
Assessment 3: On the same chart they used in the second objective the
students will fill in the spaces for food, shelter, and clothes for each region.
Each region should have unique traits in these boxes. I will walk around to
make sure the students recognize that each region has different traits.
Hopefully they will be able to fill out the information for all six regions
because they have the website, but they will be expected to complete at
least three At the end of class we will briefly discuss these unique customs.