5th Grade Lesson Plans
Content Area: Social Studies
Unit/Topic
Area of Focus
Essential Question: How did American
Indians adapt to different environments
in North America? How and why did
American Indian cultural regions differ?
Lesson Objectives
Vocabulary
Monday/Tuesday
Engage:
TTW:
 QUIZ
 Assess quiz
 Introduce new vocabulary
Explore:
TSW:
 Create a three column chart in
their SS notebooks.
1. Column 1 – Vocabulary word
2. Column 2 – Page number the
word was found on *In SS
Alive! Textbook
Teacher: Miss Riley
Dates: Dec. 9–Dec. 13, 2013
Native Americans
 The migration of American Indians to North America
TSW:
 Trace the migration routes of American Indians into North America
 Summarize key features of four environments
 Indentify ways in which American Indians adapted to their environments
 Examine origin stories told by American Indians
Culture, nomadic, cultural region, artifact, mesa, gorge, government
Wednesday/Thursday
Friday
Engage:
Engage:
TTW:
TTW:
 Review vocabulary
 Review cultural regions
 Assess homework
 Review vocabulary
 Prezi presentation focusing on
the Native American cultural
regions
Explore:
TSW:
 Take notes from the Prezi
presentation
Explore:
TSW:
 Complete Prezi presentation and
notes
5th Grade Lesson Plans
Content Area: Social Studies
Teacher: Miss Riley
Dates: Dec. 9–Dec. 13, 2013

Column 3 – Definition of word
(Found in the glossary of the
textbook)
Explain:
TSW:
 Review words and definitions
with students
 Introduce cultural regions map
Elaborate/Reflection/Homework:
TSW:
 E: Hypothesize what Native
Americans ate, and their
housing, for each cultural region
 HW: Vocabulary crossword
puzzle
Explain:
TSW:
 Complete chart based on
information provided in the
presentation, per cultural region
Explain:
TTW:
 Finish chart based on information
found in presentation
Elaborate/Reflection/Homework:
TSW:
 Answer in SS notebook:
- How did Native Americans
adapt to their environments?
Elaborate/Reflection/Homework:
TSW:
 Exit Slip: Complete
comprehension check