Lesson Plan : The Algonquian Way of Life
Teacher Name: | Nicole Bartone |
Grade: | Grade 4 |
Subject: | Social Studies |
Topic: | ~Aspects of the Algonquians way of life ~Geography of New York State |
Content: | ~Algonquians depended on nature for survival ~Algonquians were Native Americans of New York ~Aspects of Algonquian life - food, shelter, physical appearance, clothing, travel, money ~wigwam, moccasins, wampum, canoe |
Goals: | ~Students will learn about aspects of Algonquian life. |
Objectives: | ~Students will identify the role that nature played in the lives of these Native Americans. ~Students will predict where these Natives Americans settled in New York State using knowledge of the geography of the state. |
Materials: | |
Introduction: | ~Students will be told that they will act as anthropoloigists to find information about the lives of a group of people called the Algonquians. ~Students will look at a picture of an Algonquian village to generate some prelimenary ideas. |
Development: | ~Students will brainstorm aspects of Native American life using clues from the picture. ~Teacher will identify the focus as how they used nature in their daily lives. |
Practice: | ~Students will work in jigsaw groups to read about a specific aspect of Algonquian life (food, shelter, physical appearance, clothing, travel, money) ~Students will become "experts" on the assigned topic, as they take notes using a graphic organizer. |
Accommodations: | ~Several students will be grouped homogeneously to read about aspects of Algonquian life, those students who require support in reading and identifying relevant details. |
Checking For Understanding: | ~Students will write a short paragraph to tell about how the Algonquians used nature in their daily lives. They will have to use information they learned in their "home" group. |
Closure: | ~Students will make predictions, using knowledge of New York State geography, as to where these Native Americans settled. ~Students will justify responses using acquired knowledge of the way of life of the Algonquians. |
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