barret paideia academy “ native american indians” 5 th grade
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Barret Paideia Academy
“Native American Indians”5th Grade
Unit Plan Summary:
Students understand that trade connected the Africans,
Europeans, and Native Americans.
Students locate geographic features and places on a map of
the United States.
Essential Question
Why am I here?
Unit Questions• Can students identify and compare historic Native American Indian
groups of the West, Southwest, Northwest, Arctic, Great Plains, and Eastern Woodlands regions at the beginning of European exploration?
• Can students locate major landforms and geographic features, places, and bodies of water on a map of the United States?
Content Questions• How were the Native American nations alike/different?• What was life like for Native American nations in the 1600’s?• What are the various major landforms and geographical features of
the United States?• What specific landforms are present around a specific Native
American nation?• How did the landforms in a region affect the Native American
nation?
Benefits of Using Project Approaches, Ongoing Assessment, and CFQs in My Unit
• Students research about a Native American Nation.
• Their project has a real audience—History students from a local college.
• Students collaborate with peers to collect information about a Native American Nation.
• They learn writing and thinking skills while they are working on the project.
• Throughout the project they give and receive feedback on their work.
By Using Project Approaches, Ongoing Assessment, and CFQs
My Students Will: Experience writing and creating for a real
audience and use technology to enhance their learning
Gain self-assessment and self-direction skills that they will use and build on all year long
Gauging Student Needs Assessment
Writing Assessment
I will use my Essential and Unit Questions to: • Find out what students think Native American
Nations and the regions of North America
• Gather information on higher-order thinking and 21st century skills:
• By answering how good writers write, students will show their metacognitive awareness of writing strategies
• By taking on different perspectives and predicting their needs, students will anticipate what people want to know about the school
Gauging Student Needs Assessment
What I will learn from the assessment
• What my students already know about the different landforms in North America
• Prior Knowledge of Native American Nations
What my students will gain from the assessment
• Clarification of types of landforms
• Misconceptions of Native Americans
My Goals
• Learn about different kinds of technology that will motivate my students
• Find ways to get my students to do more higher-order thinking
• Learn some strategies for helping students do projects from other teachers
Let’s Have Some FUN!!