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=Lesson 1: pre-assessment = by Drew Van Vooren [|hide properties] Document Type: Lesson Plan

Subject
 Social Studies

Topic
 Day one of early civilation study

Grade Level
 6

Time Frame
 30-45 minutes

Overall Goal/ Purpose
 Students often come into a unit of study with knowledge of the topic and certain things they desire to learn about the topic to be discussed. In order to learn these things from your students you must pre-assess them. The way I will be pre-assessing them is through a K-W and brainstorming activity.

State Standards
**<span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 8.5pt;">IL Correlated Sets ** <span style="color: black; display: none; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> -- || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">> Generate and organize ideas using a variety of planning strategies (e.g., mapping, outlining, drafting). || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">> Demonstrate understanding of the listening process (e.g., sender, receiver, message) by summarizing and paraphrasing spoken messages orally and in writing in formal and informal situations. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">> Ask and respond to questions related to oral presentations and messages in small and large group settings. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">IL.3.B.2a ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">IL.3.B.2a ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">IL.4.A.2a ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">IL.4.A.2a ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">IL.4.A.2b ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">IL.4.A.2b ** ||

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Instructional Objectives
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> Students will be able to indentify concepts about hunter/gathers and the field of archeology that they already know. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Students will be able to identify concepts about hunter/gathers and the field of archeology that they desire to learn.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Materials
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> Big pieces of paper for each group of students <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Markers for each group <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Text: Scott Foresman: Social Studies The World

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Procedures
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Focus Attention/Motivation: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">I would show of few short clips from one of the "Indiana Jones" movies in order to get the kids hooked then I would explain that there are vast differences between these movies and real archeologists. After this I will tell the students that we will be turning our classroom into a dig site and that you will be working in the same manner as real archeologists.

Instructional Input & Modeling: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Before we start digging we must figure out what we already know about the individuals that we will be investigating. In the years leading up to and following the Ice Age humans lived as nomatic tribes and hunted and gathered their food. In groups of no more then four they will brainstorm all that they know about these early humans. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">This same process will be done for archeology and the students will brainstorm what they wish to learn about these topics. In order to get the students to respond to what they wish to learn I will pose questions to them such as would you be curious as to how children their age lived within this society or if they played any games.

Student Engagement/Practice: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Students will be placed into groups and will brainstorm and then each group will share their ideas with the class and we will create a class list that covers the topics we will be discussing,

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Assessment
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> Formative: as the students work in their groups I will be walking around and checking that every member is contributing by asking each students what they have added to the chart. ===<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Accommodations === <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> Some of my students may need more structured graphic organizers in order to help them keep track of their personal thoughts. I will also be utilizing a graphic organizer when they are creating the class lists which will help these students follow along.