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=Lesson 5 = by Drew Van Vooren [|hide properties] Document Type: Lesson Plan

Subject
Social Studies 

Topic
Transition from hunter/gather to farmer 

Grade Level
 6

Time Frame
 30-45minute

Overall Goal/ Purpose
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> One of the major turning points of humankind is when farming was developed as a main source of food. This advance allowed humans to develop true civilized societies. This switch did not occur overnight and through these next few lessons we will discover what led humans to become farmers.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">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';">> Describe the effects on society of scientific and technological innovations (e.g., antibiotics, steam engine, digital computer). || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">> Identify important contributions to science and technology that have been made by individuals and groups from various cultures. || <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">> Explain the contributions of individuals and groups who are featured in biographies, legends, folklore and traditions. ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">IL.13.B.2b ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">IL.13.B.2b ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">IL.13.B.3b ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">IL.13.B.3b ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">IL.16.B.1.W ** ||
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">IL.16.B.1.W ** ||

<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 identify the main reasons why humans made the switch from hunter/gather to farmers. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Students will be able to indentify the areas where farming first took hold.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Materials
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> Text book <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">Computer

<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';">“Have you ever wondered why we get our food from farms instead of hunting it from the wild? During the next couple of weeks we will answer this question and you may even decide that hunting would be a better way to get our food.”

Instructional Input & Modeling: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">This lesson will be mainly lecture since we must get some geographic information introduced and some other information. After lecturing for about 15 minutes I will have the students create a map of the farming hot spots and then we will once again conduct an archeological dig for the next few weeks so that the students can interact with some actual artifacts and develop their own conclusions.

Student Engagement/Practice: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';">After introducing the era and areas of study the students will create a map and then they will be broken up into new archeological teams and assigned a new dig site.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt;">Assessment
<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"> Formative/pre-assessment: The map that the students complete will tell me what they know about early farming.