EARLY PIONEERS

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EARLY PIONEERS

• By Angel Stroud

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Analyze Learners

• This lesson plan is intended for children ages 9
  to 10 years old.
• This lesson plan will be used for fourth graders.
• This lesson plan is intended for a regular fourth
  grade class, it is not a special needs or honor
  class.

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WV Content and State Objectives

• SS.4.4.2 use geographic terms to describe the
  physical features of the Americas (e.g.,
  mountains, rivers, grasslands, oases).
• SS.4.4.6 analyzes and compares the effects of
  geographic factors upon peoples jobs, food,
  clothing, shelter, services and interaction with
  the outside world.
• SS.4.5.1 interprets and/or complete data
  presented in timeline format.

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WV Content and State Objectives

• SS.4.5.6 explores ways in which early explorers
  and settlers adapted to, used and changed the
  environment of the state or region they explored
  or settled.
• SS.4.5.9 compare the family lives of different
  groups and strata in colonial times including the
  roles and responsibilities of men, women,
  children and the elderly.

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WV Content and State Objectives

• SS.S.4 describe the physical and human
  characteristics of place and explain how the
  lives of people are rooted in places and regions
  (Places and Regions)
• SS.4.5.16 analyze various sources for
  reconstructing the past such as documents,
  letters, diaries, maps, photos and others.

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Materials

• Food samples
• Letters
• Maps
• Craft material
• Library Books
• Pictures

• Globe
• Movie
• Costumes
• Pen
• Paper
• Web sites

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Utilize Media and Materials

• Day 1
• Watch a movie
• Explain a brief history about the early
  pioneers.
• Use globe and maps to show regions and areas
  settled.
• Allow students to look at different internet
  websites.
• Day 2
• Tasting food samples
• Class discussion
• Playing game
• Listening to music

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Utilize Media and Materials

• Day 3
• Reading of short biographies
• Looking at pictures
• Class Discussion
• Writing a letter
• Work on Show and Tell project
• Day 4
• Students will come dressed in costumes.
• Class Discussion
• Making a timeline
• Work on Show and Tell project

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Utilize Media and Materials

• Day 5
• Class Presentations
• Brief Class Discussion

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Require Learner Participation

• Movies
• Games
• Pictures
• Food samples
• Craft projects

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Evaluate and Revise

• Class Participation
• Letters
• Timelines
• Presentations
• show and tell project