Lesson Plan #3: Integrating Language Arts &

Social Studies

Grade: 5
Social Studies Strand: History
Submitted By: Jana Cantos

EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science
Nevada State College Spring 2014
Instructor: Karen Powell

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B. Summary of the Lesson Plan:
This is a 5
th
grade history lesson that teaches how the first people came to the Americas,
where they settled, and how they lived. This lesson uses the Houghton Mifflin Social Studies
textbook United States History (p. 40-43)
C. Basic Information:
Grade Level: 5th grade
Time to Complete this Lesson: Approximately 50 minutes
Groupings: Whole group (reading and discussion), individual (create an Ancient
Pueblo dwelling)
D. Materials:
Vocabulary, KWL chart, & Homework/Study Guide and Skill and Strategy sheets (Unit
Resources pgs. 12 & 13) for each student (sample at the bottom of TE 38 & 43)
Houghton Mifflin 5sth Grade Social Studies Book: United States History (p. 40-43) for
each student
Paper and pencils

E. Objectives:
o NV State Social Studies Standards
H1.5.3 Discuss the interactions of early explorers with native cultures.
o Student-Friendly Standards
I can discuss the interactions of early explorers with native cultures.
F. Vocabulary
glacier noun a mass that moves slowly over land.
migration noun movement of people or animals from one region to another.
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agriculture noun growing plants fro food; farming.
Civilization noun a culture with cities, a government, and many different jobs for
people to do.
Pueblo noun a town
G. Procedure:
1. Start with Get Set to Read in TE page 38.
Students look at images on pages 38-39, teacher asks, what do you think
this lesson is about?
Ask students what a land bridge between two continents might look like.
What reasons might people have to go from one continent to the other?
Explain Skill and Strategy Sheet, students fill out sheet as they read.
Introduce vocabulary glacier, migration, agriculture, civilization, pueblo.

2. Class reads pages 38-43 together, pausing to answer question in TE margin talk about
it.
3. Students record in the chart while reading.
4. Teacher will gage understanding by asking questions in the talk about it section in TE
page 42.
How long did ancient Pueblo civilization last?
When did the ancient Pueblo leave their villages? Where did they go?
What were some of the accomplishments of the Aztec civilization?
5. Teacher shows students pictures and paintings of Ancient Pueblo (Strategy from
Integrating Language Arts & Social Studies, #11 Connecting with the visual arts).
6. Students create an Ancient Pueblo dwelling using the information from this chapter
and the internet with teacher guidance.
H. Assessment:
What will you use to measure student understanding?
I will use the lesson review section in TE page 43 to measure student understanding.

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Explain how you will know students understand the concepts from the lesson.
I will know if the students comprehend and can discuss the interactions of early
explorers with native cultures by their answers to the questions during discussions while
reading and their answers the lesson review section.
I. Closure:
Review the lesson by completing a KWL chart as a class


J. Reflection:
1. Which part of the lesson do you think will be the easiest for you to teach?
I believe the easiest part of the lesson to teach will be the using the KWL chart to
review/close the lesson.
2. Which part will be most challenging for you to teach?
I believe the most challenging part of the lesson to teach will be the facts about
the Pueblos.
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3. How will you follow up or extend this lesson?
I would have the students write a paper based upon the dwelling they created.
4. What can you do for students who dont grasp the concepts?
I would have the students work in partners (one high and one low)and write
question based upon the lessons.
5. Which part of the lesson, if any, do you think might need to change?
6. I dont think I would change any part of the lesson. This lesson is simple and does a
good job describing some important civilizations that developed in North America

7. When you were writing this lesson plan, what was the most difficult part?
The most difficult part of writing this lesson was integrating a strategy from
Integrating Language Arts & Social Studies.
8. Explain the strategy from Integrating Language Arts & Social Studies that you
included in this lesson plan.
Strategy #11, Connecting With the Visual Arts. This strategy uses visual arts to clarify
and provide several viewpoints for the lesson.