Amy Velasquez

Thematic Topic: Holidays

Time frame Five days

Essential How have holidays celebrated today originate? How different are they in the present than from the past?
Question

Standards ​ erspectives
STATE​: P
(state and
national) SS.H.2.3​: Describe how significant people, events, and developments have shaped their own community and region.

NATIONAL: Culture

Social studies programs should include experiences that provide for the study of culture and cultural diversity.

Objectives and Content Objectives Language Objectives Vocabulary

Vocabulary Students will be able to understand how Students will be able to orally describe holiday
the holidays have changed over time to similarities and difference from how history
the present day they celebrate or have head of them to
the way the holiday used to be family
celebrated culture

People, Places, People Places Events

& Events -Valentine’s Day
-4th of July
-Halloween
-Thanksgiving
-Christmas
Assessments Diagnostic Formative Summative
Students will be asked Students will be given an Students will be asked a similar question from the start of all the
what they have heard exit slip at the end of class lessons. They will be asked what they know about each Holiday to
about each Holiday in the middle of the week. see how much information they have taken in and compare it to
before we begin It will ask facts about their knowledge from the start.
discussing each recently taught holiday
individual one. histories. It will be used to
see what methods worked
for the students and which
didn’t.

Lesson Plan Overview

Course Name: __3rd grade history______________ Class Period: ___11-12pm _______

Week of: _12/14/2020__________________ Name: __Holidays Overtime______________

Instructional Unit Essential Question:

Activities: M T W Th F
Lecture/discussion / / / / / Monday:
Demo/modeling Who was the first to celebrate Valentine's
Simulation day?
Group work / /
Oral presentation / Tuesday
Guided practice Why do we celebrate the 4th of July?
Lab
Reading Study Guides/ / / / / /
Workbooks
Media Center Wednesday:
Materials: What is the origin of Halloween?
Graphic Organizer
Paper/Markers /
Text Book Thursday​:
SmartBoard / / / / / What is different about thanksgiving that
started in the past but doesn’t really happen in
Evaluation:
the present?
Written response / / / / /
Oral response / / / / /
Quiz Friday
Test How has Christmas changed over time?
Special considerations​:
Preferential Seating Copy of notes if needed
Tutoring Sessions Study guides if needed
Daily agenda
Extended time on tests if needed

Resources Needed:

A computer to show the videos of the history behind the holidays

writing utensils
worksheets to match each holiday and its history

1. How does your thematic unit apply appropriate pedagogy and best practices are used for the instruction of English learners? (Tasks
1.1 and 1.2)
The students are able to see visuals as well as read along to what they are learning. Students will be able to share with one another
based on previous experiences. There is no right or wrong when sharing with the class.
2. How are the materials used in your thematic unit culturally, linguistically, and developmentally appropriate for English learners?
(Task 2)
 They are appropriate by incorporating culturally by giving the student a chance to connect to the material using their own experience
in their culture with the holiday. They are appropriate, linguistically, by allowing the student to read as individuals and at their own
pace. They are appropriate, developmentally, by challenging a student to use what they have just learned onto further material like fill
in the blanks or matching. They are taking what they learned and advancing it by organizing certain information. How do the learning
activities in your thematic unit use English learners’ prior knowledge and primary language? (Tasks 3.1 and 3.2)
The students are able to compare to their own experience based on their culture. They are able to use that as a connection and apply it
to what they will learn on the certain holiday.
3. How do the teaching strategies in your thematic unit integrate and develop English learners’ academic English in reading, writing,
listening and speaking? (Task 4)
Students read factual information on the history of holidays. The students then take what they read and incorporate it in a writing
activity. The student is asked to listen to their fellow classmates share as well as them sharing out loud what they interpret.
4. What assessment tools and techniques are included in your thematic unit to measure English learners’ academic achievement? (Task
5)
The assessments included are oral. Students will be put to the test by challenging themselves and reading certain material out loud to
the class or with a partner.
5. What are the benefits of multilingualism? (Task 6) The benefits of multilingualism vary. Students are able to feel perhaps a little less
stressed with certain material as they get the hang of a language they are having difficulty with. It provides one with many
opportunities in a job. Students are also able to help parents at home who might struggle more than them.
6. How does your thematic unit incorporate English learners’ cultural and linguistic assets into the classroom? (Task 6)