HAZLETON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT
DISTRICT UNIT/LESSON PLAN
Teacher Name :
Renee Wetterau
Subject : Social Studies
Start Date(s):
April
Grade Level (s): 4
Building :Drums
Unit Plan
Unit Title: an educational unit title summarizes content across several lessons that establishes and reinforces certain skills and essential knowledge for grade levels and
content areas.
Unit 6 Pennsylvania Leads the Way
Essential Questions: Essential questions are concept in the form of questions. Questions suggest inquiry. Essential questions are organizers and set the focus for the
lesson or unit. Essential questions are initiators of creative and critical thinking. Essential questions are conceptual commitments focusing on key concepts implicit in the
curriculum
 Where is the Ohio River Valley, and why was it important?
 What were the events leading up to the French and Indian War?
 What effects did the war have on PA?
 What is Pontiacs War?
 Who was Pontiac?
 What was the battle of Bushy Run?
 What are the names of the forts built in western PA?
 Why did Native Americans join forces with the French during the French and Indian War?
 What was the result of the French and Indian War?
 What was the Proclamation of 1763?
 What 3 nations claimed land in North America in 1763?
 What qualities made Pontiac an effective leader?
 What were the effects of the Stamp Act?
 What goods were affected by the Stamp Act?
 What did the First Continental Congress achieve?
 What was the Townshend Act?
 How did Ben Franklin persuade colonists to fight for liberty?
Standards: PA Core Standards, PA Academic Standards/Anchors (based on subject)
CC1.2.4.D Compare and contrast an event or topic told from two different points of view.
CC1.2.4.A Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key detail; summarize the text
CC. 1.2.4.B Refer to details and examples in text to support what the text says explicitly and make inferences.
CC1.2,4.C Explain events, procedures, ideas or concepts in a text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.
Summative Unit Assessment : Test
Summative Assessment Objective
Students will-demonstrate and understanding of the conflicts caused by the
French moving into the Ohio Valley and the ways the colonists help bring this
country to war to have our freedom.
Assessment Method (check one)
____ Rubric ___ Checklist __X__ Unit Test ____ Group
____ Student Self-Assessment
____ Other (explain)
Day
Objective (s)
Students will identify and explain
the importance of the Ohio River
Valley and why it caused conflict
between British and French.
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Activities / Teaching Strategies
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Students will explain the effects of
the French and Indian War and
Pontiacs War.
Students will identify and explain
the importance of the Ohio River
Valley and why it caused conflict
between British and French.
Define in notebook: siege, ally, treaty, add
the time line on page 158
Parliament
Read text 152-158
Complete lesson one in note packets.
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Check lesson one note packet.
Complete open book quiz in class
Grouping
DAILY PLAN
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Materials / Resources
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Text
Notebook
Note packets
Assessment of Objective (s)
Formative-what stuck with you
SummativeStudent Self - Assessment-
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Notebook
Quiz chapter 6 lesson 1
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FormativeSummative- quiz page
Student Self - Assessment-
Students will explain the effects of
the French and Indian War and
Pontiacs War.
3
Students will locate the original 13
colonies on a map.
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Distribute Colonial America packets
Color the New England, Middle, Southern
colonies
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Packets
Texts
Notebook
FormativeSummative-
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Complete a word search about 13 colonies
Play sparkle to spell Colonies
Play song about 13 colonies
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Define: tax, petition, boycott, liberty, militia,
delegate, Stamp Act, Townshend Act in
notebooks
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Students will read in packets about the
colonial schools
Students will write colonial manuscript
Students will listen to “School Days” song
Students will define vocabulary
related to Chapter 6 content.
Students will read orally to
understand school life for colonial
students in the mis 1700’s.
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Student Self - AssessmentSummative- Quiz in class
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Computer
Colonial America packet
FormativeSummative-
Student Self - Assessment- check
writing and label success
5
Students will trace the sequence of
events that led to the conflict
between Britain and its colonies.
2
Students will explain the effects of
the Stamp Act.
1
Students will explain the
accomplishments of the first
Continental Congress.
Students will trace the sequence
of events that led to the conflict
between Britain and its colonies.
6
Students will explain the effects of
the Stamp Act.
Students will explain the
accomplishments of the first
Continental Congress.
Students will read and discuss the
colonial jobs that were available in
the mid 1700’s.
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Students will read text 160-162
Complete questions on 162 in notebook
Complete study guide packets
Text
Notebook
Stud yguide packet
FormativeSummative- what stuck with you?
Student Self – Assessment-
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2
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Check study guide packets
Send take home quiz home
Watch Liberty’s Kids #1 and #2
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Text
Take home
Computer
Ypu tube Liberty’s Kids
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FormativeSummativeQuiz
Student Self - Assessment-
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Students will complete a scavenger
hunt with a partner to review the
chapter content.
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Read and discuss colonial packets about
occupations
Students complete scavenger hunt about
colonial America
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Packets
Scavenger hunt cards
notebook
Summative- Chapter 6 Test