Name: Shannon Hopson
Curriculum Unit
Plan:
Subject Area:
Social Studies
Grade Level: 5th
Unit Title: Colonial
America
Common Core
GLCE /HSCE-
METS-S
(focused on student using
technology)
OR
NETS-T
(focused on teachers using
technology)
Instructional
Objectives
(Must contain a
performance)
Tools and Resources
Three R's
K1.5 Understand social
problems, social structure,
institutions, class, groups, and
interaction.
Design and Develop Digital-
Age Learning Experiences
and Assessments
Teachers design, develop, and
evaluate authentic learning
experiences and assessments
incorporating contemporary
tools and resources to
maximize content learning in
context and to develop the
knowledge, skills, and
attitudes identified in the
NETSS. Teachers:
a. design or adapt relevant
learning experiences that
incorporate digital tools and
resources to promote student
learning and creativity
Working on a teacher
created QR
scavenger hunt
students will define
in their own words
the terms revolution,
reaction, reform.
iPad, kindle
fire, or other
Smart devices.
Paper and
pencils
3 print outs of
each QR code
Teacher
created
worksheet for
each student
Teaching
channel
graphic
organizers for
definitions
13 Colonies
5 U2.3.1 Locate the New
England, Middle, and Southern
colonies on a map.
(National Geography Standard 3
p. 148)
5 U2.1.2 Describe significant
developments in the New
England colonies, including
religious tensions in
Massachusetts that led to the
establishment of other colonies
in
New England (National
Geography Standard 13, p. 169
C, E)
5 U2.1.3 Describe significant
developments in the Middle
Colonies, including the Dutch
settlements in New Netherlands,
Quaker settlement in
Pennsylvania, and
subsequent English takeover of
the Middle Colonies
5 U2.1.1 Describe significant
developments in the Southern
colonies, including establishment
of Jamestown (National
Geography Standard 4, p. 150)
development of one-crop
economies (plantation land use
and growing season for rice in
Carolinas and tobacco in
Virginia) (National Geography
Model digital age work and
learning
Teachers exhibit knowledge,
skills, and work processes
representative of an innovative
professional in a global and
digital society.
a. Demonstrate fluency in
technology systems
and the transfer of current
knowledge to new
technologies and situations
Using a teacher
created Smart
Notebook activity
students will identify
the geographic
location and name
the New England,
Middle, and
Southern colonies.
Computers
with Smart
Notebook
Standard 11, p. 164)
relationships with American
Indians (e.g., Powhatan)
(National
Geography Standard 10, p. 162)
A Day in the Life
5 U2.3.3 Describe colonial life
in America from the perspectives
of at least three different groups
of people
(e.g., wealthy landowners,
farmers, merchants, indentured
servants, laborers and the poor,
women, enslaved people, free
Africans, and American Indians).
(National Geography Standard
6, p. 154)
5. RI.2. use digital tools to
find, organize, analyze,
synthesize, and evaluate
information
Using the teacher
created Web Quest
activity; students will
evaluate the life,
occupation, and home
of a colonial family.
Students will answer
specific questions
throughout the search
Teacher made
Web Quest
Computers
Teacher
created Web
Quest
worksheet
Paper and
Pencils
Colonial Comic
5 U2.3.2 Describe the daily life
of people living in the New
England, Middle, and Southern
colonies. (National Geography
Standards 14 and 15; pp. 171
and 173)
[Link].3. use a variety of
media and formats to create
and edit products (e.g.,
presentations, newsletters,
brochures, web pages) to
communicate information and
ideas to various audiences
Using the Comic Life
Lite App students will
create an illustration
about life in one of the
three geographical areas
of Colonial America.
.
Maps and
artwork of
colonial
regions.
Picture
analysis
worksheets.
iPad, Android
media device,
or computer
with Comic
Life software
Large
envelopes
Computer or
other internet
capable media
device
Colony Commercial
5 U2.1.1 Describe significant
developments in the Southern
colonies
5 U2.1.3 Describe significant
developments in the Middle
Colonies
5 U2.1.2 Describe significant
developments in the New
England colonies
[Link].2. use a variety of
technology tools and
applications to demonstrate
his/her creativity by creating
or modifying
works of art, music, movies, or
presentations
Using the information
and materials collected
through the unit,
students will create an
iMovie commercial to
attract new settlers to
their colony.
iPads, Kindles,
or other digital
recording
devices such
as cameras
with video
recording
capabilities
Computers
with Microsoft
Research
collected
throughout the
unit
Student
provided
costumes
(optional)
