Unit 4 Plan - 5th Social Studies

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Brenham ISD Unit Plan

Colonial Leaders (7 Days)

Social Studies / 5th

What do we want students to know and be able to do?

Step 1: Identify the essential standards for the unit.

Essential Standards

Supporting Standards

5.1 The student understands the reasons for and the role of key people in the European colonization of North America beginning in 1565, the founding of St. Augustine.

What are the specific learning targets (bite-sized pieces of learning) that lead to students being able to accomplish the unit goals?

Step 2: Unwrap the essential TEKS.

Learning Targets (Student Objectives)

What should students know and be able to do?

(Information, processes, concepts, main ideas that students must know or understand)

(Performance, skills, or actions students must do or demonstrate)

Big Ideas: Students will know and be able to do:

Conduct research on Important Colonial People roles and accomplishments (William Bradford, Anne Hutchinson, William Penn, John Smith, and Roger Williams)

Complete project displaying artwork and presentation of pivotal life events, cultural facts and accomplishments of important colonial leaders. (William Bradford, Anne Hutchinson, William Penn, John Smith, and Roger Williams)

What academic language / vocabulary should students acquire and use?

(Include the term and definition)

Colonist- a member of a colonizing expedition

Dissent- to take an opposing view

Governance- a method or system of governing and management

Settlement- a state of stability and permanence

Tolerance- the act of enduring

How will we know if they have learned it? (common summative assessment) Step 3: Discuss evidence of the end in mind - How will you know if students achieved these standards? What type of task could they perform or complete by the end of the unit? With what level of proficiency? With what type of problem or text (stimulus)? Could include exemplars or a rubric.
Students will demonstrate mastery of the unit by completing the following: Colonial Presentation Research Assignment
Where in the unit does it make sense to see if our students are learning what we are teaching? What evidence will we collect along the way? (common formative assessment) Step 4: Plan the timing for common formative assessments - As the team designs the plan, include the quality instructional practices that support high levels of student learning.
Sequential Plan for Unit Instruction and Monitoring Learning
Days Into Instruction		Common Formative Assessment (What are the formative checkpoints?)
7		Colonial Person Poster/ Gallery Walk
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