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Thiiteen 0iiginal Colonies: The Powei of Peispective
0veiview of the 0nit
This unit is intenueu to align with Califoinia State Stanuaius
foi Social Science, uiaue S. It seives as an in-uepth stuuy of
the thiiteen oiiginal 0niteu States colonies, emphasizing the
commonality anu uiffeiences shaieu by the iegions: New
Englanu, Niuule, anu South. The paiticulai aspects of
impoitance aie the colonies' political anu economical
motivations, coiiesponuing to theii social anu ieligious
chaiacteiistics. These objectives will be communicateu in
fifth-giaue fiienuly, acauemic language anu uiscouise. Ny intent is to avoiu unnecessaiy
abstiactions.

Stuuents will leain about the uiffeient uemogiaphics of the iegion anu ieau peisonal
accounts fiom vaiying peispectives: colonists, slaves, anu natives. Piioiity will be given to
inuiviuuals' stoiies to bettei equip stuuents to visualize anu empathize with the people of
this eia. This close stuuy will allow stuuents to skillfully gathei knowleuge anu foimulate
well-iounueu, caieful opinions about eaily Ameiica anu its people. I uesiie my stuuents to
leain the skill of uiffeientiating seveial point-of-views anu assigning values to multiple
peispectives. This unit will allow stuuents to obtain knowleuge about the time eia anu
fostei empathy foi otheis' woiluviews (even if they uon't paiticulaily agiee with them). I
S
uesiie my stuuents to be empathic, anu fuitheimoie, compassionate inuiviuuals, who can
see the woilu beyonu theii peisonal tiauitions anu ciicumstances.

I will measuie the success of this unit with a culminating pioject at the enu of the unit,
wheie stuuents will paiticipate in complex, collaboiative ieseaich of a paiticulai colonial
iegion anu piesent theii finuings thiough cieative meuiums.

The unit will be six weeks long, assuming that theie will be S houis foi social stuuies
instiuction each week: 1 houi on Nonuay, Weunesuay, anu Fiiuay. It will take place aftei
the foui-week unit of Ameiican exploiation anu leau into the eight-week, Ameiican
Revolution unit. Following will be a six-week Constitution unit anu a six-week post-18uu
unit, extenuing into the Civil Wai. This allows stuuents to have a quality founuation of
Ameiican Bistoiy, will be eniicheu in giaue eight.

Content
Stuuents will be challengeu to ask high-level questions thioughout the unit, which
emphasize anu examine peispective:
* Besciibe the geogiaphical featuies of each iegion anu uiscuss its significance in
contiibuting to the iegion's cultuie.
* Who weie the majoi inuiviuuals iesponsible foi founuing the oiiginal colonies - what
weie theii peisonal stoiies, theii motivation, anu theii puipose. Bow weie the iegions
categoiizeu. (CSS S.4.1 anu S.4.2)
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* Who weie the Natives locateu in the iegions. Examine theii peispective.
* Who weie the Puiitans. Bow uiu theii peispective impact the way they inteiacteu with
the woilu. Who was Naiy Rowlanuson. What uoes hei stoiy tell us about the Puiitan life.
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* Bow uiu the Fiist uieat Awakening piomote ieligious toleiance. What was the
movement. Who suppoiteu it. (CSS S.4.4) 5 !"#$"#%&"'( *&+,- &" #.$ 6%33($ 4&(&"%$-
* Examine the intiouuction to slaveiy into Ameiica thiough multiple peispectives incluuing
Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion. Bow uiu the institution become intentionally iacist.
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* Exploie questions that stuuents uevelop, with an emphasis of - Why is knowleuge of the
oiiginal colonies impoitant. Bow uoes peispective affect eveiything we uo.

values 0utcomes
Stuuents will be challengeu to consiuei the value of PERSPECTIvE thioughout this unique,
puipose-uiiven unit. Stuuents will begin the unit with a conveisation about peispective;
stuuents will cieate a class uefinition of the woiu, which will be hung on a bannei to
stimulate the leaining thioughout the unit (see Intiouuctoiy Activities). Insteau of
following the beaten path of teaching extensively about what people woie oi wheie they
liveu oi woikeu, this unit inspiies stuuents to leain about the stoiies of ieal, common
people of the peiiou anu consiuei how theii woiluview shapeu theii entiie lives. Stuuents
will uevelop social-emotional intelligence as they exploie the motivations anu intentions
behinu the histoiy of these lives anu stoiies, as well as thiough the ianging peispectives of
theii peeis thiough the ongoing collaboiative small-gioup team meetings anu piojects.
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The stuuents will began to iuentify how theii own peispective shapes theii peisonal lives.

vocabulaiy
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These teims aie embeuueu in the couise. Explicit instiuction of key vocabulaiy peitaining
to the instiuctional week will be intiouuceu in each intiouuctoiy session (see outline). The
ioutine will always be the same. We will exploie the woiu, uefine it, use it in a sentence,
uiaw a pictuie of it, anu act it out (if possible).
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Plantation

BEFINITI0N
A large area of land where crops are
grown and cared for by workers who
live there.
SENTENCE
The slaves picked cotton all day on the
plantation.


PICT0RE
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Room Enviionment
The ioom enviionment will eniich the leaining expeiience thiough a bulletin boaiu uisplay
anu a physical, hanus-on, inteiactive leaining station. Thioughout the unit, we will host
"Conveisation Ciicles" wheie we will push back oui tables anu foim a seateu ciicle in the
miuule of the classioom to exploie anu uiscuss meaningful topics.
Sketch:
This is a iough sketch of bulletin boaiu elements (featuiing vaiious images, oui class
uefinition of peispective, class-maue maps, chaits, anu woik thioughout the unit).

Sketch:
This leaining station is a iotating "Biscoveiy Coinei" with ieal objects, images, anu
uesciiptions ielating to the cuiient unit. Foi this unit, theie will be faiming tools
(uepenuing on matuiity of gioup), olu bibles, jouinals, clothing items, anu seveial ie-
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enactment photos with stuuent-fiienuly uesciiptions.







Collection of Realia
Faiming & Tiaue Tools (possible souice: yaiu sales, thiift stoie, family membeis)
Nock 17uu's Clothing (possible souice: thiift stoies, Balloween stoies, family
membeis)
0lu }ouinals, Banu-Naue Papei (possible souice: thiift stoies, ciaft stoies, yaiu
sales, family membeis)
Nuseum Loans (anything that can iesemble Colonial eia)
0lu Cookbooks (possible souice: thiift stoies, yaiu sales, inteinet, family membeis)
0lu Ciochet Neeules anu Yain (possible souice: ciaft stoies, yaiu sales, family
membeis)
0lu Banu Instiuments (possible souice: thiift stoies, yaiu sales, inteinet, family
membeis)
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Intiouuctoiy Activities
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This viueo is a gieat conveisation staitei foi this unit, as it emphasizes the powei of
peispective, thiough uiveise stuuents fiom an uiban setting. Each chilu uefines empathy
anu makes connections to how it uiiectly ielates to theii lives. Aftei viewing this viueo, the
class will sit in oui Conveisation Ciicle to uiscuss the powei of what we saw anu begin
uiscussing oui initial thoughts about "peispective". The teachei will fuithei the stuuents'
uefinition of peispective by piompting open-enueu questions to claiify anu enhance iueas -
but the majoiity of the ciitical-thinking will be uone by the class histoiians. As a class, we
will wiite oui uefinition of peispective on a laige piece of chait papei anu hang it in the
classioom to iefeience thioughout the unit. The teachei will challenge the stuuents to
keep asking themselves "What is hishei peispective." as we leain about ieal people in
Colonial Ameiica.
Souice: http:www.youtube.comwatch.v=icIl0uTEQn0
Nateiials: Piojectoi, Chait Papei, Naikeis
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This activity is unique because it also functions as a uiagnostic assessment foi geogiaphical
puiposes. Stuuents will woik with theii acauemic paiis. Each paii of stuuents will ieceive
a set of caius (each caiu iepiesenting one of the 1S colonies) anu a laige piece of folueu
chait papei so theie aie thiee uistinct columns (one foi New Englanu Colonies, Niuule
Colonies, & Southein Colonies). The stuuents will woik togethei, against the clock anu
theii classmates, to iuentify which colony belongs to which iegion. When time is up,
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stuuents will shaie theii posteis with the class anu justify theii uecisions (aligning with
CCSS foi speakinglistening). The teachei will mouel an accuiate example anu have
stuuents coiiect theii posteis. Now, the class has multiple posteis to access foi the
geogiaphy lesson. They weie kinesthetically involveu in iuentifying the iegion locations, so
they have maue a connection to the leaining.
Nateiials: Coloieu Note Caius, Tape, Chait Papei, Naikeis, Timei
Souice: Auapteu fiom Biittany uolbek's Peei Lesson, Westmont College (0nit: English
Settlements in the Ameiicas, Lesson: Compaiing the Colonies), 9262u1S

Relateu Liteiatuie
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This is my favoiite tiaue book to eniich this unit. The authoi is a winnei of the }ames
Nichenei Piize in Wiiting. Initially, the book looks like a stanuaiu textbook well
balanceu with text anu visuals. Bowevei, it is wiitten neaily conveisationally, with
acauemic woius anu abstiactions cleaily uefineu. Fifth-giaueis may be intimateu by the
small piint, but once they leain to navigate the text, they will be in foi an exciting ieau. I
will also ieau poitions of the text like a stoiy anu ciiculate the ioom in uiiect-instiuction
settings.
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Social Stuuies Alive techniques aie embeuueu thioughout this book of gieat, suppoiting
mateiials. I will use some of the compaiison chaits (New Englanu vs. Niuule Colonies, Pie-
anu Post- uieat Awakening) inteiactive jouinal piompts (enhancing peispective) foi
1u
iesponses to leaining.
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This book was maue foi giaues 1-4 foi small-gioup exploiation of colonial times, so many
of the activities (such as making colonial papei uolls) may be uevelopmentally
inappiopiiate foi the age gioup. Bowevei, I uo enjoy the pictuie caius of colonial eia
objects (which may be useu to enhance content vocabulaiy) anu occasional mock-jouinal
entiy (emphasizing peispective). Anothei possibility is to use some of the pictuies anu
coloiing sheets foi stuuents with intellectual uisabilities who may neeu moie conciete
images anu hanus-on connection (coloiing sheets, games, papei uolls).
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This book highlights some of the impoitant tiaues uuiing the Colonial Eia. The book
contains viviu, ciisp images of mouein people imitating colonial ciafts. I woulu uefinitely
use these visuals to enhance leaining.
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This book is a ie-make of a cookbook fiom the late 17uus. I woulu use this book to make
some authentic, colonial-inspiieu uishes foi oui enu-of-the-unit Piesentation Bay. (0i
pioviues paients the option). This woulu be a gieat way to celebiate all that we've leaineu
by making yet anothei connection. I woulu also allow inteiesteu stuuents to access this
book thioughout the unit.
Also Incluues:
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;($ !#-,($"$ E($%1.C"6 (Boston: BeufoiuSt. Naitin's, 1997)

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Beveloping Skills in ueogiaphy & Economics

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Stuuents will be able to iuentify the thiee
iegions: New Englanu, Niuule, Southein.
They will know the 1S oiiginal colonies (anu
majoi settlements) anu theii coiielating
piesent-uay, Ameiican states. Stuuents will
stuuy the geogiaphical makeup anu will be
able to uesciibe the climate, impoitant
physical featuies, anu natuial iesouices that
chaiacteiize each iegion.
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Stuuents will leain about economical
inteiest anu motivation, anu its integial pait
of each colonial iegion. They will leain
about the majoi inuustiies anu institutions
of each iegion. Stuuents will be challengeu
to make eviuence-baseu infeiences about
the value of money anu investments foi
uiffeient people gioups: Natives, Colonists,
Faimeis, Ciaftsmen, Neichants, Slaves, etc.

0se of Technology
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Teachei - This website is a gieat tool foi accessing meuia to suppoit this unit.
Theie aie seveial pictuies, viueos, anu auuio files to suppoit anu eniich leaining.
Stuuent - This website coulu seive as a station activity, "eaily-finisheis" activity, oi
foi at-home exploiation. Theie aie plenty of games, quizzes (e.g. "Woulu you have
suiviveu on the colony." quiz, myth-conceptions quiz, viueo uiaiies, anu panoiamic
views of what houses anu fielus lookeu like.)
Souice: http:www.pbs.oigwnetcolonialhouseinuex.html
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Foi stuuents who expiess inteiest in what it was like to be a chilu in Colonial times, I
will uiiect them to this website to uo some uiscoveiy (fosteiing ieseaich skills). The
foimat is simple anu accessible. Topics iange fiom schooling to choies.
Souice: http:libiaiy.thinkquest.oig}uu2611F

uuest SpeakeisFielu Tiips
Possible guest speakeis foi this unit:
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have extensive knowleuge anu access to exclusive uocuments anu tools. This guest speakei
coulu communicate about the impoitance of peispective thiough analyzing fiist anu
seconuhanu accounts. Beshe coulu spaik inteiest in the stuuents anu motivate them to
consiuei the exciting woik of a Bistoiian.
Bonus: We coulu leain inteiesting facts about the Colonial eia anu its people.
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community membei coulu easily ielate to my stuuents. Someone like Shiiley coulu talk
about the stoiies that have been passeu uown foi geneiations (emphasizing oial tiauition).
Shiiley has access to wiitten accounts of hei family histoiy, incluuing a slave naiiative. She
coulu communicate moie peisonal stoiies anu connect to the emotions of stuuents.



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Suppoit foi ESL Stuuents
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Seveial moues of leaining (featuiing the use of technology - images, viueo clips, sounu
bytes, etc.) aie embeuueu into the instiuctional stiategies. The teachei will suppoit ELLs
by making this technology accessible at all times, incluuing senuing home supplementaiy
mateiials. The teachei will fuithei accommouate the stuuent by biinging in ieal objects
(when applicable) anu making connections to the stuuent's piioi knowleuge anu cultuie.
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Each week of the unit begins with explicit vocabulaiy instiuction. The teachei will suppoit
ELLs in leaining the content vocabulaiy, by ievisiting key woius seveial times anu in
seveial ways. The teachei will teach the woiu, showuiaw a pictuie, uefine the woiu, use it
in a sentence, anu act it out eveiy time establishing a ioutine. The stuuents will complete
a foui-coinei giaphic oiganizei foi key woius oi concepts, which they will be encouiageu
to access thioughout the unit.
W0RB BEFINITI0N
SENTENCE PICT0RE

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Within the small-gioups, each ELL oi stuuent with a uisability will be stiategically paiieu
with a peei buuuy to assist them thioughout the unit. The peei buuuy will intentionally
check-in with the stuuent each class session anu team meeting to claiify instiuction,
suppoit, anu encouiage theii paitnei. This will also fostei positive class cultuie anu
community.

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Inteiuisciplinaiy Leaining
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Reauing anu wiiting content is embeuueu in the stuuy of social sciences. This content aiea
is peihaps the gieatest oppoitunity foi inteiuisciplinaiy leaining thioughout:
0sing woiu analysis to unueistanu vocabulaiy woius
0sing ieauing compiehension stiategies to engage seveial texts
Seveial wiiting oppoitunities (note-taking, inteiactive jouinals, team meetings,
iubiics, final pioject)
Speaking anu listening (visual uiscoveiy, small-gioup meetings, guest speakei,
piesentations)
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Science can be woven into this unit thiough teaching the ciafts of tiauesmen - like
faimingagiicultuie, apothecaiy, blacksmiths, anu biickmakeis. Stuuents coulu laboi anu
toil to giow theii own ciops (faiming) oi mix solutions (apothecaiy).
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Nathematics ties into this cuiiiculum, as stuuents will leain about economics, especially
while stuuying the Southein iegion (conceining economics). The teachei coulu also
foimulate woiu pioblems using Colonial vocabulaiy to pioviue anothei avenue foi
stuuents to ievisit the content.
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Theatie aits can enhance the leaining
thiough iole-play anu skits. Stuuents
expeiience the content in a new way by
becoming new chaiacteis anu embouying
theii paiticulai ioles anu peispective. It
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Nusic is a poweiful foi any anu all
ciicumstances. By incoipoiating music
into the instiuctional stiategies, stuuents
can make lasting connections to the
mateiial. The stuuents can leain a "1S
1S
thiough iole-play anu skits. Stuuents
expeiience the content in a new way by
becoming new chaiacteis anu embouying
theii paiticulai ioles anu peispective. It
makes the leaining moie accessible. The
teachei can oichestiate a culminating
theatiical expeiience, wiiting anu
ueliveiing a shoit skit, to biing the content
to life.
ciicumstances. By incoipoiating music
into the instiuctional stiategies, stuuents
can make lasting connections to the
mateiial. The stuuents can leain a "1S
0iiginal Colonies" song to help them
iemembei the names anu iesouices, oi
sing a hymn to ieminu them of the
expeiience anu peispective of a slave.



Nake & Take
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Stuuents will make a uual-minu poitiait ciaft using the five senses to compaie anu contiast
the peispective on Natives (one siue) & Puiitans (one siue) in New Englanu Colonies. The
activity will take place aftei whole-gioup instiuction. uiaueu foi completion.
("Nake & Take" Attacheu)







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Small-uioup Pioject
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This coopeiative leaining pioject will be pievieweu on the fiist-uay of the unit. The teachei
will use stiategic giouping (baseu on the stuuents' neeus) to foim six small-gioups. The
stuuents will meet with theii team weekly to collaboiate, combine notes, foimulate
questions, anu uiscuss what they aie leaining. This is valuable, time well spent as stuuents
who with absences aie pioviueu space to take owneiship anu catch up on what they
misseu, in a suppoitive enviionment. It also aligns with the "peispective" theme because
each stuuent is shaiing theii peispective anu leaining fiom otheis as they uiscuss the
leaining. It allows stuuents to ievisit the content in a uiffeient way, anu is peihaps
motivating as they have appiopiiate peei-peei inteiaction time. Stuuents shoulu always be
pioviueu with uiscussion staiteis (sentence-fiames) anu focus questions baseu off of the
weekly leaining mateiial (also a goou way foi the teachei ievisit confusing content). These
team meetings also function as a scaffolu foi the small-gioup assignment.

At the beginning of Week S, the teams will paiticipate in a culminating expeiience that
ueteimines which colony the gioup is assigneu to.

As a gioup, the teams will meet thioughout Week S to use all of theii leaining mateiials
anu knowleuge to uevelop a piesentation foi Week 6, Piesentation Bay. They will have
time to meet anu woik as a gioup (as outlineu, moie time pioviueu as neeueu). Each
piesentation must incluue a shoit-essay (S paiagiaphs: uesciibe the colony, uesciibe the
people gioup - focus on peispective, anu the significance of theii iole in the colony) anu a
meaningful aitistic iepiesentation of theii leaining (a shoit skit, a piece of collaboiative ait
woik, a biochuie, etc.) Each stuuent is expecteu to contiibute in a significant way.
Inuiviuuals (self-assess), gioup membeis (peei-assess), anu teachei (confeience) will
monitoi foi accountability.

The stuuents will piesent both iequiieu elements of theii coopeiative leaining gioup on
Piesentation Bay. The teachei anu paients can biing in Colonial-eia inspiieu foou. We will
celebiate the leaining by ieflecting about oui expeiience anu self-evaluating foi
homewoik.

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* Team meetings thioughout the unit (auuiesses absences, "peispective", scaffolu, goou
time foi stuuent-teachei confeiences - especially with ELLs anu stuuents with uisabilities)
* 0nit ieview game to pick topics
* Piesentation must have collaboiative wiiting piece anu aitistic iepiesentation
* In-class pioject woik uays
* Celebiatoiy, Piesentation Bay (paients inviteu)
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Finisheu Piouuct foi Classioom Bisplay
Aitistic iepiesentations fiom the expeit gioup piesentations will be placeu aiounu the
ioom to seive as peimanent ieminueis of the teamwoik anu leaining in oui classioom.

Culminating Expeiience
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Stuuents will woik in theii small-gioups foi this activity. Each team will uiaw a Colonial
iegion out of a hat anu have 2u-Su minutes to use any notes, hanuouts, jouinals, oi
ieflections to cieate anu wiite a iealistic skit that iepiesents theii iegion. They will have
access to a giab bag of costumes anu objects. Each skit must incoipoiate oi mention the
iegion's founuei, iesouices, anu people gioups. The skit must also contain the woiu
%"#$%"&'()" at some point. At the enu of the allotteu time, each gioup will shaie theii skit
with the class. We will celebiate anu uebiief the activity by uiscussing as a whole gioup
what we noticeu (pointing out vocabulaiy woius oi use of peispective). We will talk about
elements of the skit that weie tiue anu
not tiue to the time peiiou. This activity
will be a useful intiouuction anu
scaffolu to Pioject Week (Week S).




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Assessment
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Infoimal Assessment with ueogiaphy uame (see Intiouuctoiy Activities & Skill-Builueis)
The teachei will evaluate each gioup postei anu take ianuom anecuotal notes on
misconceptions.
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Infoimal, Anecuotal Notes
The teachei will take anecuotal notes on two uiffeient stuuents eveiy leaining expeiience,
ueteimining theii engagement, gioup paiticipation, anu questions.
Self & Peei Evaluations foi uioup WoikTeam Neetings
Bi-weekly (beginning with Week 1 to set expectations anu mouel) - stuuents will complete
a self-evaluation anu gioup-evaluation to monitoi theii piogiess anu keep stuuents
accountable foi theii leaining. (Sample Rubiics Attacheu)
Piivate Confeiences
The teachei will host piivate confeiences uuiing the small-gioup meeting sessions to check
in with stuuents anu pioviue them with oial feeuback.
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uioup Piesentations
0n Piesentation Bay, stuuents will piesent theii colonies anu topics to the gioup, via
wiiting anu aitistic iepiesentation. The teachei will evaluate the final piouuct foi effoit
anu meaningful connections to the unit content. The teachei will also iefeience the peei
anu small-gioup iubiicsfeeuback to infoim the final giaue. (Sample Rubiic Attacheu)
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Poitfolio Reflections
Stuuents will choose S samples of theii best anu favoiite woik fiom the unit anu wiite a
ieflection to attach with it foi theii poitfolios. Theie ieflections must incluue:
1. Why uiu you choose this sample.
2. Bow uoes this sample iepiesent youi leaining.
S. What was youi stiategy foi completing this assignment.
4. Bow woulu you uo this assignment uiffeiently if you coulu ie-uo it.
Enu-of-0nit Test
Stuuents will take an enu-of-unit wiiting exam to uemonstiate what they've leaineu. They
will have S piompts to choose one fiom. The teachei will evaluate using a iubiic. The
teachei will celebiate gieat wiiting by anonymously ieauing selecteu phiases fiom the
stuuents' tests.
(Rubiic & Exam Attacheu)









2u
Paient Lettei !#")("4O
Stuuents spenu a significant amount of time each uay in
school. Behinu eveiy excellent euucation is suppoit anu
community. When a chilu feels safe, caieu foi, anu
challengeu to take iisks, theii oppoitunity foi giowth
exponentially incieases! Theiefoie, I uesiie each anu
eveiy family to be valuable, active membeis of theii
stuuent's leaining anu giowth honing, shaipening, anu
pioviuing space foi piacticing the skills that aie
ueveloping in the classioom. This can only be accomplisheu thiough fosteiing open
communication anu paitneiship. Theiefoie, I have attacheu a paient lettei that will be sent
home along with the past unit's exam anu signatuie space, to ensuie it is ieau.

Public Relations
Positive public ielations have the powei to open uoois to moie oppoitunities, extenu anu
celebiate the leaining, anu piomoteauvocate foi the stuuents anu teachei.
B:%)- F0%"H%(7)= - Auministiation, paients, family, anu local classiooms of the same
giaue level (piefeiably stuuying Colonial times) will be inviteu to heai fiom oui guest
speakei(s).
(See uuest Speakeis)
!(%)%A-"-#6A Z"1 - This is an oppoitunity to celebiate the entiie unit. Auministiation,
paients, anu family membeis aie inviteu to attenu oui small-gioup piesentations.

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Acknowleugements
U66H)

A Bistoiy of 0S:
Naking Thiiteen
Colonies (16uu-
174u) by }oy
Bakim

Social Stuuies
Alive (Inteiactive
}ouinal) by TCI

Colonial
Ameiica:
Coopeiative
Leaining
Activities by
Naiy Stiohl anu
Susan Schneck

Bistoiic
Communities:
Colonial Ciafts
by Bobbie
Kalman

The Fiist
Ameiican
Cookbook: A
Facsimile of
"Ameiican
Cookeiy," 1796
by Amelia
Simmons

+%Q)#-%)

"What is Empathy." viueo
Website:
http:www.youtube.comwatch.v=icIl0uTEQn0

PBS Colonial Bouse Inteiactive Bistoiy Website
Website:
http:www.pbs.oigwnetcolonialhouseinuex.html

Cieating Rubiics:
http:iubistai.4teacheis.oig
V%))6A)

Biittany
uolbek's Peei
Lesson,
Westmont
College (0nit:
English
Settlements in
the Ameiicas,
Lesson:
Compaiing the
Colonies),
9262u1S

Rachel
Winslow, "The
Black Family in
Slaveiy anu
Fieeuom"
lectuie, ;($'-#C
R (Westmont,
Fall 2u12)
Novembei 2,
2u12.



Piimaiy Bocuments:
Naiy Rowlanuson, L:" H-)"#"(0/'C ./6 J--6/"$$ -F J-6* L-0"':"# 4(': ':" M.(':F21/"$$ -F
;($ !#-,($"$ E($%1.C"6 (Boston: BeufoiuSt. Naitin's, 1997)

Baiiiet }acobs, =/&(6"/'$ (/ ':" N(F" -F . H1.)" J(#1 (Lonuon: Penguin Books, 2uuu)
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"Reuuceu" 0nit
This unit coulu be ieuuceu to function as seven
sepaiate sessions, which can occui in any 1-2 houi
session of the uay. Biiven by peispective, this
ieuuceu unit focuses on each Colonial iegion anu
its populai people gioups. The ioutine foi each
uay is similai stuuents pieview vocabulaiy anu
iegion attiibutes, anu leain about the founueis,
key people, anu tiaues of the iegion. Each session
enus with an inteiactive jouinal entiy fiom the TCI
Social Stuuies Alive hanubook. The missing
element is the ongoing small-gioup meetings,
guest speakeis, anu Piesentation Bay, which
woulu iequiie moie piepaiation, scaffolus, anu
time than is allotteu.







Focus Weeks 1Week Session
1) Connections to
Past 0nit &
Intiouuction to
New 0nit
* Intiouuction to
0nit
* Pieview Theme -
I(6"-* S@:.' ($
5,%.':CTU
* Pieview Key
vocabulaiy
* ueogiaphy uame
2) New Englanu
Colonies
* Region Attiibutes
* Founueis
* People
* Tiaues

Peispective:
Puiitans & Natives
S) Niuule Colonies * Region Attiibutes
* Founueis
* People
* Tiaues

Peispective:
Quakeis,
uoveinment
0fficials
4) Beep South
Colonies
* Region Attiibutes
* Founueis
* People
* Tiaues

Peispective:
Plantation 0wneis
& Slaves
S) Pioject Week * "Expeiiential
Leaining" Activity
* Bebiief
6) Review & Enu of
0nit
* Review uame
* Test
2S
Focus Weeks Nonuay Weunesuay Fiiuay
1) Connections to
Past 0nit &
Intiouuction to New
0nit
Bay 0ne
* Intiouuction to
0nit
* Pieview Theme -
I(6"-* S@:.' ($
5,%.':CTU
* Pieview Key
vocabulaiy
* Pieview Small-
uioup Pioject,
Assign uioups
Bay Two
* Pievious 0nit
Connections &
Review - "Wheie aie
we now."
* I($2.1 E($&-)"#C
* Foimulate
Biscoveiy Questions
foi the 0nit
Bay Thiee
* Infoimal,
Biagnostic
Assessment - S3.,"
':" <"0(-/U HB(11Q
V2(16"# J.,"
* Regions
* ueogiaphy
* S!#"Q<".6(/0
?&'()('CU
2) New Englanu
Colonies
Bay Foui
* vocabulaiy
* Region Attiibutes
* Founueis
* People
* Tiaues
Bay Five
!%()0%9-#S%:
* Natives vS.
Puiitans
* S9.B" W L.B"U
?&'()('C
Bay Six
!%()6A"J F-6(1:
* Naiy Rowlanuson

* Team Neeting
S) Niuule Colonies Bay Seven
* vocabulaiy
* Region Attiibutes
* Founueis
* People
* Tiaues
Bay Eight
!%()0%9-#S%;
* uieat Awakening

* Team Neeting
Bay Nine
* Life foi Kius
* Connections to
New Englanu
Colonies
* =/'"#.&'()" D-2#/.1
4) Southein Colonies Bay Ten
* vocabulaiy
* Region Attiibutes
* Founueis
* People
* Tiaues
Bay Eleven
!%()6A"J F-6(1;
* Nathaniel Bacon's
Rebellion

* Team Neeting
Bay Twelve
* Extenueu Session

!%()0%9-#S%;
* Slaveiy

B:%)- F0%"H%(
S) Pioject Week Bay Thiiteen
* "Expeiiential
Leaining" Activity
(Colonial Role-play)
* Bebiief
* @#('(/0 ?&'()('C
Bay Fouiteen
Pioject Woik Bay
* @#('(/0 ?&'()('C
Bay Fifteen
Pioject Woik Bay
* @#('(/0 ?&'()('C
6) Review & Enu of
0nit
Bay Sixteen
!(%)%A-"-#6A Z"1
* Extenueu Session
* "7-1-/(.1 !-'12&BU
E.C
* Stuuy uuiue
Bay Seventeen
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@%DJ%9-#6A)
Bay Eighteen
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0utline 0veiview:

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1-2 Bis. S Wk. 6 Wks.

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Week 0ne

1. |TA-(65:9-#6A` (See Intiouuctoiy Activities) Stuuents will watch a viueo about
empathypeispective. Aftei viewing this viueo, we will sit in oui Conveisation Ciicle to
uiscuss the powei of what we saw anu begin uiscussing oui initial thoughts about
"peispective". As a class, we will wiite oui uefinition of peispective on a laige piece of
chait papei anu hang it in the classioom to iefeience thioughout the unit. I will challenge
the stuuents to keep asking themselves "What is hishei peispective." as we leain about
ieal people in Colonial Ameiica. We will pieview key vocabulaiy: iegion, climate,
iesouices, New Englanu, Niuule, anu South via giaphic oiganizeis (see vocabulaiy). The
teachei will assign stiategic coopeiative leaining gioups that will continue foi the uuiation
of the unit. The teachei will pieview the enu-of-the-unit pioject anu uiscuss the
impoitance of collaboiation anu teamwoik.

2. |*+,%(% "(% ^% A6^23` The class will ieview anu make connections to the pievious
unit. This will leau into a visual Biscoveiy activity foi the new unit (see Applying Social
Stuuies Techniques). Stuuents will meet with theii teams to foimulate uiscoveiy questions
in theii jouinals foi the unit, baseu on theii inteiests.

S. |B%6$("0,1` Stuuents will woik in theii acauemic paiis anu iace against the clock to
play S3.," ':" <"0(-/U - a Skill-Builuei activity (see Intiouuctoiy Activities, see Applying
SST) to visually iepiesent a map of the 1S colonies, accoiuing to theii iegion. Stuuents will
ieaiiange theii map, as necessaiy.

The teachei will ievisit geogiaphical vocab. The teachei will mouel seaiching thiough the
text to leain infoimation about each iegion. The stuuents will get into theii small-gioup
teams anu the teachei will ianuomly assign iegions. The stuuents will woik togethei to
navigate anu pie-ieau the text (using images, maps, anu captions as clues) to leain about
theii specific iegion. Each gioup will iecoiu anu piesent S things they noticeu (as
statements oi questions). Stuuents will auu moie questions they have about the
unitcontent to theii Language Aits "Wonueiings anu Wanueiings" jouinal (an
inteiuisciplinaiy tie-in to allow moie time foi Social Stuuies).





2S
Week Two

4. |TA-(65:9-#6A -6 ?%^ .A$J"A5` Stuuents will leain key vocabulaiy peitaining to New
Englanu colonies. The stuuents will fiist stuuy the iegion's attiibutes, using seveial visuals
peitaining to fishing cultuie. Stuuents will leain about the founueis anu theii motivations.
The stuuents will leain about the people gioups that inhabiteu the lanu anu theii tiaues.

S. |!%()0%9-#S%; ?"-#S%) S)a !:(#-"A)` Stuuents will leain about local Natives
(Wampanoag) anu Puiitans of New Englanu. They will consiuei the gioups' peispectives of
the lanu anu of each othei. The stuuents will complete a uual-minu poitiait (see "Nake &
Take") conceining the senses that will be hung aiounu the ioom foi the uuiation of the
unit.

6. |!%()6A"J F-6(1; G"(1 @6^J"A5)6A` Stuuents will be inviteu into the life of Naiy
Rowlanuson. We will ieau poitions of hei oiiginal captuie naiiative anu consiuei hei
peispective as a Puiitan anu Ninistei's wife (as well as the auuience she is wiiting foi - to
make a inteiuisciplinaiy connection with ieauing). We will make connections to oui piioi
leaining.

Stuuents will meet with theii teams to make piogiess on theii notes anu questions, using
iecipiocal teaching ioles. The teacheis will piivate confeience uuiing this time.

























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Week Thiee

7. |TA-(65:9-#6A -6 G#55J%` Stuuents will leain key vocabulaiy peitaining to Niuule
colonies. The stuuents will fiist stuuy the iegion's attiibutes, using seveial images of its
uiveisity. Stuuents will leain about the founueis anu theii motivations. The stuuents will
leain about the people gioups that inhabiteu the lanu anu theii tiaues.

8. |!%()0%9-#S%; <,% B(%"- C^"H%A#A$` Stuuents will leain about The uieat Awakening
anu how the movement affecteu the Niuule colonies, emphasizing social outieach anu
acceptance foi uiveise people gioups. As a whole class, the stuuents will cieate a venn
uiagiam to compaie life in the Niuule colonies befoie anu aftei The uieat Awakening.
(Attacheu)

Stuuents will meet with theii teams to auu to theii venn uiagiam anu make piogiess on
theii notes anu questions conceining the Niuule colonies.

9. |G"H#A$ I6AA%9-#6A)` Touay is all about making connections. Stuuents will exploie
what life was like foi kius in this time eia, with a focus on the Niuule colonies, anu make
connections to theii peisonal lives. Stuuents will compaie anu contiast the New Englanu
anu Niuule iegions. They will wiite in theii inteiactive jouinals (souice: auapteu fiom
Social Stuuies Alive) using the following piompt:
H2%%-$" C-2 .#" ,-)(/0 F#-, J#".' V#('.(/ '- -/" -F ':" 3-#': ?,"#(&./ &-1-/("$
83"4 5/01./6 -# 9(661" #"0(-/$> (/ ':" XRYZ$K @#('" . F.#"4"11 1"''"# '- C-2# F.,(1CK
A-2# 1"''"# $:-216 (/&126" ':" F-11-4(/0
[ E.'" ./6 J#""'(/0
[ \Q] 6"'.(1"6 $"/'"/&"$ ':.' (6"/'(FC ':" &-1-/C (/ 4:(&: C-2 %1./ '- $"''1" ./6
"^%1.(/$ C-2# #".$-/$ F-# ,-)(/0 ':"#"
8!-$$(P1" '-%(&$O &1(,.'"* #"$-2#&"$* '#.6"$* #"1(0(-/* /.'()"$_>
[ \Q] 6"'.(1"6 $"/'"/&"$ ':.' &-,%.#" C-2# &:-(&" -F &-1-/C 4(': ':" -':"# #"0(-/
8M-# "^O ;-4 ($ 3"4 5/01./6 6(FF"#"/' F#-, ':" 9(661" #"0(-/$T>
[ 71-$(/0
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Week Foui

1u. |TA-(65:9-#6A -6 F6:-,%(A I6J6A#%)` Stuuents will leain key vocabulaiy peitaining to
Southein colonies. The stuuents will fiist stuuy the iegion's attiibutes, incoipoiating
meuia peitaining to lanu, plantation life, anu slaveiy. Stuuents will leain about the
founueis anu theii motivations. The stuuents will leain about the people gioups that
inhabiteu the lanu anu theii tiaues.

11. |!%()6A"J F-6(1; ?"-,"A#%J U"96Ab) @%Q%JJ#6A` Stuuents will be inviteu into the stoiy
of Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion. Bacon's Rebellion (viiginia) was a iesult of a stiuggle
between immigiants, wealthy plantation owneis, anu natives ovei lanu contiol. The low
piice of tobacco anu high piices of lanu maue the pooi, pooiei anu the iich, iichei. We will
spenu touay uiscussing social classes anu the peispective of each. Stuuents will meet in
theii teams touay to uebiief anu uiscuss theii leaining up to this point. Touay they will
self-assess anu gioup-assess, using piogiess monitoiing iubiics (see Assessments). The
teacheis will piivate confeience, as necessaiy.

12. |!%()0%9-#S%; FJ"S%(1` Stuuents will leain about the institution of slaveiy, staiting
fiom the beginning. They will leain about how slaveiy was fiist intiouuceu to the Noith
Ameiican colonies, especially the Southein colonies. Touay will be a poweiful uay to
auuiess misconceptions about slaveiy. The South was fiist a society with slaves (of all
uiffeient iaces, incluuing Blacks owning Blacks - may choose to incluue an olu couit case
heie foi eviuence) anu became a slave society (anu the uiiving economical foice). Stuuents
will leain about slave anu plantation life thiough ieauing exceipts fiom fiist-hanu slave
naiiatives (incluuing Baiiiet }acobs - see Relateu Liteiatuie).





















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Week Five

1S. |.]0%(#%A-#"J C9-#S#-1` (See Culminating Expeiience) Each team of stuuents will uiaw
a Colonial iegion out of a hat anu have 2u-Su minutes to use any notes, hanuouts, jouinals,
oi ieflections to cieate anu wiite a iealistic skit that iepiesents theii iegion. They will
piesent theii skit to the class anu uebiief the authentic anu uniealistic
eventsciicumstances of each skit.

The stuuents will finu out that theii iegion they piesenteu in the expeiience is theii iegion
foi theii pioject. Suipiise!

They will meet with theii gioups to gathei iesouices anu begin the final, small-gioup
pioject. The teachei will pioviue a iubiic foi the assignment anu mouel piojects fiom
stuuents in past yeais.

14. c!(6_%9- +6(H Z"1` Stuuents will spenu this session making piogiess on theii pioject,
focusing on the wiiting poition. Time will also be pioviueu uuiing Language Aits to move
thiough the wiiting piocess.

1S. c!(6_%9- +6(H Z"1` Stuuents will spenu this session making piogiess on theii pioject,
focusing on the aitistic poition. Time in ait class will also be uevoteu to this poition.

























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Week Six

16. |!(%)%A-"-#6A Z"1` (See Small-uioup Pioject) Small gioups will shaie theii wiiting
anu ait pieces with the auuience. We will celebiate the leaining anu eat Colonial-inspiieu
foou (cakes, bieaus, etc.)

17. c!6(-D6J#6 @%DJ%9-#6A)` Stuuents will choose S samples of theii best anu favoiite woik
fiom the unit anu wiite a ieflection to attach with it foi theii poitfolios. Theie ieflections
must incluue:
XK @:C 6(6 C-2 &:--$" ':($ $.,%1"T
`K ;-4 6-"$ ':($ $.,%1" #"%#"$"/' C-2# 1".#/(/0T
\K @:.' 4.$ C-2# $'#.'"0C F-# &-,%1"'(/0 ':($ .$$(0/,"/'T
YK ;-4 4-216 C-2 6- ':($ .$$(0/,"/' 6(FF"#"/'1C (F C-2 &-216 #"Q6- ('T

18. c.A5N6DNEA#- <%)-` Stuuents will take an enu-of-unit wiiting exam to uemonstiate what
they've leaineu. They will have S piompts to choose one fiom. The stuuents have woikeu
so haiu this unit; theie is no neeu foi a piessuie inuucing, stanuaiu foimal assessment
(multiple choice, fill-in-the-black, etc.) The teachei will evaluate using a iubiic. The teachei
will celebiate gieat wiiting by anonymously ieauing selecteu phiases fiom the stuuents'
tests. (See Assessment)

























Su
Applying Social Stuuies Alive Techniques:

4#):"J Z#)96S%(1 Bay 2: In whole-gioup instiuction, the stuuents will stuuy the
image, which connects to past unit to the cuiient one. The teachei will mouel saying
something she notices about the image. Stuuents will be pioviueu sentence fiames anu
inviteu to oially make those connections anu show what they notice via "Nagic Caiu"
(wheie stuuents use a piece of blank papei to highlight a poition of the photo). The
stuuents will have access to sentence fiames, if neeueu (= /-'(&"_ L:($ #",(/6$ ," -F_
L:($ $"",$ (,%-#'./' P"&.2$"_) The puipose of this activity is to challenge stuuents to
make sense of images anu see the impoitance of peispective (conceining the aitist,
conceining themselves, conceining theii classmates).
Image Souice: http:www.theguaiuian.combooks2u1Ssepu7iainboiowes-
piiates-puiitans-tinniswoou-ieview

FH#JJNU:#J5%( C9-#S#-1 Bay S: (See Intiouuctoiy Activities) The puipose of this
activity is to pioviue a meaningful, social leaining expeiience in which paitneis woik
togethei to shaipen one anothei anu builu skills foi the content aiea. Stuuents become
awaie of geogiaphy anu auuiess theii misconceptions thiough this activity. Each paii
of stuuents will ieceive a set of caius (each caiu iepiesenting one of the 1S colonies)
anu a laige piece of chait papei folueu so theie aie thiee uistinct columns (one foi New
Englanu Colonies, Niuule Colonies, & Southein Colonies). The stuuents will woik
togethei, against the clock anu theii classmates, to iuentify which colony belongs to
which iegion. When time is up, stuuents will shaie theii posteis with the class anu
justify theii uecisions (aligning with CCSS foi speakinglistening). The teachei will
mouel an accuiate example anu have stuuents coiiect theii posteis. Now, the class has
multiple posteis to access foi the geogiaphy lesson. They weie kinesthetically involveu
in iuentifying the iegion locations, so they have maue a connection to the leaining.
S1
Nateiials: Coloieu Note Caius, Tape, Chait Papei, Naikeis, Timei
Souice: Auapteu fiom Biittany uolbek's Peei Lesson, Westmont College (0nit: English
Settlements in the Ameiicas, Lesson: Compaiing the Colonies), 9262u1S
!(%N@%"5#A$ C9-#S#-1 Bay S: The teachei will mouel seaiching thiough the
cuiiiculum textbook to leain infoimation about each iegion. The stuuents will get into
theii small-gioup teams anu the teachei will ianuomly assign iegions. The stuuents will
woik togethei to navigate anu pie-ieau the text (using images, maps, anu captions as
clues) to leain about theii specific iegion. Each gioup will iecoiu anu piesent S things
they noticeu about the text (as statements oi questions) to the whole gioup.
TA-%("9-#S% ?6-%Q66H C9-#S#-1 Bay 9: Stuuents will compaie anu contiast the New
Englanu anu Niuule iegions. They will wiite in theii inteiactive jouinals (souice:
auapteu fiom Social Stuuies Alive) using the following piompt:
H2%%-$" C-2 .#" ,-)(/0 F#-, J#".' V#('.(/ '- -/" -F ':" 3-#': ?,"#(&./ &-1-/("$ 83"4
5/01./6 -# 9(661" #"0(-/$> (/ ':" XRYZ$K @#('" . F.#"4"11 1"''"# '- C-2# F.,(1CK
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This activity extenus the leaining by allowing the stuuents to imagine the peispective of
a colonist thiough compaiing anu contiasting the two iegions.
.]0%(#%A-#"J C9-#S#-1 Bay 1S: (See Culminating Expeiience)
Stuuents will woik in theii small-gioups foi this activity with allows stuuents to ievisit
the content as a whole, anu shaie theii leaining with theii peeis. Each team will uiaw a
Colonial iegion out of a hat anu have 2u-Su minutes to use any notes, hanuouts,
jouinals, oi ieflections to cieate anu wiite a iealistic skit that iepiesents theii iegion.
They will have access to a giab bag of costumes anu objects. Each skit must incoipoiate
oi mention the iegion's founuei, iesouices, anu people gioups. The skit must also
contain the woiu %"#$%"&'()" at some point. At the enu of the allotteu time, each gioup
will shaie theii skit with the class. We will celebiate anu uebiief the activity by
uiscussing as a whole gioup what we noticeu (pointing out vocabulaiy woius oi use of
peispective). We will talk about elements of the skit that weie tiue anu not tiue to the
time peiiou. This activity will be a useful intiouuction anu scaffolu to Pioject Week
(Week S).
+(#-#A$ C9-#S#-1 Week S: As a gioup, the teams will meet thioughout Week S to use
all of theii leaining mateiials anu knowleuge to uevelop a piesentation foi Week 6,
Piesentation Bay. They will have time to meet anu woik as a gioup uuiing sessions 14
anu 1S. Each piesentation must incluue a shoit-essay (S paiagiaphs: uesciibe the
colony, uesciibe the people gioup - focus on "peispective", anu the significance of theii
iole in the colony). The iequiiements shoulu be spoken, wiitten on the boaiu, anu
ieuistiibuteu to each stuuent. The teachei will assign iotating "team leauei" ioles to
keep stuuents accountable uuiing the wiiting piocess (7.%'.(/ V#.(/$'-#, - to leau the
S2
pie-wiiting anu outline, 7.%('./ H&#(P" - to be the iecoiuei, 7.%('./ 71.#(F("# - to check
iesouices anu ievise wiiting, 7.%('./ 56('-# - to check foi giammai eiiois).
F/"JJNB(6:0 C9-#S#-1 0ngoing, Bay 16: (See Small-uioup Pioject)
This is the culmination of the ongoing collaboiative gioups. Teams get to combine all of
theii iesouices anu biainpowei to cieate a final pioject to uemonstiate theii leaining.
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%#"$"/'.'(-/ -/ -/" -F ':" 7-1-/(.1 #"0(-/$* #"0.#6(/0 %"#$%"&'()"K
This coopeiative leaining pioject will be pievieweu on the fiist-uay of the unit. The
teachei will use stiategic giouping (baseu on the stuuents' neeus) anu foim six small-
gioups. The stuuents will meet with theii team weekly to collaboiate, combine notes,
foimulate questions, anu uiscuss what they aie leaining. This is valuable, time well
spent as stuuents who with absences aie pioviueu space to take owneiship anu catch
up on what they misseu, in a suppoitive enviionment. It also aligns with the
"peispective" theme because each stuuent is shaiing theii peispective anu leaining
fiom otheis as they uiscuss the leaining. It allows stuuents to ievisit the content in a
uiffeient way, anu is peihaps motivating as they have appiopiiate peei-peei
inteiaction time. Stuuents shoulu always be pioviueu with uiscussion staiteis
(sentence-fiames) anu focus questions baseu off of the weekly leaining mateiial (also a
goou way foi the teachei ievisit confusing content). These team meetings also function
as a scaffolu foi the small-gioup assignment.

At the beginning of Week S, the teams will paiticipate in a culminating expeiience that
ueteimines which colony the gioup is assigneu to.

As a gioup, the teams will meet thioughout Week S to use all of theii leaining mateiials
anu knowleuge to uevelop a piesentation foi Week 6, Piesentation Bay. They will have
time to meet anu woik as a gioup (as outlineu, moie time pioviueu as neeueu). Each
piesentation must incluue a shoit-essay (S paiagiaphs: uesciibe the colony, uesciibe
the people gioup - focus on peispective, anu the significance of theii iole in the colony)
anu a meaningful aitistic iepiesentation of theii leaining (a shoit skit, a piece of
collaboiative ait woik, a biochuie, etc.) Each stuuent is expecteu to contiibute in a
significant way. Inuiviuuals (self-assess), gioup membeis (peei-assess), anu teachei
(confeience) will monitoi foi accountability.

The stuuents will piesent both iequiieu elements of theii coopeiative leaining gioup
on Piesentation Bay. The teachei anu paients can biing in Colonial-eia inspiieu foou.
We will celebiate the leaining by ieflecting about oui expeiience anu self-evaluating
foi homewoik.

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* Team meetings thioughout the unit (auuiesses absences, "peispective", scaffolu, goou
time foi stuuent-teachei confeiences - especially with ELLs anu stuuents with
uisabilities)
* 0nit ieview game to pick topics
* Piesentation must have collaboiative wiiting piece anu aitistic iepiesentation
SS
* In-class pioject woik uays
* Celebiatoiy, Piesentation Bay (paients inviteu)


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