5 E Lesson Plan Template

Texas A& M University San Antonio

Teacher: Michael Caston
Unit: Social Studies/Language Arts
Grade Level and Subject: Grade 5, Social Studies/Language Arts
Texas Standard(s): 113.7. Social Studies, Grade 5. (7)(C) locate the fifty states on a map and identify regions
such as New England and the Great Plains made up of various groups of states.
Lesson Objective(s): Students are expected to analyze explorers' maps and put them in chronologically order. They
will then learn about the major explorers and the routes that these explorers took
Technology: Book: The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Katheryn Lasky

Materials/Resources: Historical maps and Venn diagrams, mollmap.jpg,a map of the world in 1719 by Herman Mull
smith.jpg, John Smith's Map of Colonial America, Houghton Mifflin Graphic Organizers , Venn Diagram
Engage (10min)

Introduce the topic by handing out atlas or use a classroom map and explain key terms
Key terms: measuring chains, chronometer, sextant, level, quadrant, compass
Show websites on overhead projector or use a Promethean Board to show maps
Explore (10 min)

Have students create their own maps from early explorer/colonists' perspective. They
can use maps provided as a guide
Explain(20-25mi)

Ask students how we got our maps today and did they always look like this? How do
we know what various landforms are?
5 E Lesson Plan Template
Texas A& M University San Antonio

Elaborate(30min)

Break the class into 5 groups and provide a copy of each map for each of the groups
without the dates. The kids will analyze the maps and put them in order chronologically
based on the progression of the maps' accuracy

Evaluate(throughout)

The teacher will walk around asking questions, and observing the students as they work
through the lesson making sure they know how analyze the maps correctly

Modifications or
Accommodations :
Student who has Down Syndrome doing inclusion accompanied by paraprofessional
will be assisted in using maps



Extensions/Enrichment:
When students have finished with project they will get on computer , go to puzzle
maker and create a crossword with key terms for maps for fun