| How & Where People Lived |
Grade:
Second |
Content Area:
Technology |
Time Frame:
1 lesson (45 minutes) |
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Unit/Lesson Overview:
This lesson correlates with your Social Studies Unit 2, Lesson 2 "Then and Now: Living History" lesson. This takes a look at the Native Americans and how the physical characteristics of the regions affected their activities and settlements.
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Student Standards (TEKS)
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2.7(A)
2.7(B)
2.8(A) |
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2.10(B)
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| Technology: |
W1
W2
W3 |
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W4
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W6 |
| Additional TEKS: |
Social Studies 2.8B |
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I Can....
...explain how natural resources help meet people's needs. ...understand how weather can affect settlements. |
Assessment(s):
Could the students identify the natural resources needed for survival? Were the students able to use inference to explain the way people have changed their environment to meet today's needs? : |
TAKS Objectives:
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Bloom's Taxonomy
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Knowledge |
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Comprehension |
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Application |
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Analysis |
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Synthesis |
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Evaluation |
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Big 6 Skills
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Task
Definition |
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Info. Seeking
Strategies |
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Location and
Access |
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Use of Information |
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Synthesis |
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Evaluation |
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Supplementary Resources / Materials:
Scott Foresman textbook, KLRN streaming videos, search for the title "Geologist's Notebook: The Biggest Treasure Chest: Our Natural Resources."
File: Directions for Where People Lived.doc
File: How and Where People Lived.doc
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Internet Links:
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Accommodations:
To be determined by teacher based on student needs |
| Procedures |
Introductory Activity (Warm-Up):
Read and discuss Unit 2, Lesson 2 in the Scott-Foresman book. Discuss our basic needs of food, water, etc., and decide if needs are different today than long ago. Explain the term "Native American" and "American Indian" and how the terms are used interchangeably. |
Lesson:
Step 1: Print out the Directions for Where People Live Word document (file 1) for step-by-step directions with screenshots for this lesson. Step 2: Demonstrate the lesson on your multimedia computer on your TV before going to the lab; students will understand the directions more clearly with a visual demonstration. As this lesson is also geared towards introduction or improvement of their word processing skills, an important aspect will be the formatting of the text. Demonstrate how to change the font, and how to make text bold, italic, or underlined.
Step 3: In the lab, after your ten minutes of Kid Keys, students open the How and Where People Lived Word document (file 2) from where you placed it in the Student Shared Folder. If you like, your students can use their textbooks to help answer the questions.
Step 6: When the lesson is finished, students can print or save to the Student Work Folder or their Home Directories. Then they can click on the link at the bottom of the second page to visit a site about the Plains Indians.
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Reteach:
To be determined by teacher based on student needs
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Extension:
This lesson focuses on how natural resources shape our lives. You could have students explain how science and technology have changed our lives, too.
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Guiding Questions:
What are the natural resources of our earth? What kinds of things did the Native Americans need to survive? How does our climate and weather affect how we live?
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Summary Questions:
What natural resources were used to build houses in the past? What is used now? Based on what you know, why are some cities like New York and Los Angeles very large, and other cities very small?
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Reflection:
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