​rethink.

Lesson Overview:

           

     I am going to start off this lesson by asking the students how it would make them feel if someone they didn't know moved into their home or neighborhood. Then I would have them think about what it would be like if they had no choice but to move into someone else’s home. I will have the students brainstorm a list of ideas about how this would make them feel and what they would say to their family, write a list of what types of stuff they would bring and how they would feel about being invaded or invading.

            After they create a list, I will hand them the worksheet, American Indian Removal and read it as a class. We will then have a debate as a class about their opinions on if they think the settlers should have been allowed to move into lands that belong to the five major American Indian groups. I will split the class in half settlers and have American Indians.

 

Preparation/ Prior Knowledge and Materials

-Paper

-Pencil

-Reading handout

-Art image

-Knowledge on brainstorming

-Classroom respect/ability to take turns when debating

-Able to read and take notes on an article

 

Instruction:

1. Ask the students in the class how they would feel if someone moved into their home?

2. Ask the students in the class how they would feel if they had no choice but to move into someone else’s home?

3. Make a brainstorm as a class to complete the following topics/questions:

 

    Feelings from others moving in

    Feelings about moving

    What would you bring into someone's home with you?

    What would you tell your family

4. Hand out the American Indian Removal handout and have the students read it at their tables and highlight or take notes.

5. Discuss the article as a class

6. Divide the half into two groups. One group represents the settlers that moved west and one group represent the American Indian groups.

 

Standards:

R4.A.1.3.1: Make inferences and/or draw conclusions based on information from text.

R4.A.2.1.1: Identify and/or interpret meaning of multiple-meaning words used in text.

R4.A.2.5.1: Summarize the major points, processes and/or events of a nonfictional text as a whole.

S4.A.2.1.4: State a conclusion that is consistent with the information/data.