EGP335 NortheastRegion AlexandraSticcoandKellyHarlan

1.0HistoryoftheNortheast,Day3,AlexandraSticcoandKellyHarlan,4thGrade
45minutes
Concepts
EarlypeoplesoftheNortheastRegion
TheColonies
TheDeclarationofIndependence
Vocabulary
Confederation:
Colony
Colonist
Independence
Declaration
Revolution
Skills
ChartandGraphskills
Distinguishing between primary and secondary sources
Inferring cause-effect relationships
1.1IntegrationofLearningOutcomes/Objectives
Aftercompletingthelesson,studentswillbeabletodescribethetimelineofeventsthatoccurred
duringtheearlyyearsoftheUnitedStatesintheNortheastRegion.
AfteranalyzingprimarysourcesandlearningabouttheDeclarationofIndependence,studentswill
beabletoexplaintheDeclarationofIndependencesroleinAmericanlifetoday.
1.2StandardsPACivics,History,Economics,Geography&NCSSThemesIXwith
subthemes
8.3.4.C:ExplainhowcontinuityandchangeinU.S.historyhaveinfluencedpersonaldevelopment
andidentity.
8.3.4.D:Distinguishbetweenconflictandcooperationamonggroupsandorganizationthat
impactedthehistoryanddevelopmentoftheUnitedStates.
NCSS.1.2.c...asklearnerstoidentifyanddescribesignificanthistoricalperiodsandpatternsof
changewithinandacrosscultures,suchasthedevelopmentofancientculturesandcivilizations,
theriseofnationstates,andsocial,economic,andpoliticalrevolutions
NCSS.1.4.b...helplearnerstoidentify,describe,andexpressappreciationfortheinfluencesof
varioushistoricalandcontemporaryculturesonanindividualsdailylife
1.3AnticipatorySet
NowthatwehavebeenintroducedtotheNortheastRegionandhavelearnedaboutits
Geographyandnaturalresources,wewillbemovingontothehistoryoftheNortheast
Region.Didyoueverwonderhowourhouses,schoolsandplaygroundsgothere?Itwas
notanaccident.Bytheendofthislesson,youwillknowhowthisregioncametobeand
whyitissoimportant.
Sinceyesterdaywelearnedaboutthegeographyandnaturalresources,cansomeonetell
mewhychildreninthe1500swouldcheerbecausetheirfatherbroughthomeadeer?
Studentswillturnandtalktoapartneraboutwhythedeerisacauseforcelebration.Theteacher
willbelisteningtoseeifthestudentsuseinformationthattheylearnedinthelessontheday
before.
Right,theNativeAmericansoftheNortheastwerehuntersandgatherersandtheywere
bringinghomefoodfortheirfamilies.
Beforewebeginourlesson,Iwouldliketointroduceyoutotwonewgroupsofpeoplethe
AlgonquianandtheIroquois.Thesetwotribesareveryimportanttothehistoryofthe
NortheastRegion.
TheteacherwillshowapictureofamemberoftheAlgonquintribeandamemberoftheIroquois
tribe.Theteacherwillalsopointtoamaponthesmartboardtoshowwherethesetwotribeswere
located.
1.4Procedures
1. Thestudentswillbeaskedtotakeatripbackintimefortodayslesson.
2. Asthestudentsworkthroughtodayslesson,theteacherwillbeusingaphysicalrepresentationof
atimelinesothatthestudentscanunderstandthetimingoftheevents.Thetimelinewillbevisible
throughouttheentirelesson.Thestudentswillalsohavetheirownworksheetswiththeblank
timelineaswellsothattheycanfillintheeventsastheteachergoesthroughthelesson.(After
completingthelesson,studentswillbeabletodescribethetimelineofeventsthatoccurredduring
theearlyyearsoftheUnitedStatesintheNortheastRegion.)
3. Canallofyoupleasecloseyoureyes?Imagineyoustepintoaspaceshuttlehelmetandit
takesyoubackintime,allthewaybacktothe1500s.Whatdoyouthinklifewouldbe
like?Whatwouldyoubewearing?Whatwouldyoubeeating?Nowopenyoureyes,but
stayinthistimeperioduntilIsayitisoktocomeback.
4. Theteacherwilllabelthebeginningofthetimelinewiththeyear1500andthecaptionNative
AmericansintheNortheast.Thestudentswillbeaskedtodothesameontheirownindividual
timelines.(Aftercompletingthelesson,studentswillbeabletodescribethetimelineofeventsthat
occurredduringtheearlyyearsoftheUnitedStatesintheNortheastRegion.)
5. Thestudentswillbetaughtthatatthistime,thereareonlyNativeAmericanslivinginthe
NortheastRegion.Thestudentswillberemindedofthenaturalresourcesthatwereavailableto
theNativeAmericans.ThestudentswillalsobetaughtthewaytheNativeAmericanshunted
animalsandgatheredberriesandnutsfortheirdailyfood.Theyalsousedwoodsfromtheforests
tobuildtheirhomes,tools,weaponsandcanoes.
6. TheteacherwillthenteachthestudentsabouttheleaderswhocausedthefivelargestIroquois
tribestojointogetherasaconfederation.
7. Aswithmanypeopleandfamilies,whenlivingandsharingsomanythings,theIroquois
andAlgonquintribesbegantofightoverthenaturalresources.TwoIroquoisleaders
namedHiawathaandDeganawida,convincedfiveofthelargestIroquoistribestojoina
confederation.Thisconfederationwouldbeagroupofgovernmentsthatworktogether.
8. HavethestudentsmarkinthesecondspaceoftheirtimelineNativeAmericansCreate
Confederation.(Aftercompletingthelesson,studentswillbeabletodescribethetimelineof
eventsthatoccurredduringtheearlyyearsoftheUnitedStatesintheNortheastRegion.)
9. Now,tobeabletocontinueonourjourneythroughhistory,Iamgoingtoaskyoutoputon
yourspaceshuttlehelmetandjumpforward100yearstoanewtimeperiodinthe
NortheastRegionshistory!
10. Theteacherwillexplainthatby1610,theEnglishExplorerHenryHudson,traveledalongmuchof
theNortheastRegion.TheHudsonriveriswhathesailedmostlyandisnownamedafterhim.
Theteacherwilldescribetheeventsthatleduptothethirteencoloniesbeingestablished.
11. Theteacherwillmarkthisonthetimelineandaskthestudentstodothesameontheirown
timelineinthethirdspaceas1610HenryHudsonExploresNortheast.(Aftercompletingthe
lesson,studentswillbeabletodescribethetimelineofeventsthatoccurredduringtheearlyyears
oftheUnitedStatesintheNortheastRegion.)
12. ExplainthatthesettlerscameoverfromEnglandformanyreasons.Namethethreemajor
reasonsforthestudents.
13. WhenthesettlersfromEnglandcameovertheybuiltcoloniestolivein.Coloniesare
settlementsthatareruledbyafarawaygovernment.Thecolonistswerestillruledbythe
BritishgovernmentallthewayacrosstheAtlanticOcean.TheEnglishsettlersfoundedeight
coloniesintheNortheast.Thisbecameaproblemhowever,becausethelanddidnotbelong
tothem.Doesanyonerememberwhothislandbelongedto?
14. TheteacherwillexplainhowtheEuropeanswouldbuysomelandtoliveonortheywouldtakethe
landbyforcefromtheNativeAmericans.
15. MarkonthetimelineandhavethestudentsmarkinthefourthspaceoftheirtimelineEuropeans
SettleintheNortheast.(Aftercompletingthelesson,studentswillbeabletodescribethetimeline
ofeventsthatoccurredduringtheearlyyearsoftheUnitedStatesintheNortheastRegion.)
16. Becausethecoloniescontinuedtogrow,sodidtheeconomy.Thefarmersandtradersof
theNortheastRegionwouldtraveltolocalportstoseetheirgoods.Mostofthesellingand
tradingwasdonewithEnglandandEnglandwouldsellandtradebackwiththecolonists.
17. Wenowcanputourhelmetsbackonbecausewearegoingtomoveforwardanother130
years!Thisiswhereyoumaystartnoticingthingsyouhaveheardaboutbefore!
18. TheteacherwilltalkaboutEngland,nowbeingcalledGreatBritain,controlledthethirteen
coloniesalongtheAtlanticcoast.Theteacherwilllabelthisonthetimelineandaskthestudentsto
dothesameinthefifthspotontheirtimelineas1733The13ColoniesoftheNortheast.The
teacherwillexplainhowthecolonieshadtofollowBritishlawsbutmostlygovernedthemselves.
19. AlthoughthecolonieswereundercontrolofGreatBritain,theygovernedthemselvesin
manyways!Eachcolonysetuptheirowngovernment,electedtheirownleadersandwrote
theirownlaws.However,thecolonistsdidnthaveanyrepresentationintheBritish
government.ThismeantthattheydidnthaveanyonefromtheircolonyintheBritish
governmenttorepresentthemhaveasayinwhichlawswerebeingpassed.Soon,the
Britishbegantopasslawsthatrequiredthecoloniststopaytaxesanditmadelifevery
hardforthecolonists.Theystartedaslogan,Notaxationwithoutrepresentation!
20. Labelthisonthetimelineandhavethestudentsdothesameontheirsixthspotoftheirtimelineas
1760TheBritishRuletheColonies.(Aftercompletingthelesson,studentswillbeableto
describethetimelineofeventsthatoccurredduringtheearlyyearsoftheUnitedStatesinthe
NortheastRegion.)
21. ExplaintothestudentsthatthecolonistsstartedtostopbuyingBritishgoodsandmanyofthem
begantospeakoutagainsttheBritishrulingovertheircolony.Discusswiththestudentsthatthe
colonistsstartedtotalkaboutbecomingindependentandstartingtheirowncountrysothatthey
wouldntbeunderBritishruleanymore.Talkaboutthemanytaxesandeventsthatleadtothese
feelingsandideasofthecolonists.
22. In1775,theBritishandthecolonistsweresoupsetwitheachotherthatawarstarted
betweenthemandactualfightingbeganinMassachusetts.Thiswasthebeginningofa
majorwarforthecolonies!
23. Labelonthetimelineandhavethestudentsmarkontheirtimelineintheseventhspot1775Start
ofaRevolution.(Aftercompletingthelesson,studentswillbeabletodescribethetimelineof
eventsthatoccurredduringtheearlyyearsoftheUnitedStatesintheNortheastRegion.)
24. Representativesfromall13ofthecoloniesmetanddecidedthattheyneededtocreatea
declaration,oranofficialstatement,oftheirindependence.SoThomasJeffersongotto
work,andwiththehelpofBenjaminFranklinandJohnAdams,hewrotetheDeclarationof
Independence.InJuly1776,theleadersofthecoloniessignedtheDeclarationof
Independence.(AfteranalyzingprimarysourcesandlearningabouttheDeclarationof
Independence,studentswillbeabletoexplaintheDeclarationofIndependencesroleinAmerican
lifetoday.)
25. Labelonthetimelineandhavethestudentsmarkontheirtimelineintheeighthspot1776
CreationandSigningoftheDeclarationofIndependence.(Afteranalyzingprimarysourcesand
learningabouttheDeclarationofIndependence,studentswillbeabletoexplaintheDeclarationof
IndependencesroleinAmericanlifetoday.)
26. Discusswithstudentshowthesigningofthedeclarationiswhatwecelebrateevery4thofJuly
andhowthatwasamajorsteppingstoneinproclaimingandgainingourindependence.(After
analyzingprimarysourcesandlearningabouttheDeclarationofIndependence,studentswillbe
abletoexplaintheDeclarationofIndependencesroleinAmericanlifetoday.)
27. Studentswillturntopage124inthetextbooktoanalyzetheprimarysourceofTheDeclarationof
Independence.Theteacherwillpointoutthesignaturesthatarefoundonthedocument.(After
analyzingprimarysourcesandlearningabouttheDeclarationofIndependence,studentswillbe
abletoexplaintheDeclarationofIndependencesroleinAmericanlifetoday.)
28. Thefightingthathadstartedturnedintoarevolution,whichisamajor,suddenchangein
governmentorinpeopleslives.ItwascalledtheAmericanRevolutionanditbroughthard
timesforallofthecolonists.GeorgeWashingtonwastheleadoftheAmericanarmyand
workedhardtomakesurethatthecolonistsgainedtheirindependence.TheAmericansand
theBritishfoughtfor8longyears,andeventuallythecolonistsdefeatedtheBritishand
wontheirindependence!Thetwocountriessignedapeacetreatytoendthewarandso
becametheUnitedStatesofAmerica!(Afteranalyzingprimarysourcesandlearningaboutthe
DeclarationofIndependence,studentswillbeabletoexplaintheDeclarationofIndependences
roleinAmericanlifetoday.)
29. Labelonthetimelineandhavethestudentsmarkontheirtimelineintheninthandfinalspot1783
TheUnitedStatesofAmericaisBorn!(Aftercompletingthelesson,studentswillbeableto
describethetimelineofeventsthatoccurredduringtheearlyyearsoftheUnitedStatesinthe
NortheastRegion.)
1.5Differentiation
ForELLstudents,theywillhavetheoptionofeitherorallyrespondingordrawingapictureinstead
offillingoutatimeline.
Forstudentswhomayneedadditionalsupport,theywillhavetheopportunitytoworkwiththe
teacheratalatertimeinanoneononesetting.
1.6Closure
TodaywelearnedalotaboutthehistoryoftheNortheastRegion.Welearnedaboutthe
NativeAmericansandhowtheytookcareofourregion.Wethenlearnedabouthowthe
BritishcameintotheregionandbegantakinglandandresourcestosellinEngland.We
sawhowthecolonieswerecreatedandhowtheBritishruledthecolonies.Lastly,we
learnedabouttheAmericanRevolutionandhowweeventuallyreceivedourindependence!
ThisinformationisimportantbecauseitshowshowimportanttheNortheastRegionistothe
historyoftheUnitedStates.Itisimportanttorememberthatwedidnotreceive
independenceeasily.Caneveryonegivemeathumbsupiftheyfeelliketheylearnednew
informationtoday?WritewhytheDeclarationofIndependenceisimportantinAmerican
lifetodayontheindexcardinfrontofyou.Youwillbeusingthisindexcardasanexitslip
fortoday!Tomorrow,wewillbeginfocusingonthestatesthatmakeuptheNortheast
Region.WewillbeginwiththestateofMaine!(Afteranalyzingprimarysourcesandlearning
abouttheDeclarationofIndependence,studentswillbeabletoexplaintheDeclarationof
IndependencesroleinAmericanlifetoday.)
1.7Formative/SummativeAssessmentofStudents(P12)
Formative
Studentswillwriteonanindexcard,whytheDeclarationofIndependenceisimportantin
Americanlifetoday.Theteacherwillchecktoseeifthisiscompleted.(Afteranalyzing
primarysourcesandlearningabouttheDeclarationofIndependence,studentswillbeable
toexplaintheDeclarationofIndependencesroleinAmericanlifetoday.)
Thestudentswillbegivingathumbsupattheendofthelessontoshowwhetherornot
theyfelttheylearnednewinformation.Theteacherwillbecheckingtomakesure
studentsfeelthatthelessonwaspurposeful.
Theteacherwillbecheckinginwithstudentsthroughoutthelessontomakesuretheir
timelinesarebeingcompletedcorrectly.(Aftercompletingthelesson,studentswillbeable
todescribethetimelineofeventsthatoccurredduringtheearlyyearsoftheUnitedStates
intheNortheastRegion.)
Summative
Studentswillbecompletingatimelineoftheeventsthatoccurredintheearlyhistoryof
theUnitedStatesintheNortheastRegion.Thetimelinewillbeplacedintheportfoliofor
theNortheastRegion.Theteacherwillbeusingachecklisttoassesswhetherthe
studentshaveincludedallofthedatesanddescriptionsaccurately.(Aftercompletingthe
lesson,studentswillbeabletodescribethetimelineofeventsthatoccurredduringthe
earlyyearsoftheUnitedStatesintheNortheastRegion.)
1.8Materials/Equipment
A.STUDENTMATERIALS/READINGRESOURCES
Indexcard
Penorpencil
Blanktimeline
TheNortheastToday.(2007).InHarcourtSocialStudies.Orlando:HarcourtSchool.
B.TEACHERMATERIALS/RESOURCESFORLESSONDESIGN
TheNortheastToday.(2007).InHarcourtSocialStudies.Orlando:HarcourtSchool.
Smartboard
PicturesofNativeAmericantribes
Blanktimelinesforeachstudent
Timelineonsmartboard

C.ChartisAttached
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D.ContentNotesAreAttached
1.9Technology
Smartboard
DigitalimagesoftheAlgonquintribeandIroquoistribe
2.1ReflectiononPlanning
Whenbeginningtoplanthislesson,wefirstthoughtaboutwhatitwaswewantedtoteach.Since
weonlyhadfortyfiveminutestoteachalargepartoftheUnitedStateshistory,wedecidedtousethe
textbookasourguide.Werealizedthatbuildingthelessonwithaspecificgoalinmindwouldhelpusto
knowwhatwewantedtoteach.Thefirstthingthatwaswrittenwastheobjectives.Thisallowedusto
haveafoundationforwhatthegoalofthislessonwouldbe,howeveritdidchangeaswegatheredmore
information.Onewaytoimprovethisplanistopossiblygivethestudentsanassessmentthattestedtheir
priorknowledge.Thiswouldhavehelpeduswhendecidingwhatwasimportanttomentionandwhatthe
studentsalreadyknew.WethinkthiswouldhavebeenaccomplishedthroughaKWLchart.
Wethinkthatapotentialsuccessofthislessonisthetangibleuseofatimeline.Wethinkthatthis
willconnectwithmostlanguageartscurriculumfoundinthefourthgradebecausetheyarelearningthe
keyfeaturesofinformationaltext.Wefeltthatanytimethatyouconnecttwoormoresubjectsyouare
enhancingthestudentsgeneralizationskills.Ouronlyconcernwiththelessonisengagement.Wehope
thattheamountofinformationthatisbeingprovidedwillnotbecomeoverwhelmingthusresultinginthe
childrenbeingbored.Wechosetoincorporatethetimelineinhopethatthechildrenwillhavesomethingto
followthelessonwith.Sincewerecognizethisasapossibleissue,wearepreparedforthepossibilityof
havingtoimplementdifferentengagementstrategies.

ContentNotes
A. NortheastRegionHistory
a. EarlyPeople
i. Beforethe1500s,NativeAmericansweretheonlypeoplelivinginthe
Northeast.
ii. Twotribeswithtwolanguagegroups
1. AlgonquinTribe
a. MostoftheAlgonquintribeslivedneartheAtlanticCoast.
2. IroquoisTribe
a. MostoftheIroquoistribeslivedfartherinland.
iii. Thetribeshunted,gathered,farmedandmadetools,weaponsandcanoes
outofwood.
iv. InmostNativeAmericanvillagesintheNortheast,peoplesharedthe
landanditsresources.ThiscausedmanyfightsbetweentheNative
Americangroups.
v. TwoIroquoisleaderscameupwithaplantosolvethisproblemof
fighting.
1. Hiawatha
2. Deganawida
a. TheyconvincedthefivelargestIroquoistribestojoinina
confederation.
b. Confederationisagroupofgovernmentsthatwork
together.
b. TheColonies
i. Inthe1500s,EuropeansbegantoexploretheNortheast.
ii. TheysailedshipsacrosstheAtlanticOceanfromEngland,Franceand
Holland.
1. OneEnglishexplorer,HenryHudson,traveledalongmuchofthe
NortheastCoast.HesailedupwhatisnowcalledtheHudson
River.HeexplainedthattheareawasrichinNaturalResources.
2. ThisbroughtmanymoreEuropeanstotheNortheast.
a. MostEuropeanshopedtomakemoneybysellingthe
wood,fishandfursinEurope.
b. OtherscametotheNortheastforreligiousfreedom.They
createdcolonies,whichallowedthemtoworshipwhere
theypleased.
i. Acolonyisasettlementthatisruledbyafaraway
government.
c. Lastly,otherscametotheNortheastRegionbecauseit
offeredthemabetterlife.
iii. TheNortheastColonies
1. Inthe1600stherewere8Northeastcolonies
a. Colonistwerethepeoplelivinginthecolonies.
b. Tobuildtheircolonies,theywouldeitherbuyitortakeit
overfromtheNativeAmericans
2. Thecoloniesgrewandtheireconomiesgrewandeventuallyport
citieswerecreatedwherepeoplewouldbuyandselltheirgoods.
a. Aportisatradingcenterwheregoodsareputontoand
takenoffofships.
i. Threelargestportcities:Philadelphia,Boston,and
NewYorkCity.
ii. Thefarmersinthecolonieswouldbringtheir
goods(grain,flour,lumber,fur,driedmeat,and
saltedfish)totheportcitiestoselltheirgoodsor
shipstheirgoodstoEngland,andEnglandwould
sendothergoodsbacktothecolonies.
iiii.SelfGovernment
1. In1773,Britainhad13coloniesintheNortheastregion.
a. ThecoloniesfollowedBritishlawsbutalsogoverned
themselves.
i. electedtheirownleaders,createdtheirownlaws,
etc.
c.FormingaNation
i. ThecolonieswereruledbyBritishlawsbutdidnothaveany
representationintheBritishgovernment
1. NewLawsintheColonies
a. Inthe1760s,theBritishstartedpassingnewlawsforthe
colonists(taxes,tradelaws,etc)
i. Notaxationwithoutrepresentation!
b.Colonistleadersbegandiscussingindependence
i. Independenceisthefreedomtogovernoneself
2.TheDeclarationofIndependence
a. 1775fightingstartedbetweenBritainandthecolonies
b. Representativesfromeachofthecoloniesdecidedthey
neededtowriteadeclarationoftheirindependence.
i. Adeclarationisanofficialstatement
c.ThomasJeffersonwithhelpfromBenjaminFranklinand
JohnAdamswrotetheDeclarationofIndependence
i. July1776,thedeclarationwassigned
3. FightingforIndependence
a. AmericanRevolutionhadbegun
i. Arevolutionisamajor,suddenchangeingovernmentor
inpeopleslives.
ii. GeorgeWashingtonwastheleaderoftheAmericanarmy
b.After8yearsoffightingthecolonistswon.
c. 1783atreatywassignedandthewarwasofficiallyover
d. CreationoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica

1. 1500:NativeAmericansintheNortheast
2. NativeAmericansCreateConfederation
3. 1610:HenryHudsonExplorestheNortheast
4. EuropeanssettleintheNortheast
5. 1733ThirteenColoniesoftheNortheast
6. 1760BritishRuletheColonies
7. 1775StartofaRevolution
8. 1776CreationandSigningofDeclarationofIndependence
9. 1783PeaceTreatySignedandtheUnitedStatesofAmericaisBorn!