Daily Lesson Plan Social Studies

Teacher: Miss. Wyrick

Overall lesson topic/title: Colonial settlement patterns in the 13 British colonies.
Content GLCEs for this lesson:
5-U2.I.2: Describe significant developments in the New England colonies, including:
Patterns of settlement and control including the impact of geography (landforms and
climate)
Objective: Students will be able to make a model showing colonial settlement patterns. They
will also be able to identify ways natural features affected settlement patterns in the colonial
regions.
Materials & supplies needed:
Tape
Stapler
Scissors
Colored Pencils
World Maps
Settlement Activity Sheets
Procedures and approximate time allocated for each event
Warm up to the lesson

(What will I say to help children understand the purpose of the

lesson? How will I help them make connections to prior lessons or experiences? How will I
motivate them to become engaged in the lesson?) (_ minutes)

First I will ask the students to list some landforms that they
know of and I will type these up on my computer for everyone
to see. I will then pose the statement/question, if you were a
colonialist sailing from Europe to the New World where would
you build your settlement and why? The students will have
time to discuss this with their table partner and then I will pull
sticks to get some ideas flowing within the classroom.
I will then tell them the language and content objectives for the
lesson that day.
Content Objective: Students will make a model showing
colonial settlement patterns. They will identify ways natural
features affected settlement patterns in the colonial regions.
Language Objective: Students will discuss with a partner about
what types of landforms can help and prevent settlement
patterns. They will also model and explain where they would

How this lesson is

differentiated for your
Focal Students based on
information gained from
the preassessment/science talk?

want to place their settlement based on different landforms.

(15 minutes)
OUTLINE of activities during the lesson (Include details about how I will begin
and end each activity; what discussion questions I will use; How will key ideas be expressed? What
kinds of specific activities or tasks will I engage them in? How ALL students will be engaged all of the
time? How I will help children understand behavior expectations during the lesson; when/how I will
distribute supplies and materials) Identify each activity and the estimated time for each.

As we discuss various features in a settlement and where to build

a settlement, students will assemble the settlement model during
the lecture.
I will go over different features that have various pro and con
reasons for why a settlement could be built there. Students will
talk with a partner about where they want to build their
settlement on their activity sheet. Tell the students they need to
think about out how their people will survive. What do you
need to be close to? (Water, land for framing, trees for building
and burning.)
Each partner group will set up its first settlement and we will
discuss where different groups placed their settlement.
Next we will talk about fall line settlements and were to place a
second settlement. The students will work together to place a
second settlement. We will discuss where the students put these
and why they could not get past the giant mountain in our model.
Each student will also get a worksheet to work on after this
activity. They will work with their partner to answer the
questions on the worksheet. We will then go over the answers as
a class.
(25 minutes)

Closure for the lesson (How will I bring closure to the lesson and help children reflect
on their experiences? How will I help them make connections to prior lessons and experiences or
prepare for future experiences? How will I include metacognition [How do you know that?
questions]in the closure task? What kind of feedback do I want from them at this time?) (___ minutes)

I will then bring the students back together and we will

discuss why the landforms we came in contact with shaped
where we put our settlements. I will also engage the students
in a discussion about what survival factors they talked about
when placing their settlements. I want to know how will
their people survive with the place they have placed their
settlement.
(5 minutes)

Formative assessment Required (How will I gauge the students learning as I implement Differentiation
the lesson plan and once the lesson is completed? Specifically, what will I look for that will accurately tell
during assessment
me the students learned what I intended? How will I use what I am learning to inform my next lesson?)
As an exit ticket: Now that we have discussed what type of land features
you would need to look for to make a settlement where would you build

your settlement if you were a colonialist and why? What type of land
features would you look for and why would they be helpful?