Grade 5 Social Studies Lesson Plan- Jacques Cartier

Essential Skills and Understandings: Discover stories of European explorer, Jacques Cartier and his voyages to Canada. Locate and trace areas on a map. Discover Jacques Cartiers accomplishments and hardships.
Assessments Instructional Strategies Resources
5.2.1 b BLM: Jacques Cartiers Journals 5.2.1 e BLM: Explorers Identity Card Appendix A Skill 10c

Outcomes

Cluster 2: 5.2.1 Early European Exploration and Colonization KH-025 Relate stories of European explorers and traders in their search for new lands or the Northwest Passage. Example: Jacques

Activating Activity Formative Assessment activity. Criteria: Student contributes ideas to class discussion, demonstrating his/her of Canada Student clearly explains their ideas and also considers the ideas of other classmates

Activate ( 5-10 minutes): KH-025 and KH-018 from Jacques Cartiers journals and record descriptive details about the land, initial opinions and impressions, and interactions with the people. locate places that Cartier may have been describing. Acquire (10-15 minutes): KH-025 and KH-018 Using print and electronic resources, students work in groups to research the life, voyages, hardships encountered, and historical

Observation- anecdotal records during activating As a class, students read excerpts

previous knowledge about the exploration Using a map of Canada, students

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KH-018 Locate on a map of Canada places of historical significance during early European colonization.

Include: LAnse aux Meadows, LAcadie, La Nouvelle-France

Acquire Activity Summative Assessment Each group of students will submit their Explorer Identity Card, to receive feedback from the teacher and gain completion marks. Formative Assessment Criteria: Students work and share ideas cooperatively as a group. Students extend personal knowledge through the ideas and information provided by the teacher and classmates. Application Activity Formative Assessment Criteria: Students demonstrate an understanding of the explorer Jacques Cartier and have achieved a deeper level of thinking about his voyages. Students demonstrate the ability to locate and trace areas on a map. Students work cooperatively as a group.

accomplishments of Jacques Cartier. Students record information on an Explorers Identity Card and present their card to the class, using a world map to trace their voyages, and to answer questions about their life and voyages. Apply (15-20 minutes): KH-025 and KH-018 Collaborative groups of students create an In Search of the Northwest Passage, board game. Using a world map as the game board, students trace the routes of Jacques Cartiers voyages and design game cards indentifying their motivations, the country represented, challenges and accomplishments, and places they visited. Players advance in their voyages as they correctly answer questions.