LESSON PLAN

Teacher Candidate: Richard Parks

Date: November 27, 2016

Grade and Topic: 4th Tennessee History

Length of Lesson: 150 minutes

Mentor Teacher: Marla Phillips, Peggy Murdock

School: University of Memphis

UNIT/CHAPTER OBJECTIVE/GENERALIZATION/BIG IDEA:

This lesson is a part of a unit lesson plan that covers The Land and People before European
Exploration.
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Students describe the legacy and culture of the major indigenous settlements of Tennessee.
Students will use technology based applications to complete the lesson objective.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED:
ISTE STANDARDS:
1. Creativity and innovation: Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and
develop innovative products and processes using technology.
A. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
B. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
C. Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.
D. Identify trends and forecast possibilities.
TN CORE STANDARDS: 4.1 Describe the legacy and cultures of the major indigenous settlements

in Tennessee including the Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian: (C, G, TN)

Coats-Hines Site

Pinson Mounds

Old Stone Fort

Chucalissa Indian Village

MATERIALS:

1. Computer
2. Web 2.0 Tool SlideShare

3. Toondoo.com
4. MS Word
5. MS Clipart
6. Internet Access to http://tnstateparks.com/parks/about/pinson-mounds and
http://www.tn4me.org/minor_cat.cfm/minor_id/87/major_id/28/era_id/1 and
http://www.tn4me.org/minor_cat.cfm/minor_id/89/major_id/28/era_id/1

BACKGROUND and RATIONALE:

The goal of this lesson is for the students to describe legacy and culture of the major
indigenous settlements of Tennessee.
This lesson is a continuation of TN social studies standard 4.1
Students will use a Web 2.0 tool called Slideshare, which students will share their
information and ideas with one another. Students will also create a cartoon of the lesson
by using Toondoo.com.
I am aware that the lesson will be differentiated for the students who did not master the
objectives and those ready for enrichment. However, modifications are not covered in
this course and are not part of this particular lesson.

PROCEDURES AND TIMELINE:

Introduction:

Begin by introducing the Web 2.0 Tool SlideShare and Toondoo.com to the students and provide how

the tool and website is supposed to be used.

Provide brief background information about the Paleo, Archaic, Woodland, and Mississippian cultures.
For the next 3 days, students will be using Internet resources to find information about all four cultures
and will be using SlideShare and Toondoo.com to display their information.

Procedures:
Prior to the Computer (5 minutes)
Teacher Procedures:
After a brief introduction, have students open an Internet browser to find information about the legacy and
cultures of the major indigenous settlements in Tennessee. Once students have researched and found all of their

information, the students are directed to open MS Word and place all of their information into MS Word and
save their information as a Word document. Then students will be directed to use SlideShare and Toondoo.com
to display their information.
Student procedures:
1. Open an Internet Browser
2. Find information about the cultures by using the websites listed in the Materials section.
3. Open MS Word and save information about the cultures, and save the information as a Word document.
4. Open SlideShare and Toondoo.com
At the Computer (45 minutes)
Teacher Procedures:
1.
2.
3.
4.

Have Students open MS Word and an Internet Browser

Direct Students to the websites listed in the materials section
Direct Students to MS Word and Clipart
Monitor and assist as needed

Student Procedures:
1. Open MS Word and Internet Browser
2. Go to websites listed in materials section and copy the information from the websites
3. Go to MS Word and paste the information into a new document
4. Add the following title: Early Tennessee indigenous settlements and cultures.
5. Below the title, Insert 4 column and 9 row table
4. Add the following column names: Settlement, Culture, Picture, Why Picture
5. Cut and Paste the name of the battles into the table
6. Locate an image
7. Use pull-down to copy the image
8. Go to Picture cell in the Word document
9. Paste the picture
10. Write why you selected the image for the battle
11. Save work
12. Repeat items 7-13 for the remaining battles
13. When all battles are completed, check for errors
14. Print a Copy
After the Computer (40 minutes)
Teacher Procedures:
1. Place students in groups of 5
2. Ask students to pass their work to the right.
3. Students will review the work and take notes of any additional information from any of the battles, then
pass their work to the next person.
4. Give students 15 minutes to discuss any additional information.
5. Have students write a reflection of the assignment.
Student Procedures:

1. While in a group, students review each others work and note any additional information on any of the
battles.
2. Students will discuss any additional information
3. Students will write a one paragraph reflection of the assignment.

Closure:
Students will volunteer to give their thoughts on the assignment. At the end of the class, the teacher will collect
the assignment and check for assignment submissions, and ask the students questions of the assignment.

ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE:
RUBRIC
Criteria

Settlement
Information

Student displayed
very little
information about
the indigenous
settlements in
Tennessee

Student displayed
about a paragraph
of information for
each indigenous
settlement in
Tennessee.

Student displayed
two paragraphs of
information for
each indigenous
settlement in
Tennessee.

Culture
Information

Student provided
little information
about each culture.

Student provided
one paragraph of
information about
each culture.

Student provided
two paragraphs of
information about
each culture.

Students
thoughts of
assignment

Students thoughts
does not
demonstrate the
understanding of
the assignment

Students thoughts
demonstrates a
vague
understanding of
the assignment

Students thoughts
demonstrates a
somewhat clear
understanding of
the assignment

Student displayed
3 or more
paragraphs of
information for
each indigenous
settlement in
Tennessee.
Student provided 3
paragraphs or
more of
information about
each culture.
Students thoughts
clearly
demonstrates clear
understanding of
the assignment

MODIFICATIONS:
I am aware that the lesson will be differentiated for students who did not master the objectives and those
ready for enrichment. However, modifications are not covered in this course and are not part of this
particular lesson.
Settlement

Culture

Picture

Why Picture

Coats-Hines Site

Paleo

This a part of the CoatsHines Site archeologists

searched for any signs
of early settlers or
animals from 1200 years

Pinson Mounds

Archaic

ago.
This picture displays
one of the many mounds
that are a part of the
Pinson mounds

Old Stone Fort

Woodland

settlement.
This picture is a part of
the Stone Fort. The fort
had its own irrigation

Chucalissa Indian Village

Mississippian

system.
This is the village that
the Mississippian
culture settled many
years ago.

Website Images: http://tnstateparks.com/parks/about/pinson-mounds

http://tnstateparks.com/parks/about/old-stone-fort
http://www.placesonline.com/north_america/united_states/tennessee/memphis/museums/chucalissa_indian_vill
age.asp
https://tennesseearchaeologycouncil.wordpress.com/tag/coats-hines/