Social Studies Unit Lesson (Day 2)

Arts Integrated
Elementary Education

Name: Olivia Reedy

Title: The Expedition of Sir Walter Raleigh
Grade: 3rd Grade
Concept/Topic: History
Time Needed: 45 minutes

Backward Design Approach

Identify Desired Results/Learning Outcome/Essential Question:
Essential Question:
- How have historical figures or events impacted our local community over time?
Guiding Questions
- How did Sir Walter Raleighs exploration impact places in our local community?
Daily Learning Objectives:
Students will be able to.
- Explain how events surrounding Sir Walter Raleigh impacted their local community and region
in history.
- Use theater arts to display these key events in Sir Walter Raleighs life and in the community.
I can statements:
- I can explain how Sir Walter Raleighs life events contributed to our local community.
- I can participate in a tableau to show key events from the passage.

Teaching Behavior Focus:

Lesson and Unit Planning and Presentation: This will be my first full fledged Social Studies lesson and
arts integrated lesson, so I want to focus on how I developed my lesson plan and get feedback from my
teacher about my implementation.

Standards and Assessment

Standards:
Social Studies: 3.H.1.1 Explain key historical events that occurred in the local community and regions
over time
Theater: 3.C.2.2 Interpret stories from given texts by acting them out

Assessment Plan:
Informal assessment 1: As we read the article about Sir Walter Raleigh, students will put their hand on
their head when they hear a key detail that they think needs to be written down.

Informal assessment 2: Groups of students will be evaluated on the following criteria during their
tableau performances:
All group members were involved
Performance follows the sequence of events
Words are appropriate to the topic
Movements compliment the words
Includes multiple movements

Lesson Plan
Materials/Resources:
- Article about Sir Walter Raleigh
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0ByCIcTqxbT75NXJ3REk1aGo3amc
- List of Tableau instructions to put on doc cam

Prior Knowledge/Connections:
- New Content: Students have not had experience with North Carolina history at this point in
their education, so I do not expect students to be able to identify Sir Walter Raleigh or how his
expedition connects to our local history.
- Connections: Students have previous experience in retelling stories and can make connections
with this when they complete their tableau as a group. The tableau will give students a different
medium to represent a summary of events.

Lesson Introduction/Hook:
Introduce both standards by discussing key words of I can statements;
- define and introduce a tableau
Tableau: a series of movements that represent the summary of events. Must clearly state the title, use 4-
6 movements with words, stay frozen in place, and restate the title.
- Activity 1:
Model (scaffold) the tableau using the subject school
Create a list of 5 things related to school; pick 2 or 3 and create a movement to go
along with it
Ask Mrs. Murray and 1 student to help with demonstration
Post directions on doc cam for student reference
1. All group members state the title together.
2. One at a time, say word or phrase and perform movement (stay frozen!!)
3. Repeat direction #2 for all group members.
4. Repeat title as a group and hold pose.
Model the tableau for the whole class
Questions? Keep this in mind, we will need it for later!
*Introduce Sir Walter Raleigh
Display article on Doc Cam.
Differentiation/Same-ation:
- In this lesson, I am reading aloud the article about Sir Walter Raleigh while the students follow
along with their own copy. I did this because there is a wide range of reading levels in my
students and I could make sure that students can just focus on the comprehension of the article,
rather than fluently reading it.

Lesson Development:

Beginning: Introduce both standards by discussing key words of I can statements;

- define and introduce a tableau
Tableau: a series of movements that represent the summary of events. Must clearly state the title, use 4-
6 movements with words, stay frozen in place, and restate the title.
- Activity 1:
Model (scaffold) the tableau using the subject school
Create a list of 5 things related to school; pick 2 or 3 and create a movement to go
along with it
Ask Mrs. Murray to help with demonstration
Post directions on doc cam for student reference
Clearly state the Title/ Name as a group
Each student states 1 word with 1 movement
Hold movement
Once each student has done step 2, clearly state title/ name as a group
Hold poses for 3 seconds
Model the tableau for the whole class
Questions? Keep this in mind, we will need it for later!
*Introduce Sir Walter Raleigh
Display article on Doc Cam and ask questions below before handing out copies for everyone.
Ask:
Has anyone heard of him?
What part of his name sounds familiar?
Do you think this could tell us something about his impact on our community? Predict!
Activity 2:
Read article about Sir Walter Raleigh
Explain to students that we need to gather key details and information about him in
order to complete the tableau
As we read the article/ book, have students will put their hand on their head when they
hear something important about Sir Walter Raleigh and his impact on the community
(remind students that these details should be relevant to what he did for the local
community so that it relates to our standard)
When students raise hands and give details, write what they say on the board for future
reference
Be sure to stop and explain important vocabulary (knighted, colonization, expedition)
when you get to it in the story
 After the article is done, ask if there are any more details that can be added to the existing list;
tell students that you will come back to that list in a few minutes, but you are going to model
the tableau
Activity 3:
Turn back to list of important details about Sir Walter Raleigh and review
Explain that students will have to come up with a word or a phrase for some (1 per
student) of these key events and a movement to go with it.
Group must collaborate and decide what order you will be in and who is going to
present which detail with what movement
Allow 5-8 minutes for students to prepare
Practice presenting their tableau all at once
Ask for volunteers to present tableaus, one group at a time
End lesson by reviewing some of the key details of Sir Walter Raleighs life that contributed to
our community and how we used the tableau to show these events.
Talk with your table about the purpose of SWRs expedition and then share out

Specific Questioning:
- Has anyone heard of Sir Walter Raleigh?
- What sounds familiar in his name?
- How do you think he contributed to our local community? Predict!
- What are some key details from the article that are relevant to Sir Walter Raleigh and his
expedition?

New Vocabulary:
Social Studies terms
- Knighted- a man honored by his behavior by a King or Queen
- Colonization- establishing control over a particular piece of land
- Expeditions- a journey with a particular purpose
Theater terms
- Tableau- a group of people representing a scene or part of history

Concluding the Lesson/Closure/Debriefing:

Groups present their tableaus one group at a time
End lesson by reviewing some of the key details of Sir Walter Raleighs life that contributed to
our community and how we used the tableau to show these events.
Talk with your table about the purpose of SWRs expedition and then share out

Follow-Up Activities/Parent Involvement

Students will continue learning about people and events in history that affected the exploration
of the United States, specifically those that occurred in our local community today.