Teaching American History – Lesson Plan Template



Teacher’s Name: Chandler AldayEmployee Number: 289282School: Alonzo and Tracy Mourning Senior High School – Biscayne Bay CampusSocial Studies LessonTitle: (Expansion/11th grade - Regular)Overview - Big Ideas:Enduring Understandings – In the late 1800s, growing numbers of white settlers move to the West, and Amerindians lose their lands. Railroads cross the nation. The open range gives way to fenced ranches. Populism rises and falls.Essential Question – What were the major causes and effects of various expansionary times in U.S. history; i.e. territorially, economically, and/or politically?Lesson Objectives and Key Vocabulary:Standards - SS.B.2.4.3. The student understands how the allocation of control of the Earth’s surface affects interactions between people in different regions.SS.B.2.4.5 The student knows how humans overcome “limits to growth” imposed by physical systems.SS.C.1.4.4. The student understands the role of special interest groups, political parties, the media, public opinion, and majority/minority conflicts on the development of public policy and the political processVocabulary – Great Plains, Treaty of Fort Laramie, Sitting Bull, George A. Custer, assimilation, Dawes Act, Battle of Wounded Knee, longhorn, Chisholm Trail, long drive, Homestead Act, exoduster, soddy, Morrill Act, bonanza farm, Oliver Hudson Kelly, Grange, Farmers’ Alliances, Populism, bimetallism, gold standard, William McKinley, Williams Jennings BryanEvidence of Student Understanding (Assessment) in this Lesson:What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this lesson?The cattle industry boomed in the late 1800s, as the culture of the Plains Amerindians declined. Settlers on the Great Plains transformed the land despite hardships. Farmers united to address their economic problems, giving rise to the Populist movement.What will students be able to do as a result of such knowledge and skills?TSW explain how Amerindians and settlers came into conflict.TSW describe a cowboy’s life.TSW explain how settlers changed the Great Plains.TSW describe the rise and fall of Populism.Materials Needed: Textbook – The Americans (Chapter 13 – Changes on the Western Frontier)Steps to Deliver the Lesson:Chapter 13Interpreting the Photograph: Blackfeet Native AmericansChapter TimelineInteract with HistoryChapter 13 Section 1 “Cultures Clash on the Prairie”Focus and MotivateDiscuss Main Idea and Terms & NamesInstructRead the sectionDiscussion key questionsHistorical Spotlight: The Wild West ShowDifferentiated InstructionLess Proficient Readers: Reading Study GuideSpanish Reading Study GuideIntegrate TechnologyElectronic Library of Primary Sources: Andy Adams, from The Log of a Cowboy, 1903Assess & ReteachSection AssessmentSection QuizReteaching ActivityChapter 13 Section 2 “Settling on the Great Plains”Focus and MotivateDiscuss Main Idea and Terms & NamesInstructRead the sectionDiscussion key questionsGeography Application: The Regions of the WestDifferentiated InstructionLess Proficient Readers: Reading Study GuideSpanish Reading Study GuideAssess & ReteachSection AssessmentSection QuizReteaching ActivityChapter 13 Section “Farmers and the Populist Movement”Focus and MotivateDiscuss Main Idea and Terms & NamesInstructRead the sectionDiscussion key questionsHistorical Spotlight: The Colored Farmers’ National AllianceDifferentiated InstructionLess Proficient Readers: Reading Study GuideSpanish Reading Study GuideAssess & ReteachSection AssessmentSection QuizReteaching ActivitySpecific Activities: (From Guided to Independent)See Steps to the Deliver the LessonDifferentiated Instruction Strategies:See Steps to the Deliver the LessonTechnology Integration:See Steps to the Deliver the LessonLesson Closure:TSW will create a visual summary of the clash of cultures on the frontier focusing on the following aspects:Amerindians - hunted, farmed, and traded in traditional ways. Plains peoples relied on the buffalo for a variety of survival skills.Ranchers and Cowhands – ushered in the era of the long drive and the roundup. Texas longhorn cattle took the place of the buffalo as the dominant animal on the Great Plains.Homesteaders – hundreds of thousands settled on the plains, claiming land grants from the U.S. governmentFarmers and the Populist Movement - new settlement, barbed wire, and bad weather ended the cattle boom. Farmers across the South, Midwest, and West organized to address their common economic problems.Miners – discoveries of gold and other precious metals led to the growth of mining camps and boomtowns in the Rocky Mountains and to the west. ................
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