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First Americans: Then and Now

By s201
Grade Level
3-5
private
LEARNING PLAN
Essential Question
  • How have the First Americans changed from the past to now?
  • How does where I live affect who I am?
  • How did moving to reservations affect the indigenous people?
  • How did laws help or harm indigenous people?
  • What can I do to ensure indigenous land is protected?
Texts
Informational

This Land is Ours

“The Ponca’s challenge of the U.S. government marked a turning point on the long path of Indian resistance. Increasingly, after Standing Bear v. Cook, the fight for Native rights would shift from the battlefields to the courtrooms of the growing nation.”
by
Learning for Justice Staff
Grade Level
6-8 9-12
Subject
History
Geography
Topic
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice Domain
Identity Diversity Justice Action
August 9, 2017
Teaching Strategies
Close and Critical Reading

Agree/Disagree Statements

Agree/disagree statements challenge students to think critically about their knowledge of a topic, theme or text. The strategy exposes students to the major ideas in a text before reading—engaging their thinking and motivating them to learn more. It also requires them to reconsider their original thinking after reading the text and to use textual evidence to support and explain their thinking.
Grade Level
3-5
CCSS
RF.3-5.4, RL.3-5.1, RI.3-5.1, RL.3-5.2, RI.3-5.2
July 19, 2014
Close and Critical Reading

Annolighting

“Annolighting” (annotating and highlighting) shows students how to identify critical information in a text during close reading. Students learn to annotate text, highlight important facts and summarize what they have read to capture main ideas, concepts and details.
Grade Level
3-5
CCSS
RL.3-5.2, RI.3-5.2, RL.3-5.4, RI.3-5.4, RL.3.5, RI.3.5, L.3-5.4
July 19, 2014
Student Tasks
Write to the Source

Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect asks students to demonstrate their explanatory and informative writing skills.
Grade Level
3-5
CCSS
W.3-5.2, W.3-5.4, W.4-5.9
July 19, 2014
Write to the Source

Fact or Opinion

Fact or Opinion asks students to demonstrate their explanatory and analytical writing skills.
Grade Level
3-5
CCSS
W.3.2, W.4.2, W.5.2, W.3.4, W.4.4, W.5.4, W.4.9, W.5.9
July 19, 2014
Plan Built By
s201

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