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Cherokee Indians Social Studies Lesson Plan

This 3rd grade social studies lesson plan teaches students about the Cherokee Indian culture. The lesson uses a textbook and internet resources to guide students through reading about the Cherokee tribe's environment, food sources, housing, and traveling habits. Students will take notes, discuss what they learned, and create their own star quilt craft project to represent Cherokee quilts. To assess understanding, students will write a journal entry from the perspective of a Cherokee Indian describing aspects of their daily life.

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Cherokee Indians Social Studies Lesson Plan

This 3rd grade social studies lesson plan teaches students about the Cherokee Indian culture. The lesson uses a textbook and internet resources to guide students through reading about the Cherokee tribe's environment, food sources, housing, and traveling habits. Students will take notes, discuss what they learned, and create their own star quilt craft project to represent Cherokee quilts. To assess understanding, students will write a journal entry from the perspective of a Cherokee Indian describing aspects of their daily life.

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Cherokee

Indians Social Studies Lesson Plan

Cherokee Indians Submitted By: Breanna Cape & William Hall EDEL 453: Teaching Elementary School Social Science Nevada State College spring 2013 Instructor: Karen Powell
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Cherokee Indians Social Studies Lesson Plan

B. Summary of the Lesson Plan: This history lesson plan is designed for 3rd grade students to learn about the Cherokee Indians culture and their living conditions. The information for this lesson was found on the Internet and in a text book. C. Student Population: Grade Level: 3rd grade Skill Level: students at all learning levels Grouping: Whole group reading & discussions and independent for activity and assessment D. Materials: Tools of Native Americans: A kids guide to the History and culture of the first Americans. Journals Pencils & markers Construction Paper
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Cherokee Indians Social Studies Lesson Plan

E. Objectives: NV State Social Studies Standard G6.3.3- Identify ways people express their culture. Student Friendly Standard I can learn how other communities expressed their culture. F. Procedure: 1. Explain: First I will explain that we will be learning about the Cherokee Indians and their culture. Call students attention to pages 46-60 in their textbook. Identify & discuss the Cherokee tribe and their contributions to Native American culture. Introduce key words that will be used in the reading. 2. As a class we will read pages 46-52, stopping to discuss important points and answer questions along the way. 3. Students should be following along while reading and taking notes in their journals. They will be required to list 5 interesting facts they learned from the reading. 4. Next we will do the Star Quilt activity. I will show students pictures of authentic made star quilts on the overhead. Then I will instruct the students to use the colored construction paper to create their own star quilt. After the students complete the
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Cherokee Indians Social Studies Lesson Plan

activity we will use glue to connect all of the individual quilts together and create a large class quilt. 5. Ask questions as an ongoing check for understanding Focus on these questions: What kind of environment did the Cherokee Indians live in? What were the tribes main sources of food? What kind of shelter did they live in and why? Did they stay in one place or did they travel and why? 6. Closure: Discuss key characteristics of the Cherokee Indians. I will review the information learned and assess whether the class grasped the information G. Assessment: To assess the students understanding I will have them journal about the lesson. They will have to write their entry in the perspective of a Cherokee Indian. They must include four things we learned about their daily lives. For example, what they would eat, what type of work they did, what their houses were like and their traveling habits. I will know whether the students understand the concepts taught by observing them while doing the lesson and by what I read in their journals. This piece measures students understanding because the students have free reign to create the life of a Cherokee Indian based on the information learned.
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Cherokee Indians Social Studies Lesson Plan

Resources: http://www.ehow.com/list_7813931_activities-kids-cherokee- indians.html Kavin, K. Tools of Native Americans: A kid's guide to the history & culture of the first Americans. New York: Nomad Press, 2006. 46- 60. Print

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