Subject Area(s): Language Arts / Reading
Grade Level(s): 5
Format of Library of Congress media: Images
Best Instructional Practices
Standards
English - Oral Language
- 5.1 - The student will listen, draw conclusions, and share responses in subject-related group learning activities.
- Participate in and contribute to discussions across content areas.
English - Reading
- 5.4 - The student will read fiction and nonfiction with fluency and accuracy.
- 5.5 - The student will read and demonstrate comprehension of fiction.
- Describe the relationship between text and previously read materials.
- Describe character development in fiction and poetry selections.
- Describe the development of plot and explain how conflicts are resolved.
- 5.7 - The student will demonstrate comprehension of information from a variety of print resources.
- Develop notes that include important concepts, summaries, and identification of information sources.
History
- USI.1 - The student will develop skills for historical and geographical analysis, including the ability to
- identify and interpret primary and secondary source documents to increase understanding of events and life in United States history to 1877;
Length
This lesson will take approximately one to two (1 hour) class sessions at the introduction of the literature unit and two (1 hour) class sessions at the end of the literature unit.
Lesson Summary
As an introduction to a Native American Literature Unit, students, in cooperative learning groups, will sort images of Native Americans into a sequence to create a story. Then, they will share these stories with the whole group, looking for common elements and themes. The teacher will then introduce each group to their novel.
As a conclusion to the unit, students will select images to accompany self-selected passages from their text.
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Indian houses and farms on the Laguna Indian reservation, Laguna N[ew] Mex[ico]
Indians. View of Indians and teepees with camera on tripod in foreground
Bearstone
Indians of North America. North American Indian with headdress
Indian man, woman, and child with a trader showing a blanket
Large black bear at garbage pails on wagon, Yellowstone National Park
Julie of the Wolves
Sign of the Beaver
Island of the Blue Dolphins
I Heard the Owl Call My Name
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All of the materials used in this lesson plan are available for downloading as PDF Files and PowerPoint files, as appropriate. PDF Files can be viewed with the free Adobe Reader.
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