Maddie Silber PAS Lesson Plan

Social Studies

Objectives/Goals: In order to understand how a place changes over time, students need to be given a beginning point to compare the place to current day. The objective for this lesson is to have students understand that West Philadelphia used to be covered with forest and meadows in the 1600s. This will be their first point of comparison for West Philadelphia today, compared to a time in the past. SWBAT read a primary source document to make an inference about what West Philadelphia used to look like, and will show this by creating a drawing of their own. Alignment with Standards and Assessment Anchors: NCSS Social Studies Standards: o ii. Time, Continuity, and Change o iii. People, Places, and Environments CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.3.2a Introduce a topic and group related information together; include illustrations when useful to aiding comprehension. Materials: Map of West Philadelphia West Philadelphia The Beginning Worksheets Painting of the Lenape Indians Timeline cards for 1677: William Warner is the first European to arrive in the area of West Philadelphia and 1682: William Penn first founds Philadelphia Classroom arrangement and management issues: The classroom will be set up how it always is, with my 24 students in five groups. I will be addressing the class from the front of the room in front of the whiteboard. This is where the web and timeline will be so when I am working with those, I will be in the front of the room. Otherwise, I will walk around the classroom as I speak with the class. My presence near a student will often increase their focus. I might also tap lightly on a students desk to remind them to pay attention, so that I do not have to stop my instruction. Before the lesson begins, I will go over my expectations for how students should be acting during the lesson. My Penn mentor has commented a few times that my students look tired with their heads on their desks, etc. and she is surprised when they are actually on task and paying attention. She said even though everyone actually is on task, it is still important to make sure they look like they are on task in case a principal or parent walks in. Therefore, I will tell my students that I know they are paying attention when they are sitting up and looking at whoever is talking. Plan: (45 mins) Introduction/Direct Instruction: [20] Locate West Philadelphia on a map (we have already done this as a class, and have learned cardinal directions)

The Lenape Indians were the first people to settle (which means live) in the area of West Philadelphia William Warner was the first European to come to this area in 1677 Where on our timeline would that be? We are going to read a primary source document from that time. Does anyone know what I mean when I say primary source document? o It means it is something that was created from the time period we are studying. For instance, we are going to look at writing from a mans journal about what West Philadelphia looked like when he arrived in 1677. These are the actual words he wrote down 336 years ago. Pass out worksheets I dont want anyone to write anything on these sheets yet, not even your name. We are just looking at the quote first. So everyones pencils are down. When you get your sheet you may read it to yourself as I pass out the rest of the papers. In one of his journals, this is how William described WP: The northern portions of the area were wooded with forests of oak, green pine, evergreen, chestnut, walnut, ash, button, magnolia, and hickory trees, while the meadowlands south and east were covered with moss, grass, and weeds ideal for grazing livestock. Wild berries, water lilies, strawberries, cattail, mushrooms, and corn grew wild in the fields. o Discuss what livestock is (farm animals like cows that provide food for humans) o Why might the area have looked like this? o Why werent there any stores or houses or parks? o How might you have felt coming to this land, as William, for the first time? What would you have wanted to do first? o Are there any resources from the land that you could use? Philadelphia was first founded (means created) by William Penn in 1682 So if William Warner first came in 1677 and Penn founded Philadelphia in 1682, did the city of Philadelphia exist when William Warner came? Draw mini-timeline on board, put 1677 card down, where does the 1682 card go? So could West Philadelphia have been called West Philadelphia when William Warner first came? [No.] So William Warner wants to name the area he calls it Blockley. Lets look back at the quote. Read it again but this time ask students to point to the map to show where the northern parts would be, where the southern and eastern parts would be Write a list/draw little pictures near the north part: oak, green pine, evergreen, chestnut, walnut, ash, button, magnolia, hickory trees South and east meadowlands covered with moss, grass, weeds, ideal for grazing (walking around) livestock, Wild berries, water lilies, strawberries, cattail, mushrooms, and corn grew wild in the fields

Activity: [20] Go through rest of the sheet together

o BLANK was the first European to arrive in the area of WP Who was this man? [William Warner] (look to ESOL students to answer this) write on board, students write on their sheets o What year did he come to WP? [1677] (look for ESOL student to answer this) o It says below is a picture of the BLANK portion I want you to choose either the northern, southern or eastern portions of WP to draw. Even though the S and E portions are described as the same, pick one that you would want to draw. If I pick the northern portion, am I going to draw berries, water lilies, and livestock? No. If I pick the east and I going to draw all different kinds of trees? No. So be sure to choose the portion you want to draw using the description to guide you. o Write your portion in the space provided. o Where it says by Historian BLANK, that is where your name goes. You have 20 minutes to complete this. Use colored pencils only. You may talk with your tablemates while you work but if I see that people are becoming too distracted with talking and cant work at the same time then we will work without talking. Please keep the volume at a low level. I am going to play some music while we work. I want everyone to be able to hear the music so keep your voices low enough so that we can all listen while we work. When you are done, keep it on your desk and you can continue your journal responses from this morning or work on your informational text pieces.

Wrap-Up: [5] Have everyone hold up their pictures and give everyone 20 seconds to look at what their classmates produced. I see ____ has included _____ in the northern/southern/eastern portion. Who can explain what we have created as a class with all these pictures? [Looking for: a representation of what the area that is now West Philadelphia used to look like when the first European settler came in 1677.] Assessment of the goals/objectives listed above: a. Management issues: Described in management issues above. b. Response to content of the lesson: I have noticed that a lot of students in my classroom that love to draw (some have drawing books, I have been getting an increasing amount of student work with doodles all over them, they often draw instead of read when they finish their work until the teacher catches them) so I thought this would be a fun way for my students to think about how the area used to look. Accommodations: a. Accommodations for students who may find the material too challenging: I have two ELL students in my classroom who struggle more with written activities.

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I will come over as students get started on drawing to make sure they understand what they are supposed to draw. In addition, if they are not raising their hands during the lesson, I will look to call on then during my review questions as I go over the worksheet. Accommodations for students who may need greater challenge and/or finish early? If a student finishes early, they can add to their journal responses from the morning or continue to work on their information text pieces.