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\nBuilding Background Knowledge: Colonial Craftspeople\n

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\nIn the first lesson plan of this unit on colonial trade, fourth graders gain background knowledge of different jobs performed by early colonists. The class begins with a slide show presentation that includes a variety of great...\n
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\nResearching and Note-Taking: Becoming an Expert on a Colonial Trade\n

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\nFourth graders work in small groups to become experts on different colonial trades in the eighth instructional activity of this unit. Working toward the long-term goal of writing a piece of historical fiction, young scholars read...\n
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\nReading and Taking Notes on Colonial Trades\n

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\nIn the tenth instructional activity of this unit, young scholars learn to categorize information as they continue researching their colonial trade. During guided practice, the teacher models how to read informational text slowly while...\n
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\nListening Closely and Taking Notes: Colonial Trade Podcast About the Wheelwright\n

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\nVoices from the past. Young scholars listen to a podcast interview with a historical re-enactor as they continue their research in the eleventh instructional activity of this unit on colonial trade. Applying their close reading skills,...\n
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\nMid-Unit 2 Assessment: Inferring About the Silversmith Trade in Colonial Times\n

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\nThe seventh lesson plan in this unit on colonial trade assesses fourth graders' ability to use details from an informational text to make inferences and create a piece of informative writing. The included assessment begins with learners...\n
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\nListening Closely and Taking Notes in Expert Groups: Colonial Trade Podcast\n

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\nThe twelfth instructional activity of this unit builds on the skills developed in the previous instructional activity, as fourth graders continue their quest to become experts on colonial trade by listening to interviews with historical...\n
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\nSynthesizing Research: How Colonists Were Interdependent\n

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\nFollowing the formative assessment of this unit, young scholars present the information they gathered on their specific colonial trade to the rest of the class. Working in groups, learners create posters describing the particular job...\n
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\nTaking Notes Using a Graphic Organizer: Inferring About Work and Play in Colonial America\n

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\nWhat was life like in colonial America? Follow this lesson and your pupils will find out what people in colonial times did for work and for fun. Ask learners to compare and contrast the two texts and explain what the reading helped them...\n
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\nTaking Notes Using a Graphic Organizer: Inferring About the Importance of Religion in Colonial America\n

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\nImprove class understanding of colonial times by reading an informational text and filling out the accompanying graphic organizer. Class members work with a partner to read, take notes, make inferences, and synthesize information.The...\n
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\nEnd of Unit 1 Assessment: Inferring and Synthesizing (From Two Texts) About Life in Colonial America\n

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\nClose your colonial America unit with a performance-based assessment. Class members will show their proficiency in several skills including using details to back up inferences, determining the meaning of words in context,...\n
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\nParagraph Writing: The Role of Religion in Colonial America\n

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\nInformative writing is emphasized in the standards. Help your learners reach that goal with the plan for paragraph writing outlined here. After reviewing the work from the day before and adding to their vocabulary notebooks, class...\n
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\nInferring from a Primary Source: Close Read of Colonial Times Inventory\n

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\nTeach your class about colonial America through an examination of primary documents. First though, start vocabulary notebooks for content-specific and academic vocabulary. Pupils can keep this record during the entire module. Once this...\n
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\nDocumenting Research: Sorting and Recording Information About the Wheelwright\n

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\nFourth graders practice using a graphic organizer to record their notes and answer text-dependent questions while supplying evidence of how they found their answer. They focus on a machine called the wheelright, which was commonly...\n
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\nSynthesizing Information: Writing an Apprentice Wanted Ad\n

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\nFourth graders view examples of help-wanted ads as they plan and create their own writing in the fourteenth instructional activity of this unit on colonial trade. The engagement of the class is captured when the teacher shares an actual...\n
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\nResearch: Identifying Categories for Our Research About the Wheelwright\n

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\nHere is a fine lesson on reading and understanding expository text designed for 4th graders. With a partner, learners read a passage of text about a machine called a wheelright. This machine was commonly used in the colonial...\n
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\nDiscovering the Topic: Inferring and Confirming Using Evidence\n

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\nAllow your class to figure out what they will be studying through an inquiry-based anticipatory set that involves analysis of mystery documents and practice with making inferences. The lesson plan document includes a detailed description...\n
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\nThe Brief American Pageant: The Planting of the English America\n

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\nA series of maps illustrate the early growth of English America, which includes the Maryland, Virginia, Carolina, and Georgia colonies. Settlements such as Jamestown, Roanoke, and Charleston are labeled on the map, allowing a teacher or...\n
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\nSummarizing and Synthesizing: Planning for Writing an Apprentice Wanted Ad\n

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\nIn instructional activity 13 of this unit on colonial trade, young researchers learn about apprentices as they prepare to write help-wanted ads for the specific trade they have been researching. To begin, the class listens closely as the...\n
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\nEnd of Unit 2 Assessment: Working with Two Texts - Reading, Listening, Summarizing, and Synthesizing\n

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\nAs a summative assessment for this unit on colonial trade, fourth graders listen to and read informational texts in order to demonstrate their ability to take notes, write summaries, and draw connections. Young scholars first listen as...\n
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\nEarly Colonial Labor Force: Indentured Servants and Slaves\n

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\nStudents study the labor force used during Colonial America. In this Colonial America lesson, students discuss labor types used in the colonies. Students read about indentured servants and the use of African slaves. Students...\n
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\nA Practical Experiment In Colonization\n

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\nRole-play and simulation exercises are fantastic ways to help learners understand the reality behind many social and historical events. Pretending they are colonists, upper graders choose a location, create a history, establish laws, and...\n
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\nAmerican Indians, European Settlers, and Colonial Arkansas\n

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\nStudents identify the interdependence among various ethnic groups in early Arkansas history. They illustrate timelines and visit historic sites. They make maps of the site and give class presentations.\n
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\nInferring: Who was John Allen?\n

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\nHelp your learners work with difficult or archaic words. A continuation of lesson two of this module, the plan here focuses on deciphering the Inventory of John Allen, in particular the unfamiliar words that make up much of the list. Add...\n
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\nGun Control\n

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\nAccording to some estimates, there are more guns than people in the United States. Learners decide if America should enact more gun control laws. They analyze information about gun deaths in the United States by year, read about the...\n
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