Lesson Five-Famous Landmarks
Lesson Five-Famous Landmarks
I. Objectives
What is the main focus of this lesson?
Famous Landmarks along the Trail
How does this lesson tie in to a unit plan? (If applicable.)
Unit: Westward Expansion Lesson: Famous landmarks along the trail out west.
What are your objectives for this lesson? (As many as needed.) Indicate connections to applicable national or state standards. If
an objective applies to only certain students write the name(s) of the student(s) to whom it applies.
Assessment
Participation and partner worksheet.
(formative and summative)
Do you need to set up your Floor space for circle and partner work
classroom in any special way for
this lesson? If so, describe it.
Development Give each student a slip of paper with part of the landmark story on it.
Go around the circle and have each student read their part in order.
Show students pictures of some of the landmarks.
Which would be your favorite landmark to come across if you were in a prairie schooner headed out
west? Why?
Now I am going to put you into pairs. You will get a worksheet and a landmark. I want you to use your
computers to help you answer the questions on this worksheet. I need to see everyone working, not just
one partner so I want to see both of your handwriting on the worksheet. Then, you need to draw a
picture using colored pencils of what your landmark looks like. You may work wherever you like.
Questions? Go!
Walk around to partners of students and see how they are working. If groups finish early, have them look
up what the area around the landmark is like or what the state is like.
Closure Alright pause! We need to put our computers away and clean up. Before we do that I want each group to
say their landmark and share something they learned about their landmark. When everyone is done you
may put your computers away and hand me your worksheet.
Your reflection on the lesson including ideas for improvement for next time: