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Teaching American History Grant
American Tapestry
Lesson Plan Template
Teacher: Ricardo Ricketts
Grade: 5th
Unit Topic: U.S. Expansion and the Louisiana Purchase
History Essential Questions:
How did the growth of the United States population lead to the expansion of
the country through the Louisiana Purchase.
Standards of Learning:
History SOL: The student will:
Develop critical thinking skills, analyze primary sources, analyze historical
decisions and their future impact. Identify the roles of significant people
during the westward expansion. Describe the cause and effects of the
Louisiana Purchase.
Reading SOL: The student will:
Evaluate primary sources for relevance and intent. Read for understanding.
Find cause and effect relationships in higher level text.
Lesson Objectives:
Content: The student will:
Read the letter from Thomas Jefferson to Lewis and Clark and analyze it for
the outcomes the president wanted from the expedition.
Process: The student will:
Research the geography of the United States early 1800s. Students will
create a map that outlines the territories of the United States before the
Louisiana Purchase, students will also create a map of the United States after
the purchase of the Louisiana territory and analyze the growth in square
miles of the country.
Students will read the letter written by President Jefferson and analyze it for
the main idea, what did President Jefferson want from the Journey? Why
were Lewis and Clark chosen for the Expedition?
Students will make a poster of the Journey Lewis and Clark made. They can
attach their pre and post purchase map. Students can use call outs and attach
drawing or pictures of some of the items Lewis and Clark could have come
across.
Materials:
Tradebook:
Louisiana Purchase An American by John Chase
A Picture Book of Lewis and Clark, by Ronald Himler
Books: Social Studies text book, Social Studies Weekly newspaper,week 22
Harcourt Social Studies textbook
Handout: Blank map of North America.
Primary Source Document:Thomas Jefferson's letter to Lewis & Clark
Transcript/ and original document , also see attached
http://memory.loc.gov/cgibin/query/r?ammem/mtj:@field(DOCID+@lit(je0
0048))
Assessment/Evaluation: The student can be assessed on a short multiple
choice test or a teacher made rubric.
Lesson Procedure
Background Knowledge and Purpose Setting: The teacher will:
Activate the students background knowledge by leading a discussion on,
"what would your family do if your family is growing and you are running
out of space in your home"
State the essential question,
How did the growth of the United States population lead to the expansion of
the country through the Louisiana Purchase.
Before Reading: The teacher will:
Activate prior knowledge.
Read A Picture Book of Lewis and Clark.
• Students will make their map showing the Untied States before the
Louisiana Purchase.
During Reading: The student will:
• Keep a log of expedition of Lewis and Clark in Their journals.
• Read the letter from President Jefferson to Lewis. Students will outline and
document in their journals the desired outcomes of the expedition that
President Jefferson wanted.
• Students will keep a checklist of Jefferson's desired outcomes. As they read
the text they will make note as to which of Jefferson's expectations where
met.
• Read the textbook and Social studies weekly.
After Reading: The student will:
• Document in their journals the findings of Lewis and Clark, obstacles, and
other important historical figures that played a role in their exploration.
• Work with a partner and create a comic strip that describes the cause and
effects of the Louisiana Purchase.
• Create a map of the United States after the Louisiana Purchase.
• Make a poster display of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Closure: The student will:
Fill out a concept web lead by the teacher to review what they have learned.
Students will write ideas, people or concepts learned on a post it note and
place it on the web. Teacher will lead a short discussion on each item as a
final review.
Extension/Differentiation: The student could:
• Have students research the impact of some of the discoveries that the team
made in the Louisiana territory.
• Choose another book on the Louisiana Purchase & Lewis and Clark to find
more information.