Thematic+Lesson+Plan

=Thematic Lesson Plan=

//TCH 501 // //Thematic Lesson Plan // **Lesson Introduction **
 * __Authors __**: Michael Ginter, Laura Glassman, and Megan VanDenHengel
 * __Lesson Title __**: Cotton: The Fabric of our Lives J
 * __Content Area __**: History, Mathematics, Science, Reading, Economics, Environment and Agriculture, Technology
 * __Grade Level __**: 4th grade- 6th grade
 * __Time __**: 40-45 minutes per day for a total of 7 days

**Day 1 Lesson ** Essential Question: //__Why is cotton such an important resource in our society?__// PA Standards: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Learning Objectives: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">As a result of this lesson, students will be able to: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Materials: __ __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Instructional Procedure: __ __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Assessment __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Students will be informally assessed today through questioning about the commercial, the KWL chart, and the video watched in class. The informal assessment will serve as a guideline for how much each student already knows about cotton and what will need to be discussed for the days to follow.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">8.1.6.D: Explain and Describe Historical Research (History) //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">6.2.6.K: Explain how advertisements influence perceptions of the costs and benefits of economic decisions (Economics) //
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Explain what they know about cotton
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">State what they want to know about cotton
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Place facts into numerical order based off previous knowledge and facts from a video
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Computer with smartboard
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">KWL chart on computer
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">KWL copies for each student
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Countdown to Cotton production scramble
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Before discussing material, gain student’s attention by showing a commercial <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[]
 * 2) <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Discuss with students what they saw in the brief commercial.
 * 3) //<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What was the commercial advertising? //
 * 4) //<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What was this commercial trying to get you to do? //
 * 5) //<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why do you think this commercial was appealing to people? Did if make you want to go get cotton products? Why or why not? //
 * 6) //<span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why do you think cotton is so important? //
 * 7) <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Discuss with students that you will be learning about cotton for the next week. Present a KWL chart to students on the smartboard and copies to each student. Have students first fill-out the KWL chart independently. Then have students assist you in filling out the categories as a class and discuss. [|KWL chart.docx]
 * 8) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Have student’s watch a video **__ [] __**
 * 9) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Discuss video with students to see if they can come up with anything else to add to their KWL chart
 * 10) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Place students into cooperative groups (of approximately 4-5 students). Hand them the [|Countdown to Cotton.docx]
 * 11) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Have student’s work with their group to see if they can place the steps in the correct order.
 * 12) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">When finished, hand in to the teacher to be discussed the following day


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Day 2 Lesson **

__<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Essential Questions: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> //Where does cotton come from? How did Eli Whitney’s invention of the cotton gin aid in the production of cotton?// __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">PA Standards __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Learning Objectives __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: As a result of this lesson, students will be able to: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Materials __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Instructional Procedures __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">:
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">6.2.6.I: Identify and Describe Public Goods (Economics) //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1.1.5.H: Demonstrate fluency and comprehension in reading (Reading) //
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">4.4.4.C: Know that food and fiber originate from plants and animals (Environment and Ecology) //
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Describe the cotton gin and how it aided in the production of cotton
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Explain how cotton is produced
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Describe different cotton products and their uses
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Demonstrate fluency and comprehension in reading
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Computer with smartboard
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Story of Cotton //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> (copies for all students)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Worksheet to accompany the story (for all students)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Homework assignment
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Start off the lesson by having students get back into their cooperative groups from the previous day.
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Hand out the //Countdown to Cotton Production Steps Scramble// to students.
 * 3) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Go over the sheet on the smartboard and informally assess how well each group did with the worksheet by walking around the classroom while discussing the answers to the worksheet.
 * 4) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Collect worksheets and then pass out [|story of cotton.doc] toeach student.
 * 5) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">As a class, take turns reading aloud //The Story of Cotton//. Stop to talk about each section as a class.
 * 6) //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Why was Eli Whitney so important? What did he invent? //
 * 7) //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">How did the cotton gin help the United States? //
 * 8) //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Briefly describe the process of producing cotton (draw a diagram on the board) //
 * 9) //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What type of places are best for growing cotton? //
 * 10) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">After reading and discussing the story, pass out a worksheet for students to complete independently. The worksheet is on the story that was just read and will serve as an assessment to see how well students grasped the information and how well they can go back and find the information that was just discussed. [|in-class assignment.docx]
 * 11) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Give students the rest of the class period to complete their worksheets and then collect at the end of the period.
 * 12) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">For homework, have students go home and look at different items in their household that contain cotton. Explain to students that that they can look at the tags of items (clothing, bedding, etc.) to see if they contain cotton. Have students find at least 5 items. [|Homework Assignment.doc]
 * 13) __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Assessment __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Students will be formally assessed during this lesson by completing the worksheet on the story of cotton. This worksheet will be graded as an in-class homework assignment. This will not only serve as an assessment for the student, but for the teacher. If the teacher notices common errors made on the assignment, the teacher will go back and re-teach/discuss the questions that were missed.

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Day 3/4 Lesson ** __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Essential Question: __//<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What is a timeline and how can we apply our knowledge about cotton to create one? // __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">PA Standards: __ __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Learning Objectives: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">As a result of this lesson, students will be able to: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Materials: __ __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Instructional Procedure: __ __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Assessment __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Group members will be formally assessed based on their group’s completed timeline project.
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|S4.A.3.1.4] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Identify the parts of the food and fiber systems as they relate to agricultural products from the source to the consumer. (Science)
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|S4.B.3.3.2] //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Describe the human dependence on the food and fiber systems from production to consumption (e.g., food, clothing, shelter, products). (Science)
 * <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">[|8.3.3.C] //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: //<span style="color: blue; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|Identify and describe how continuity and change have impacted U.S. history. (History)]
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Provide demonstration of knowledge regarding important facts and dates involving cotton production, advertising, history, etc.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use computers to create a timeline containing facts, dates, and appropriate photos and/or clipart.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Computer
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SmartBoard
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mobile Computer lab with internet connection
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">“Point in Time” Worksheet
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Sample Timeline Poster
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Start off the lesson by having students get back into their cooperative groups from the previous day.
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Have students pair/share their homework worksheet from previous lesson and then collect worksheets.
 * 3) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Using the SmartBoard, show students the timeline found online at [|Cotton Campus] [|(http://www.cottoncampus.org/CC-History/CC-Cotton-Historical-Timeline/)]
 * 4) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Provide students with [|Point In Time.doc] and discuss project guidelines as provided.
 * 5) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Have students work in their groups. Monitor progress and assist where necessary during the rest of the period and the following day.
 * 6) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">During the last 10 minutes of Day 4, have each of the five groups share timelines.

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Day 5/6 Lesson ** __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Essential Question __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">? How do different means of measuring cotton production lead to different interpretations of production efficiency? __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">PA Elementary Math Standards: __ __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Learning Objectives __**//<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: //** __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Instructional Procedures and Activities __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">* It is assumed that at some point during the year, students have used and are familiar with excel spreadsheets. They must know how to move from sheet to sheet, scroll through data, input data, and print a given sheet. __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Assessment __**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Informal formative assessment will take place throughout the lessons as the teacher interacts with each group and a more formal assessment will be made of each group’s graphs and BIG IDEA responses at the end of the lesson. **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">Day 7 Lesson ** __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Essential Question: __//<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What have we learned about cotton? // __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">PA Standards: __ __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Learning Objectives: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">As a result of this lesson, students will be able to: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Materials: __ __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Instructional Procedure: __ __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Assessment: __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> The final assessment for this unit will be the Tagxedo image and explanation of 5 of the terms they picked.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2.6.5.B //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Use pictures, tallies, tables, charts, bar graphs, line graphs, diagrams, and graphs to organize, display, and analyze data.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">2.6.5.E //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">. Determine the reasonableness of a statement based on a comparison to data displayed in a graph and summarized by numerical measures.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mathematics Objective: //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Given instruction and tables of values, the students will use computer software to accurately create bar graphs to represent a variety of aspects of cotton production and accurately analyze these graphs for trends in the data.
 * //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Economics Objective: //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Given instruction and guided questions, students will accurately analyze the economic validity of production acreage vs actual production vs production per acreage as a means of measuring economic productivity.
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">As a class, review the following key terms that students will encounter in their group work: ~ Production ~ Acre ~ Bales of Cotton ~ Bales per Acre
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will be taken to the computer lab and placed into pairs in order to complete the lesson. Each pair will be given a different state (Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Oklahoma). Students will then download the Cotton Data Excel file from a central location (possibly the school webpage, class wiki, etc …).
 * 3) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will then use the [|Names.doc] to walk through the lesson and address the learning objectives listed above. The teacher will be around to clarify the worksheet as necessary and motivate students as needed.
 * 4) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">When students have printed all three of their graphs, they will post them in the room in anticipation of the summary questions.
 * 5) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Summary: When students have completed the BIG IDEA question on their own, go over as a class in order to drive home the following points
 * 6) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Acres Planted: this tells us how much room was dedicated to cotton, but lots of other circumstances come into play, so this is not the best indicator of how good the crop will be. It does give a general idea though.
 * 7) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Bales Produced: This gives the raw data of how much each states has at the end of the year, but can’t be used to compare directly between years because the acres planted is not constant
 * 8) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Bales per Acre: This gives an excellent comparison factor between different years and different states because it has common units across those different times/locations.
 * **<span style="color: #43413e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">R4.A.1.4.1: **<span style="color: #43413e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Identify and/or explain stated or implied main ideas and relevant supporting details from text.
 * ** R4.A.1.2.2: **<span style="color: #43413e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Define and/or apply how the meaning of words or phrases changes when using context clues given in explanatory sentences.
 * ** R4.A.2.5.1: **<span style="color: #43413e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Summarize the major points, processes and/or events of a nonfictional text as a whole.
 * **<span style="color: #43413e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">1.9.3.A: **<span style="color: #43413e; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Use media and technology resources for directed and independent learning activities. (Technology)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Provide demonstration of knowledge regarding important facts and dates involving cotton production, advertising, history, etc.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Use computers to create a wordle representing what they have learned about cotton.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Computer with SmartBoard
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mobile Computer lab with internet connection
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Discuss with students what they have learned about cotton during this unit.
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What types of products are made from cotton?
 * 3) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">When was cotton first planted in America?
 * 4) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Other than clothing, how else is cotton used?
 * 5) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">What did Thomas Edison use cotton filaments for?
 * 6) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Show students a [|Tagxedo Image Project.docx] and demonstrate procedures for making graphic. []
 * 7) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Select general layout, including colors, fonts and layouts.
 * 8) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Select, or import, image to be used for wordle
 * 9) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Type in the words representing what they have learned about cotton.
 * 10) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Students will need to be broken up into pairs with each pair having one laptop. They will work together to create a Tagxedo image to be submitted.