A Great Journey: A Pilgrim's Story

State WV

Status Ready for Users
Stage Public
Subject English/Language Arts
Social Studies
Vocational/Technical
Author Nicole Smith
Tina Garska
Description This unit covers the Pilgrim's Journey from the seperation from England to the first Thanksgiving. We have integrated Social Studies, Math, Science, Language Arts, Technology and Reading. The students will create a timeline of important events througho




ut the period.
The 21st Century Tools Microsoft Powerpoint
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Access
Computers with Internet Access
Overhead Projector.
Grade Level 4
National Standards Social Studies
1. Understands family life now and in the past, and family life in various cases long ago.
2. Understands the history of a local community and how communities in North America varied long ago.
3. Understands the causes and nature of movements of large groups of people into and within the United States now and long ago.
English/Language Arts
1. Use the general skills and strategies of the writing process.
2. Uses grammatical and mechanical conventions in written compositions.
3. Gathers and uses information for research purposes.
4. Uses listening and speaking strategies for different purposes.
Mathmatics
1. Uses a variety of strategies in the problem solving process.
2. Uses basic and advanced procedure while performing hte processes of computations.
3. Understands the general nature and uses of mathmatics.
Science
1. Understands relationships among organisms and their physical environment.
2. Understand the nature of scientific knowledge.
3. Understands the nature of scientific inquiry.
Technology
1. Knows the characteristics and uses of computer hardware and operating systems.
2. Knows the characteristics and uses of computer software programs.
3. Understand the nature and operations of systems.
4. Understand the nature and uses of different forms of technology.
Keywords Pilgrim
Squanto
Mayflower
Barter
England
Native American
Lesson Plan URLs (new Window) Overview
Lesson 1 Venturing Into the Unknown
Lesson 2 Let's Make A Deal
Lesson 3 A Whole New World
Lesson 4 Living Off The Land
Lesson 5 The First Thanksgiving
English IGO or CSO RLA.4.1.1, RLA.4.1.6, RLA.4.1.10, RLA.4.2.1, RLA.4.2.3, RLA.4.2.4, RLA.4.2.11,
RLA.4.1.4, RLA.4.1.7, RLA.4.2.5, RLA.4.3.2, RLA.4.2.6, RLA.4.3.1
Math IGO or CSO MA.4.1.1, MA 4.1.7, MA.4.5.3, MA.4.1.17, MA. 4.1.18, MA.4.2.1, MA.4.4.1, MA.4.4.4, MA.4.4.5, MA.4.4.7
Science IGO or CSO SC.4.2.3, SC.4.4.25, SC.4.3.1, SC.4.2.1, SC.4.2.5, SC 4.2.7, SC.4.2.8, SC.4.2.9, SC.4.2.10, SC.4.3.3
Social Studies IGO or CSO SS.4.1.2, SS.4.1.4, SS.4.1.7, SS.4.2.3, SS.4.3.3, SS.4.5.2, SS.4.1.5, SS.4.5.3, SS.4.5.4, SS.4.3.1, SS.4.4.5, SS.4.1.3, SS.4.5.13
Vo Tech IGO or CSO TEC.4.1.2, TEC.4.1.1, TEC.4.2.1, TEC.4.5.1, TEC.4.5.2, TEC.4.5.3