History 4th/5th: Indicator #4

History: Fourth and Fifth

Students will examine significant ideas, beliefs, and themes; organize patterns and events; and analyze how individuals and societies have changed over time in Maryland, the United States, and the world.

In the context of Maryland up to contemporary times and United States history through1790, students are able to do everything required at earlier grades and are able to:

 

Indicator # 4
Compare daily life in the New England, Mid-Atlantic, and Southern colonies, including the various ethnic and cultural perspectives.  

 

A sample of early childhood games from the 18th and 19th century.  These are not lesson plans but could be used by students to develop games for use as part of their study of colonial life http://www.osv.org/education/docs/childhood/sampler.htm

A lesson plan that helps students to understand the celebration of Christmas in colonial times (to get to the lesson plan, click on the url below, then click on resources for teachers and students, then click on classroom tested lesson plans, then scroll down to find A Colonial Christmas in Williamsburg)  http://www.history.org/history/index.html

 

Early colonists had very little access to medical care, the women became practitioners of herb medicine.  This lesson plan helps students to understand the importance of medical care in colonial times (to get to the lesson plan, click on the URL below, then click on resources for teachers and students, then click on classroom tested lesson plans, then scroll down to find Colonial Home Remedies) http://www.history.org/history/index.html 

 

A lesson plan that helps students to understand the importance of fences in the daily lives of the colonists (to get to the lesson plan, click on the URL below, then click on resources for teachers and students, then click on classroom tested lesson plans, then scroll down to find Don’t Fence Me In) http://www.history.org/history/index.html  

 

Music and dance were essential parts of colonial life.  This lesson plan helps students to learn about the value of music and dance to daily life (to get to the lesson plan, click on the url below, then click on resources for teachers and students, then click on classroom tested lesson plans, then scroll down to find 18th century Music and Dance) http://www.history.org/history/index.html

 

A very critical part of 18th century life was predicting the weather.  In this lesson, students have the opportunity to learn about 18th century weather prediction (to get to the lesson plan, click on the url below, then click on resources for teachers and students, then click on classroom tested lesson plans, then scroll down to find Predicting the Weather in the 18th Century) http://www.history.org/history/index.html

 

Travel in the 18th century was long and difficult.  In this lesson, children will learn about the difficulties of travel in the colonial times (to get to the lesson plan, click on the url below, then click on resources for teachers and students, then click on classroom tested lesson plans, then scroll down to find Travel in the 18th Centuryhttp://www.history.org/history/index.html 

 

African Americans in 18th century Colonies were primarily slaves.  This lesson plan shows students how African Americans were treated as slaves (to get to the lesson plan, click on the url below, then click on resources for teachers and students, then click on classroom tested lesson plans, then scroll down to find The Two Williamsburgs) http://www.history.org/history/index.html

 

Most people of the 18th century could not read, so signs became very important to businesses.  This is a lesson plan about signs and how they became colonial American art (to get to the lesson plan, click on the URL below, then click on resources for teachers and students, then click on classroom tested lesson plans, then scroll down to find Signs of the Times) http://www.history.org/history/index.html

As Sheldon remembers growing up is a diary of a young boy who lived after the American Revolution. Source and content material for teachers and students  http://www.osv.org/education/docs/childhood/sheldon.htm

Water power was a technological innovation during colonial times. Students and teachers can learn more about how this important technology worked including pictures and narration http://www.osv.org/education/WaterPower/

An introductory lesson about the beginning of slavery in North America http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/crossroads/sec3/gr3/unit3/u3g3l4.html

The Native American Navigator is an interface for geographical, historical, topical and keyword-based student inquiry on topics related to Native American history and culture in the United States. Clickable maps, an extensive timeline, a web of topics pages and a site & network-wide search page make the four corners of the Navigator's Medicine Wheel http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/k12/naha/nanav.html

 


 
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