Pioneer Unit Wrap Up

Objective:

The purpose of this lesson is to measure the learning that has taken place over the unit and gives students a chance to reflect on what they have learned.

Length of Lesson: 1 Hour

GCO: Students will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the past and how it affects the present and the future.

SCOs: Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts and vocabulary associated with time, continuity and change

            Identify, evaluate and use appropriate primary and secondary sources to learn and communicate about the past

            Research and describe historical events and ideas from different perspectives

            Apply historical methodology to interpret and understand time, continuity and change at an age appropriate level

            Describe examples of cause and effect and change over time

            Identify and compare events of the past to the present in order to make informed, creative decisions about issues

Cross Curricular Links: Language Arts

Materials:

• Paper
• Pencil
• Sheet on transportation

Procedure:

• The students will prepare a final reflection on the Unit and participate in a class discussion.
• Students will be asked to name five interesting things that they learned over the course of this unit
• They will be asked to describe their favourite thing about pioneer day and what (if anything) they would change about pioneer day.
• Students will be asked to answer the following question on a separate sheet of loose-leaf to be handed into the teacher for assessment purposes

            Would you rather be a student during pioneer times or in today’s society and     why?

• The final task for this lesson will be to have students read two brief passages on summer and winter transportation and answer the questions that follow to measure their level of reading comprehension.

Evaluation:

The teacher will correct the response to the question posed based on their use of proper writing skills and correcting the worksheets on the transportation reading comprehension activity. The teacher will read the reflection and respond to it.