Subject: Social Studies
Lesson Length: 45 mins
Topic: Establishment of the State
Grade Level: 4
Standards:
The European settlement of North America and the role geographic, religious, political, and economic factors played in the early settlement of colonies and states.
Brief Description: Students will identify significant figures and understand why their state was founded and established.
Know Before You Start:
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Students should understand reasons why people migrate and/or emigrate to a new place.
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Helpful Vocabulary: migrate, immigrate, emigrate, foundation, establish
Hook:
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Read and discuss the sample comic.
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Have students discuss and share reasons people move to new places. Ask leading questions to find out how much they know about why people settled in their state.
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Based on what they know about their own area/region in the state, have students make predictions about why they believe people settled there.
Activity:
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Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a 3 panel comic showing:
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Panel 1: Significant figures/founders in the establishment of the state
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Panel 2: Cultural background of the founding group(s) and/or reasons they settled in the area
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Panel 3: Values and beliefs of the founding group(s)
Closure: Students may share their findings via a gallery walk (digital or posted) and discussion can ensue about the reasons people settled in new areas.
Differentiation:
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Print out the sample comic for reference.
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Allow students to use speech-to-text feature as needed.
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Provide sentence frames as needed.
Resources:
- Comic to print or display: Comic 1.
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Give students a KWL Chart.
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K - what they already know and can lead to the “Hook” discussion.
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W - questions they need answered to help guide them through the research.
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L - take notes on the new information while researching to help them create their comic
Suggested Content Pack(s):
Old West
