Little House Social Studies Curriculum Guide

By Mary E. Jeffries

Trafford Publishing

Copyright © 2005 Mary Jeffries
All right reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4120-6013-4

Contents

Registration Information.............................5About the Author.....................................7About the Illustrator................................9Bibliography.........................................11How to Use this Guide................................13Table of Contents (Lesson Plans).....................15Activity Worksheets..................................23

Chapter One

Lesson Plan

Title: Lesson 1 - Identify Vegetables

Date: Grade: K-4

Suggested Season / Date: Autumn / September, week 1

Time: 30 minutes (approx.)

Subject: Social Studies, Interdisciplinary Activities

Learning Style / Different Multiple Intelligences: Tactile/Kinesthetic; Naturalistic Intelligence (activity could be used for all areas)

Example: touching, tasting and seeing garden vegetables

Materials Needed:

1) Little House in the Big Woods, pages 1-59

2) Little House in the Classroom, page 20

3) The World of Little House, pages 13-20

4) Inside the World of Little House, pages 43-46

5) Activities for Elementary School Social Studies, pages 7.20-7.21

6) Little House Social Studies Curriculum Guide, Activity, Performance Assessment Task, Student Scoring Guide, Teacher Scoring Guide: Lesson 1 - Identify Vegetables

Introduction:

1) Read from Little House in the Big Woods.

2) Share information about Laura's garden from other sources.

3) The purpose is to introduce what Laura and her family grew in the garden.

Major Instructional Sequence:

4) Provide information about gardening. State definitions needed.

5) Modeling: Provide examples available from garden as beets, cucumbers, squash, radishes, green peppers, tomatoes and okra. Talk about garden foods listed in story: pumpkins, squash, red and green peppers, potatoes, carrots, beets, turnips, cabbage and onions.

6) Ask question about garden vegetables for understanding.

Concluding Sequence/Closure:

7) Little House Social Studies Curriculum Guide, Activity: Lesson 1 - Identify Vegetables

Evaluation:

8) Little House Social Studies Curriculum Guide, Performance Assessment Task, Student Scoring Guide, Teacher Scoring Guide: Lesson 1 - Identify Vegetables

Alignment to State Standards:

(compare to standards shown: Arkansas)

Strand 3: Production, Distribution and Consumption

Content Standard 1: Students will demonstrate an understanding that different economic systems and limited resources influence cooperation and conflict in decision making.

Learning Expectations

PDC.1.2 Apply the concept that goods and services are limited by available resources, requiring individuals and societies to make choices.

PDC.1.8 Demonstrate an understanding of economic terms, such as production.

PDC.1.11 Determine how natural, human and capital resources are used to produce goods and services.

Activity

Title: Lesson 1 - Identify Vegetables

Sources:

1) Activities for Elementary School Social Studies, pages 7.20-7.21 Adaptation

Materials Needed:

1) assortment of vegetables such as beets, cucumbers, squash, radishes, tomatoes, okra and potatoes

2) napkins

3) paper plates

4) serving tray for vegetables

Objectives:

As a result of this activity, the student will:

* recognize a vegetable as a cultivated plant, such as root of a beet

* identify various vegetables by taste

Introduction:

1) Show and identify each vegetable.

2) Show and identify vegetables cut up into small pieces on the tray.

Major Instructional Sequence:

3) Place pieces of each kind of vegetable on a serving tray.

4) Let each student experience touching, smelling and tasting a vegetable piece.

Concluding Sequence/Closure:

5) Lead in a discussion of how the various vegetables taste. Let them describe the taste of their favorite vegetable, their least favorite and the like.

6) Give opportunity for writing descriptive statements about one or more vegetables, such as how they look, taste and feel.

7) Give opportunities for artwork where students may draw vegetables, vegetable gardens and the like.

Performance Assessment Task

Title: Lesson 1 - Identify Vegetables

Name:

Date:

Grade: K-4

Subject: Social Studies

Alignment to State Standards: (minimum of three standards, input State standards below)

Code Standard Description

Description of Performance Task: (include time, student performance, assessment)

Time: 30 minutes (approx.)

Activity: Activity will correlate with reading Little House in the Big Woods.

Task:

* Student will view and identify vegetables directly from the garden: beets, potatoes, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, tomatoes or okra (vegetables available in season).

* Student will use senses for activity: touch, smell and taste.

* Student will have opportunity for writing, descriptive sentences and artwork.

Student Scoring Guide: (attach a copy)

Teacher Scoring Guide: (attach a copy of scoring key)

Score (select one): [4] Exemplary [3] Proficient [2] Apprentice [1] Novice

Student Scoring Guide

Title: Lesson 1 - Identify Vegetables

Name:

I identified each garden vegetable.

I examined the vegetables through my senses.

I recognized the vegetable as a cultivated plant.

I differentiated between garden vegetables.

I shared what I learned about garden vegetables.

Teacher Scoring Guide

Title: Lesson 1 - Identify Vegetables

[4] Exemplary

* Appropriately contrasts vegetables directly from the garden.

* Effectively compares garden vegetables through use of senses.

* Consistently concludes between vegetable pieces on a tray.

* Creatively shares about garden vegetables.

[3] Proficient

* Reasonably deduces vegetables directly from the garden.

* Clearly differentiates garden vegetables through use of senses.

* Consistently demonstrates understanding of vegetable pieces on a tray.

* Fluently shares about garden vegetables.

[2] Apprentice

* Not clear discussing vegetables directly from the garden.

* Not much information explaining garden vegetables through use of senses.

* Inconsistent generalizing about vegetable pieces on a tray.

* Weak progression discriminating while sharing about garden vegetables.

[1] Novice

* Unclear identifying vegetables directly from the garden.

* Very little describing garden vegetables through use of senses.

* Little or no listing of vegetable pieces on a tray.

* Serious errors naming garden vegetables.

Lesson Plan

Title: Lesson 2 - Ma's Clove Apple

Date:

Grade: K-4

Suggested Season / Date: Autumn / September, week 2

Time: 30 minutes (approx.)

Subject: Social Studies, Sociology Activities

Learning Style / Different Multiple Intelligences: Tactile/Kinesthetic; Visual/Spatial Intelligences (activity could be used for all areas)

Example: touching, seeing, smelling cloves and apples

Materials Needed:

1) Little House in the Big Woods, pages 60-119

2) The World of Little...