Last updated: February 15, 2023
Lesson Plan
Meet Missouri, 5th & 6th grade
- Grade Level:
- Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subject:
- Social Studies
- Lesson Duration:
- 60 Minutes
- State Standards:
- Knowledge of the principles expressed in documents shaping constitutional democracy in the United States. Concept D - Role of citizens governments in carrying out constitutional principles. Concept E - Character traits & civic attitudes of significance.
- Additional Standards:
- #5 People, Groups, and Cultures: Using an American history lens, describe how people's perspectives shaped the sources/artifacts they created.
- Thinking Skills:
- Remembering: Recalling or recognizing information ideas, and principles. Understanding: Understand the main idea of material heard, viewed, or read. Interpret or summarize the ideas in own words. Applying: Apply an abstract idea in a concrete situation to solve a problem or relate it to a prior experience. Analyzing: Break down a concept or idea into parts and show the relationships among the parts. Creating: Bring together parts (elements, compounds) of knowledge to form a whole and build relationships for NEW situations. Evaluating: Make informed judgements about the value of ideas or materials. Use standards and criteria to support opinions and views.
Essential Question
What is special about Missouri and how are you connected to the land where you live?
Objective
Students will be able to identify and connect with their state and become familiar, appreciative, and engaged with the history and future of its development.
Preparation
Students will research representative ideas of Missouri. Show that representation in the form of media, i.e.., picture, video, Instagram or tweet.
Materials
This is a power point presentation about the state of Missouri.
Lesson Hook/Preview
Ask students to show you something that they can do or something that they can share out loud. Once students have shared, ask them to connect their action or story to the phrase "Show-Me" Missouri. They segue into the class lesson that will give them a deeper dive into their knowledge and interaction with the state of Missouri.
Discuss: Have students discuss what they learned about themselves and those that live around them. Reiterate the diversity that comprises Missouri.
Concluding discussion: What are three things that you have learned about living in Missouri? What are two things that you are proud to see about your Missouri? What is one thing that you want to help make better in Missouri?
Procedure
Students will need to have a working copy of the power point from Lesson Materials. There they will also find activities are broken down by slides with resources, prompts, and activities to be conducted at the teacher's discretion.
Supports for Struggling Learners
Provide students with pre-selected spots for the road trip based on their interest or depth of knowledge. Provide students with a reduction of the amount or number of required responses on the slides.
Enrichment Activities
Create a vlog, blog of the Missouri Roadtrip and share it with the Fort Scott National Historic Site or your teacher. Be sure to include your perspective of what you saw, did, and discovered.