Last updated: June 4, 2023
Lesson Plan
Why People Move: The Changing Roles of Minorities (Grades 3-5) Lesson 2 of 3 Carl Sandburg Home NHS
- Grade Level:
- Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
- Subject:
- Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies
- Lesson Duration:
- 60 Minutes
- State Standards:
- 4th-5th Grade North Carolina Social Studies Standard
4.H.1
5.B.1
5.C&G.2
5.H.1 - Additional Standards:
- National Themes
Theme 2
Theme 5 - Thinking Skills:
- Remembering: Recalling or recognizing information ideas, and principles. 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
Essential Question:
How have the roles of minority groups (women & blacks) changed in the United States?
Objective
I can define minority groups.
I can explain how the roles of minority groups have changed.
Background
This lesson is the second of three that are intended to help students understand the different types of human migration and how it impacted the roles of different minority groups.
Preparation
Prepare for this lesson by accessing the Materials tab in this lesson. Teachers will have a Powerpoint presentation, worksheet packet for students, and additional resources to share.
Materials
Upload this PowerPoint to Google Slides to use with this lesson.
Download The Changing Role of Minorities PowerPoint
This worksheet packet follows the Lesson and PowerPoint in order.
Lesson Hook/Preview
(Activating Strategy)
Teacher will hand out the Work Packet.
Share the picture of Lillian Sandburg on PowerPoint slide 2 with students
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Ask a student to read the blurb about Lillian.
(Think, Pair, Share) Teacher will ask students to think about this person and the history of women’s voting. Then pair up with someone next to them and share thoughts, read and answer the questions, and write them down in the work packet. Remind students that they will be responsible for sharing what their partner said.
Teacher will encourage students to share responses with the class.
Teacher will write student responses on the whiteboard.
Teacher will then share with students that through today’s lesson we are going to explore how the roles of some minorities have changed over time.
Procedure
(Teaching Strategy)
Transition to review lesson vocabulary. The whole class will review words and definitions. Students will complete vocabulary rating scale.Slides lides 3 and 4. Have students take turns reading the bullet points. Allow time for students to answer questions in the Work Packet under “Women as a Minority Over Time” on page 3.
The teacher can project the Plantation Life reading on the screen and use the audio for the class to listen and read along together. Or the teacher will either share the ReadWorks link to Plantation Life or distribute one copy of the passage to each student.
After reading the passage, in small groups students will complete the bubble map, Characteristics of Enslaved People on Page 3.
Students will share answers while teacher records answers on the board.
Teacher will share slide 5, 6, and 7 with students and discuss how the lives of Black Americans have changed over time. Have students take turns reading the bullet points. The timeline is also in the Work Packet if students wish to have a reference of their own.
Allow students time to fill out their answers on Page 4. This can be done in pairs or groups as the teacher sees fit. Have each group share their answers.
Teacher will then transition to the articles on the Kingdom of the Happy Land. Depending on time the teacher may select only one article or continue with both. Have students read along on the screen as a group or by taking turns.
Have students turn to Page 5 to fill out “How Have the Roles of African Americans Changed Over Time?” Writing page. Students will complete independently.
Assessment Activities (Summarizing Strategy)
Conclude with the 3-2-1 Exit Ticket on Page 6 / Slide 6.for students to complete and The work packet should be turned in with the Exit Ticket on the last page.
Extension Activities STEM – Students will create their own The Kingdom of the Happy Land community, identifying the roles that people will play in the community as well as what the community will need.
Vocabulary
Civil Rights - Rights of personal liberty. Guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution and by acts of Congress.
Suffrage – The right to vote in elections.
Discrimination – The unfair treatment of one person or a group of people.
Ethnic - A group of people who share the same culture, race, or nationality.
Minority - A group of individuals with the same gender, race, or ethnicity that make up less than half the population.
Role - Expected behavior for a person in a group.
Indigenous - The original people living in a region.
Change - To make or become different.
Enslaved – The condition of human slaver, often associated with institutionalized slavery and human trafficking.
United States Civil War – The war between the United States of America and the Confederate states which attempted to secede from the U.S. to preserve the practice of chattel slavery. The war lasted April 12, 1861 - April 8, 1865, but the effects of the conflict lasted much longer.