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**Name: Hayley Lonnquist** **Date: 3/20/11** **Grade Level: 6th** **Subject Area: Social Studies** || We have been learning about Native American tribes in the 1800’s and how “new” Americans affected them. Yesterday, we learned about the Native American lifestyle. Today we are going to have a classroom discussion impact of colonialism had on Native Americans. We will be using “Think-Pair-Share” group work. Be sure to be actively involved in the discussions. I will be walking around to check for proper discussion manners and participation. Also, you will be asked to write a “discussion reflection” essay for homework, be sure to listen so you have something to write about! || Remember: Understand: Analyze: Create: I will be utilizing the method of Think-Pair-Share. I will ask the entire class each question, the students will all think about their answer on their own. Then they will find a partner to pair up with to discuss their answer, after that I will have each pair share their discussion/answer with the entire class. At that point, we can talk about our answers as a group. By utilizing “think-pair-share”, the students will cover the information multiple times, they will hear multiple perspectives, and because they will be in a “pair” the small group setting will help ensure participation. Lack of participation will be easily identified. || Throughout the lesson, I will be taking notes about the discussion and what we will need to have a follow up discussion on. I will also make a note on what seemed to stump students, and what seemed to particularly interest students. I will personally evaluate the students’ participation by moving around the room and listening to discussions. I will also have the opportunity to evaluate their participation during the “entire” classroom discussion period. Finally, they will have homework which will be a reflective writing assignment on the discussions. || This is written after you have completed the class discussion. ||
 * **Discussion Questions**
 * **Explain how you will establish set and focus the discussion.**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">**Create a set of questions utilizing a variety of question types included in Bloom’s //revised// taxonomy**.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0in;">Which Native American tribes have we learned about?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0in;">Where were they located geographically in the United States?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0in;">Where were some of the reservations for these tribes?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0in;">What are some differences between Native American tribes?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0in;">What were some of the reasons “new” Americans moved them westward and onto reservations?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0in;">What were Native American reservations like?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0in;">Why did “new” Americans or colonists feel entitled to the Natives’ land?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0in;">Why do you think these Americans didn’t want to share the land with Native Americans?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0in;">How would you feel if you were a Native American during this time?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0in;">Can you come up with other ideas of how Americans and Native Americans could have interacted?
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-top: 0in;">What would life be like today in the United States if that had happened instead? ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">**Describe how you will keep all students actively engaged and participating in your discussion**.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">**Explain how you will determine what students gained from the discussion, including an assessment of what students learned**.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">**Evaluation of Discussion:**