Social Studies Unit Plan: First Nations People and Early European Explorers
First Nations People & European Explorers
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- 2. Lesson Topic
- 4. Assessment and/or Evaluation of Student Achievement: 4.a. Tasks for the Students
- 4.b. Tools for the Teacher
- 4.c. Teacher’s Routine for Marking, Tracking, and Reporting
- 5.b. Teacher’s Routine for Lesson Modifications
- 6.b. For the Teacher: Handouts BLM 1, 2, and 3; overhead map of Viking routes and overhead pens 7. Instructional Strategies
- 8. Presentation Steps (Teacher Actions)
- 8.b. A Sequence of Teaching and Learning: 15 Minutes
- 8.c. Application: 20 Minutes
- 8.d. Closure and Assessment: 5 Minutes
- 9. Post-lesson Reflections and/or Notes
- A Viking Longship A Sundial
First Nations People & European ExplorersLesson # 3 1. Identification:
2. Lesson Topic: The First European Explorers – The Vikings 3. Specific Expectations: Mark with an x: Concepts: [ X ] Skills: [ X ] Attitudes: [ ] At the conclusion of the lesson, students will be able to:
4. Assessment and/or Evaluation of Student Achievement: 4.a. Tasks for the Students: Mark with an x:
4.b. Tools for the Teacher: Mark with an x:
4.c. Teacher’s Routine for Marking, Tracking, and Reporting:
5. Lesson Modifications: (Where applicable, provide student names.) 5.a. Mark with an x:
5.b. Teacher’s Routine for Lesson Modifications:
6. Materials and Equipment Required: 6.a. For the Students:
6.b. For the Teacher:
7. Instructional Strategies: 7.a. Student-Centred: Mark with an x:
7.b. Teacher-Directed: Mark with an x:
8. Presentation Steps (Teacher Actions): Indicate: W: Whole Class; S: Small Group; I: Independent 8.a. Introduction: 10 Minutes Include reviewing, motivating, and providing a context. 1. Begin with a brief review of what students have learned about Canada’s First Nations. Students should be able to answer the following:
2. Introduce the term ‘explorers’, and determine students prior knowledge of the early exploration of Canada. 3. On the centre of a sheet of chart paper, write the term explorers and have students brainstorm everything they know about explorers 4. Use their ideas to create a concept map; the map should include adjectives, names of famous explorers, travel and technology, countries of origin, reasons for exploration, etc.
Ask students to suggest some questions they might use as starting points for researching Vikings. Questions could include:
2. Have students work as a class to determine 6-8 questions that will form the basis for their learning. 3. Provide students with a herringbone chart (BLM1) on which to write their questions. Ensure that students leave enough room to be able to add their answers at a later point. 4. Hand out the reading on Vikings (BLM2) to students. 5. Students should read through the handout once silently. Then select one student to read each paragraph aloud. 6. Direct students to keep in mind the questions they will be answering while reading.
from the reading. 2. Beginning with the first question, work as a class to answer each of the questions. Teacher should be modeling how to write the answers on the board. 3. Ensure that students are able to include details within their answers. 4. Provide students with a map on which to chart the Viking’s exploration (BLM3). Use an overhead of the map and mark the routes traveled by the Vikings in 982,1000, and 1008.
2. For review at home, students can visit the following website and play a quiz game, ‘Who Wants To Be A Viking’, to test their knowledge of the Vikings.
THE
VIKINGS 
BLM 1
 The Vikings
It was once thought that Christopher Columbus was the first European to arrive in North America. However, historians and archaeologists have discovered evidence that Vikings came to North America about 1000 years ago – 500 years before Columbus! The Viking people came from three countries of Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway and Sweden. They were also known as the Norse people. They were mostly farmers, but some worked as craftsmen or traders. Many Vikings were great travellers and sailed all over Europe and the north Atlantic Ocean in their longships. Some went as fierce pirate raiders: they stole treasure and attacked local people. But most Vikings who sailed overseas were simply searching for better land for their farms. As their population increased, there were too many people for the land to support, so the Vikings had to find new land. The Vikings were brilliant ship builders. Their ships were strong, lightweight and beautifully shaped to skim quickly through the water. Warships and raiding ships were designed to come right up on the beach so that men could jump out and start fighting straight away. The ships were built of wood and made waterproof with tar from pine trees. The square sails were made of woven wool and were often brightly coloured. When the wind was wrong for sailing, they were rowed by teams of oarsmen. Many ships were decorated with carvings on their curved ends. To help them navigate or tell which direction they were traveling, Vikings had a sundial on the ship. At high noon, when the sun was directly above, the centre pin on the sundial pointed north. Knowing this, the Vikings were able to plan their routes. The Vikings were brave sailors and explorers. They thought nothing of taking their families on long, dangerous journeys across the sea. They discovered and settled in several remote countries that lay to the west of Britain in the north Atlantic Ocean. The Vikings started a settlement in Iceland. In 982, a Viking called Eric the Red was found guilty of murdering his neighbours. Banned from Iceland, he and some of his friends sailed west and established a settlement in Greenland. Eric’s son, Leif the Lucky (Leif Erikson), sailed west from Greenland in the year 1000. He sighted two pieces of land, possibly Baffin Island and Labrador. He landed farther south, in Newfoundland. There, he and his crew found wild grapes growing, so they called the area Vinland. In 1008, Thorfinn Karlsefni and about 160 other people sailed to Vinland to establish a settlement. They did not stay long, but during the time they were there, Thorfinn and his wife, Gudrid, had a son they named Snorri. Snorri is thought to have been the first European born in North America. The Vikings met some of Canada’s Aboriginal peoples, likely the Beothuk and Inuit. The Vikings called them Skraelings. At the beginning, the two groups were friendly. The Vikings had brought with them cattle for meat and milk, and sheep for meat and wool. They traded these with the Aboriginal peoples. However, when the Aboriginal peoples realized the Vikings were planning to stay, battles broke out between them. The Vikings, both greatly outnumbered and discouraged by the harsh climate, eventually abandoned their North American settlement. In 1962, archaeologists uncovered proof that Vikings had established a settlement in L’Anse aux Meadows in northern Newfoundland. The remains of seven longhouses, a steambath, two cooking pots, and four boat sheds were uncovered. The houses were very much like those found in Greenland.
A Viking Longship A Sundial (there would be many oars on each side) (used to tell direction onboard the ship) BLM2
BLM3
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