WGU C104 Elementary Social Studies Methods
Erin Hansen
Student ID # 000913805
A. Create a six- to eight-week unit outline of a social studies unit.
Unit Topic- Idaho History Specific Elementary Grade – 4th Grade
Measurable
Week SS Themes Standards Descriptions
Objectives
Week One People, Places, and IDAHO CONTENT Given a map of This week students will begin to
Environments STANDARDS Idaho, students will lean about the five federally
GRADE 4 be able to identify recognized Native American
SOCIAL STUDIES and label the four tribes in Idaho. We will discuss
4.SS.1.3.1 Identify the current reservation the first people coming to
five federally lands as well as the America across the Bering Strait
recognized American five federally land bridge between Asia and
Indian tribes in Idaho: recognized American North America. We will talk
Coeur d’Alene, Indian tribes in Idaho about the people searched the
Kootenai, Shoshone- with 7 out of 9 new country for food and good
Bannock, Nez Perce, labeled correctly. places to live, which led to
and Shoshone-Paiute people living all over North and
Tribes and current South America. We will then
reservation lands. learn about the 5 major tribes that
settled in Idaho: Coeur d’Alene,
Kootenai, Shoshone-Bannock,
Nez Perce, and Shoshone-Paiute
Tribes. We will go over the
regions that each tribe settled in,
as well as where the current
reservation lands are located. We
will look at maps of each area
and discuss why the tribes might
have decided to settle there.
Students will be assessed with a
map where they will need to
identify and label the four current
, reservation lands in Idaho as well
as the five federally recognized
American Indian tribes and the
regions that they lived in with 7
out of 9 labeled correctly.
This week’s lessons aligns with
the standard of identifying the
five federally recognized
American Indian tribes in Idaho
and current reservation lands
because students will be learning
what the five tribes are and where
the current Indian reservations
are in Idaho.
The Social Studies theme for this
week’s lessons is People, Places,
and Environments since we will
be learning about the people who
first settled Idaho, which areas
they settled, and what
environmental factors led them to
choose that area.
Week Two IDAHO CONTENT Given an assortment This week we will begin delving
Production, Distribution STANDARDS of needed items, deeper into how the Native
and Consumption GRADE 4 students will be able American tribes in Idaho lived:
SOCIAL STUDIES to create a general what they ate, how they got their
Civic Ideals and Practices 4.SS.3.1.1 Describe diorama of where an food, what they lived in, what
and analyze how Indian tribe might kind of clothes they wore, etc. We
Science, Technology, and American Indians and have settled with a will examine the ways in which
Society early settlers met their minimum average the Indians hunted and gathered
basic needs of food, score of 3 out of 4 on food, and the tools necessary to
shelter, and water. a rubric assessing accomplish both. We will talk
quality of about the differing roles of men,
construction, women, and children in the
creativity, design, Indian nations. We will consider
, and attention to the the ways in which Native
theme. Americans preserved food. We
will talk about the Indians using
all parts of the animal, if possible,
so nothing was wasted.
We will discuss the types of
homes that the tribes lived in and
that the type of home they lived
in depended on where they lived
and how often they moved
around. We will also discuss the
fact that all tribes needed water to
survive, so they always set up
their camps next to a water
source. We will extend this
discussion by speculating what
kinds of shelter the early settlers
would have used, and if they
would have used the same
methods as the Indians to meet
their food and water needs.
Students will be assessed by
creating a general diorama of
where an Indian tribe might have
settled, scoring a minimum of 3
out of 4 on a rubric.
This week’s lessons aligns with
the standard of describing and
analyzing how American Indians
and early settlers met their basic
needs of food, shelter, and water
by discussing the types of
housing the Indians used, and
how they got their food and
water.
Erin Hansen
Student ID # 000913805
A. Create a six- to eight-week unit outline of a social studies unit.
Unit Topic- Idaho History Specific Elementary Grade – 4th Grade
Measurable
Week SS Themes Standards Descriptions
Objectives
Week One People, Places, and IDAHO CONTENT Given a map of This week students will begin to
Environments STANDARDS Idaho, students will lean about the five federally
GRADE 4 be able to identify recognized Native American
SOCIAL STUDIES and label the four tribes in Idaho. We will discuss
4.SS.1.3.1 Identify the current reservation the first people coming to
five federally lands as well as the America across the Bering Strait
recognized American five federally land bridge between Asia and
Indian tribes in Idaho: recognized American North America. We will talk
Coeur d’Alene, Indian tribes in Idaho about the people searched the
Kootenai, Shoshone- with 7 out of 9 new country for food and good
Bannock, Nez Perce, labeled correctly. places to live, which led to
and Shoshone-Paiute people living all over North and
Tribes and current South America. We will then
reservation lands. learn about the 5 major tribes that
settled in Idaho: Coeur d’Alene,
Kootenai, Shoshone-Bannock,
Nez Perce, and Shoshone-Paiute
Tribes. We will go over the
regions that each tribe settled in,
as well as where the current
reservation lands are located. We
will look at maps of each area
and discuss why the tribes might
have decided to settle there.
Students will be assessed with a
map where they will need to
identify and label the four current
, reservation lands in Idaho as well
as the five federally recognized
American Indian tribes and the
regions that they lived in with 7
out of 9 labeled correctly.
This week’s lessons aligns with
the standard of identifying the
five federally recognized
American Indian tribes in Idaho
and current reservation lands
because students will be learning
what the five tribes are and where
the current Indian reservations
are in Idaho.
The Social Studies theme for this
week’s lessons is People, Places,
and Environments since we will
be learning about the people who
first settled Idaho, which areas
they settled, and what
environmental factors led them to
choose that area.
Week Two IDAHO CONTENT Given an assortment This week we will begin delving
Production, Distribution STANDARDS of needed items, deeper into how the Native
and Consumption GRADE 4 students will be able American tribes in Idaho lived:
SOCIAL STUDIES to create a general what they ate, how they got their
Civic Ideals and Practices 4.SS.3.1.1 Describe diorama of where an food, what they lived in, what
and analyze how Indian tribe might kind of clothes they wore, etc. We
Science, Technology, and American Indians and have settled with a will examine the ways in which
Society early settlers met their minimum average the Indians hunted and gathered
basic needs of food, score of 3 out of 4 on food, and the tools necessary to
shelter, and water. a rubric assessing accomplish both. We will talk
quality of about the differing roles of men,
construction, women, and children in the
creativity, design, Indian nations. We will consider
, and attention to the the ways in which Native
theme. Americans preserved food. We
will talk about the Indians using
all parts of the animal, if possible,
so nothing was wasted.
We will discuss the types of
homes that the tribes lived in and
that the type of home they lived
in depended on where they lived
and how often they moved
around. We will also discuss the
fact that all tribes needed water to
survive, so they always set up
their camps next to a water
source. We will extend this
discussion by speculating what
kinds of shelter the early settlers
would have used, and if they
would have used the same
methods as the Indians to meet
their food and water needs.
Students will be assessed by
creating a general diorama of
where an Indian tribe might have
settled, scoring a minimum of 3
out of 4 on a rubric.
This week’s lessons aligns with
the standard of describing and
analyzing how American Indians
and early settlers met their basic
needs of food, shelter, and water
by discussing the types of
housing the Indians used, and
how they got their food and
water.
