Grades 4-6

Sarah Peterson

Hands on History

Check out my FREE lesson plans!!  If you are studying the Middle Ages or the Wild West, these plans are perfect for you! 

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WILD, WILD WEST CAREERS: FRONTIERSMAN

Davy Crockett; Remember the Alamo

This lesson is one in a series of 14 lessons on Wild, Wild West Careers.  Each of the lessons covers the careers and information about the era as it relates to the career.  The series covers the United States during the 1800s, including events that contributed to Western Expansion.  Each lesson can also be used individually.    These are GREAT FOR SUBS – ALL INFORMATIONAL TEXT IS INCLUDED!!!

In the early part of the 1800s, land west of the Mississippi River was complete wilderness. This land consisted of rivers, mountains, forests and prairies and was occupied by Native Americans and wild animals. The frontier was the name given to the wild and unfamiliar land that lay west of civilized America.  A frontiersman was a man who hunted, trapped, and traded on the frontier.  Many lived isolated lives, traversing the land, following rivers, and climbing mountains in search of beavers, raccoons, and bears - any animal whose fur could be sold. 

·        Discussion: The Frontier, Frontiersmen and Pioneers

·        Activity: Job Application: Frontiersman

·        Discussion: Davy Crockett – Frontiersman

·        Activity: Black Bear Safety

·        Discussion: Texas Independence from Mexico

·        Activity: Texas Declaration of Independence Group Activity

·        Primary Source Document: Texas Declaration of Independence

·        Discussion: The Alamo

·        Activity: Review Worksheet

·        Teacher’s Key for Review Worksheet

·        Review Game: Bingo Words for your Bingo Cards

·        Sugar Cube Alamo Instructions, Patterns and Images

·        Frontiersman Coloring Page

·        Suggested Books and Movies

All Wild, Wild West Careers will have the same basic format.

STUDYING THE MIDDLE AGES?

This is the first lesson in a series of “Medieval Employment" lesson plans. In this lesson plan, students will learn about the medieval jobs of Pages and Squires. The lesson plan includes a short informational passage; a job application; activity suggestions (specifically training to be a page and squire); a review worksheet; plus movie and book suggestions. 
GREAT RESOURCE FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS!! NO PREP - INFORMATIONAL TEXT INCLUDED!! 15 Pages.

MEDIEVAL CAREERS: PAGES AND SQUIRES

Discussion: Pages and Squires

Activity: Complete Job Application

Activity: Train to be a Page – Strategic Game: Pen in a Palace

Activity: Train to be a Squire – Messenger Game

Discussion: The Melee and the Joust

Activity: Participate in a Melee

Activity: Pages and Squires Worksheet

Teacher’s Key for Review Worksheet

Coloring Page – Page-in-Training

Writing Prompt

Review Game: Bingo Words for Review Game

Both lessons are work well for grades 4-6 and homeschool.

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Pioneer Dangers and Hardships!

Grades 4-6 and Home School

Sarah Peterson

Hands on History

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Pioneer Dangers and Hardships

This product is great for Social Studies (History) and Language Arts (Reading Comprehension).  The product contains: two one-page passages of informational text on Pioneer Dangers and Hardships; two pages of reading comprehension questions (one for each passage); and the teacher’s keys.   Questions are true or false; multiple choice and open ended, and include both literal and inferential questions.  The reading passages can be used for CLOSE READING with other non-fiction graphic organizers as well! 

 

THIS PRODUCT IS GREAT FOR A QUICK SAMPLE FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS!   It may be used for Independent Reading, Homework, or as a Supplemental Homeschool Worksheet.  Grades 4-6 and homeschool

This product is perfect to use with my other Pioneer Reading Comprehension products:

Pioneer Schools                                              Pioneer Chores                                      Pioneer Homes

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NATIVE AMERICANS LESSON PLANS

Grades 4-6

Sarah Peterson

Hands on History

Studying Native American History?

Check out these lesson plans:

·       Trail of Tears and the Long Walk

·       Little Big Horn and Wounded Knee

Each lesson plan includes:

·       INFORMATIONAL TEXT

·       Review Game

·       Worksheet

·       Teacher’s Key

·       Engaging Activities

Wild, Wild West Careers: Native American Chief

Trail of Tears and The Long Walk

Wild, Wild West Careers: “Native American Chief” covers the Indian Removal Act, the Trail of Tears and the Long Walk: tragic events concerning the forced removal of Native Americans from their sacred land to reservations.  The Job of Native American Chief is covered, as is Tribal War Paint.

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Native Americans and the Indian Removal Act

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Trail of Tears and the Long Walk

·        Activity: Venn-Diagram: The Trail of Tears and The Long Walk

·        Teacher’s Key for Venn Diagram

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Job of Native American Chief

·        Activity: Job Application – Native American Chief

·        Activity:  Mock Relocation

·        Mock Relocation Worksheet

·        Mock relocation Worksheet – Teacher’s Key

·        Activity:  Choose Native American Names Handout and Chart

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Tribal War Paint

·        Activity: True/False Review Game

·        Coloring Page: Native American Chief

·        Native American Story Scroll Activity and Symbol Chart

·        Pattern for Buffalo Cutout

·        Suggested Books and Movies

 Wild, Wild West Careers:

7^th, 9^th, and 10^th Cavalry; Indian Wars

Native American Warriors Part II (1864-1904)

In the early 1800s, the United States government began forcing many Native American Tribes from their ancestral homeland to land set aside west of the Mississippi River. The government continued the process of Indian removal for several decades.  However, in 1865 when the Civil War ended, efforts became even more focused on moving Native Americans in the western states to government-controlled reservations.  Cavalry Regiments were formed to fight in the Indian Wars.

This lesson plan Includes:

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Background; Treaties and Policies

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: 7^th, 9^th, and 10^th Cavalry; Buffalo Soldiers

·        Activity: Job Application – Cavalry Soldier

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: George Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

·        Activity:  Battle of the Little Bighorn – Search and Find Map Work

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Following the Battle of the Little Bighorn

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Geronimo

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Chief Joseph

·        Activity: Read Chief Joseph’s Speech

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: The Wild West: Where the Buffalo Roam

·        Activity: Buffalo-Use Collage and Teacher’s Key

·        Chart of Buffalo Uses

·        INFORMATIONAL TEXT: Reservations; Ghost Dance; Wounded Knee

·        Activity: Review Worksheet and Teacher’s Key

·        Activity: True/False Review Game

·        Activity: Complete a Timeline!

·        Activity: Recipe for Apache Bread: Chigustei

·        Activity: Coloring Page – Sioux Warriors

·        Activity: Writing Prompt!

·        Book Suggestions

Check out the TRAIL OF TEARS Lesson plan here

Check out the Cavalry, Wounded Knee and Battle of Little Big Horn here

Happy Learning!!

Sarah

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HISTORY BASED READING PASSAGES

Grades 4-6

By Sarah Peterson 

Hands on History

Looking for

NON-FICTION READING PASSAGES?

Check out my

HISTORY-BASED

reading comprehension products!

Each product includes:

-reading passage

-reading comprehension questions

-teacher’s key

This product is Great for:

Homework

Independent Reading

Supplemental Homeschool Worksheet

QUICK SAMPLE FOR CHARTER SCHOOL!

**Reading passages can be used for CLOSE READING with any non-fiction graphic organizer (not included)

TOPICS INCLUDE:

·      Butch Cassidy

·      Belle Starr

·      The Donner Party

·      Pioneer Chores

·      Cowboy Chuckwagons

·      Buffalo Bill

·      Billy the Kid

·      Wagon Trains

·      Hazards on the Cowboy Trail

·      Wild Bill Hickok

·      Geronimo

·      Chief Joseph

·      Annie Oakley

·      Branding Cattle

·      The Cattle Drive

·      Sacagawea

·      The Louisiana Purchase

·      Buffalo Bill

·      Jesse James

…and many more!

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SALEM WITCH TRIALS LESSON PLAN

Grades 6-8

Hands on History

Sarah Peterson

This lesson plan consists of 12 pages of reading passages on the Salem Witch Trials.  These can be used for close reading (using any non-fiction graphic organizer).  This product includes engaging activities, worksheets and teacher’s keys. 

 

Topics for the informational text include:

·         Puritans in England and America

·         Laws of the Puritans

·         The Salem Witch Trials – How It Began

·         Arrests and Examinations

·         The Process for Putting a Witch on Trial in Salem in 1692

·         The Court and the Judges

·         The Associate Magistrates

·         Cotton Mather – Minister and Writer

·         The Accusers and the Accused

·         The End of the Salem Witch Trials

·         The Aftermath of the Salem Witch Trials

 The following activities are included:

·         Magistrate Job Application

·         Comprehension Worksheet

·         A Witch or Bewitched?

·         Graphing Activity: Complete a Pie Chart

·         Speak Like a Puritan

·         Choose a Puritan Name

·         Bingo Review Words and Clues to Create your own Bingo Cards

·         Puritan Children – Modern Children – A Comparison Activity

·         Create a Newspaper!

·        Read and Analyze Depositions Against Rebecca Nurse

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