Series Common Core Challenge: The Significance of the Frontier in American History

ELA.RH.9-10.1

Common core State Standards

  • ELA:  English Language Arts
  • RH:  Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 6-12
  • 9-10:  9th & 10th Grades
  • 1: 
    Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis
    of primary and secondary sources, attending
    to such features as the date and origin of the
    information.

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ELA.RH.9-10.2

Common core State Standards

  • ELA:  English Language Arts
  • RH:  Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 6-\x80\x9312
  • 9-10:  9th & 10th Grades
  • 2: 
    Determine the central ideas or information of a
    primary or secondary source; provide an accurate
    summary of how key events or ideas develop over
    the course of the text.

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ELA.RH.9-10.10

Common core State Standards

  • ELA:  English Language Arts
  • RH:  Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 6-\x80\x9312
  • 9-10:  9th & 10th Grades
  • 10: 
    By the end of grade 10, read and comprehend
    history/social studies texts in the grades 9-10 text
    complexity band independently and proficiently.

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The Significance of the Frontier in American History

Lesson Objective: Determine the central idea of a text, citing evidence from the text, and determining the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text
Grade 10 / History / Literacy
13 MIN
ELA.RH.9-10.1 | ELA.RH.9-10.2 | ELA.RH.9-10.10

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Discussion and Supporting Materials

Thought starters

  1. What Core Action indicator(s) does this lesson best exemplify?
  2. How does Ms. Thiebes make sure that all students will have opportunities to engage in the work of the lesson?

12 Comments

  • Private message to Erin Zost

The lesson was presented in a way that would allow the students to make history more personal to them.  Choosing four fab words is a great idea and  the rewriting of the summary will help the students to remember the lesson.

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  • Private message to Diana Tull

I appreciate that the teacher allowed students to see that the history of America does not mean the same thing to all students.  Her allowing the students to actively read, discuss and rewrite their own meaning from the excerpt using key words they selected, is briliant.  This allowed the students to pull the information from the essay that they are able to relate to and identify with and write their own summary. This is so vital to students. I enjoyed this lesson.

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  • Private message to Abel Gomez

A wonderful lesson. My take away was the importance of personalizing history for the student. The active reading portion definitely helps bring the students into the lesson. The sharing of their 'fab fours' introduced that personalization, and the summary completed it. I am totally going to try this when the time comes.

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  • Private message to Jeffrey Otterby

Just looking at the typed excerpt--it says, "And now, four centuries the discovery of America..."  Something seems to be left out.

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  • Private message to Jacqueline Sham
I applaud the active reading of this demonstration. As a high school literacy coach it has been difficult to move SS teachers away from pouring in information and asking students to regurgitate. I am going to place this in my blog wit the hopes of making some progress. I appreciated the entire presentation, but especially liked the exit card with a specific related question. Just a suggestion for Laurie. Group the students in pairs to revise the exit slip to draft the most accurate summary or combine the two. Turn the pairs into fours and repeat the process. The group comes to consensus and writes again. Write the summary on large chart paper and display. Conduct a gallery walk and anonymously rank them. As a class determine the best summary, great for a debate resulting in deeper thinking, more information shared and determining key vocabulary. If chart paper is not available, construction or a paper pass could work as well. Not all exit slips need to be graded. The exercise is formative assessment followed up with further reading, class discussion, and perhaps presentations on the American Frontier, which will certainly reveal their understanding. At the end of unit a summative exam can be in order as well. I predict the students will be successful.
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