Understanding by Design Template

Overview and Background
Title	Scooby Doo comes to America
Grade Level	5^th
Topics	Colonization of America
Start Date	December January^,
Designer	Sherri Conrad & Becky Strunk
Summary	The students will complete an analytic chart comparing the pros and cons of settling each colony in America and prepare materials presenting the pros & cons for Scooby Doo to use with passengers on ships coming to America.
Timeframe	1 month
Print Materials Needed	Discovery 3 – A simulation of early American colonization (Interaction Publications, Inc. – 619-448-1474 - http://www.interact-simulations.com/product_search_details.asp?prodID=I5005O) IF YOU LIVED in Colonial Times by Ann McGovern Uncovering Colonial Tools cooperative learning cards Horizons U.S. History: Beginnings – Harcourt News of the Nations-1996 U.S. History Teacher
Resources
Resource Attachments	Southern Colonies graphic organizer Middle Colonies graphic organizer New England Colonies graphic organizer Colony Pro & Con Analytic Organizer U.S. Colonies Reading Assessment Look-alike Performance Assessment Directions Performance Assessment Rubric
Internet Links	http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/plimoth/daily.htm (Compare & contrast – Native Amer. To Colonists-reading) http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/colonies.pdf http://www.eduplace.com/ss/maps/pdf/colonies_nl.pdf Colony life http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/que01/que01.html Jamestown Adv - http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/ Important people - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/hypertex.html Time line - http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/hypertex.html History & time period -http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/hypertex.html http://earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/index.html http://www.mce.k12tn.net/colonial_times/colonial_america.htm http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies1.htm http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies2.htm http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13colonies3.htm http://www.adventuretales.com/poster2.htm http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html http://dl.jctc.kctcs.edu/users/anne.kearney/Settlement.htm http://www.hfmgv.org/education/smartfun/colonial/intro/index.html http://www.pbs.org/ktca/liberty/game/index.html http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1990/5/90.05.04.x.html http://www.mrburnett.net/colonization.html http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/people.cfm http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html http://www.thinkquest.org/library/site_sum.html?tname=J002611F&url=J002611F/introduction.htm
Stage 1
Standards	Kansas
Standards text	US History 1.3 Cmpares and contrasts features of life in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies (e.g., economic, social, political, geographic). 1.6 Eplains key conflicts during the early settlement of the United States (e.g., colonists versus American Indians, French and Indian War, class conflict, rural versus settled, home rule versus colonial rule). Reading – 1.1.7 The students compare and contrast information in texts. 1.1.8 The students link causes to effects. 1.1.13 The students identify text structure in expository literature, such as cause and effect, comparison and contrast, description, sequence, and problem and solution.
Understandings	Many people were willing to take serious risks and endure great hardships for an opportunity to have a better life, particularly a life with religious and political freedom. The colonists' decisions on where to settle were based in large part of geographic factors, such as available resources and protection from the elements. Slavery impacted colonial life in many different ways.
Essential Questions	What hardships did the colonists face? Why did the colonists settle where they did? Would the colonies have been the same if there was no slavery? In what ways were the colonies different from each other?
Knowledge	Students will know: The identity of the 13 colonies, their regional similarities, & why immigrants came to each region.
Skills	Students will be able to:
Stage 2: Performance Task
Assessment Summary	Students will complete an analytical chart of pros and cons for living in each of the 3 colonial regions and then create a persuasive presentation for which region to immigrate to.
Topics	13 Colonies
Student Directions	Scooby Doo has sailed many times as the ship’s dog on voyages all of the American colonies. Many passengers (and their pets -German Shepards, Irish setters, Scottish terriers, French poodles, English bulldog, Welch corky, Swiss St. Bernard) ask for advice. Scooby is getting tired of retelling the same story over and over. He would like you to create some materials that he could share with travelers whenever they ask. Based on the information you have collected in your analytic organizers, prepare informational materials that provide the pros and cons of settling in the New England, the Middle and the Southern Colonies. Be sure to include details about the pros and cons of each region. Your materials should be accurate, informative and concise.
Rubric (table in Word)	Project Rubric 6 trait writing rubric “Follow Me To The New World” brochure rubric Colonies Analytic Organizer (Word)
Other Evidence Tests, Quizzes, Observations, Journals, etc.	Create a brochure on why you chose to come to America and how you got there. In groups, create a web page for one of the developments. Middle, New England & Southern graphic organizers Middle, New England & Southern analytic organizers Quiz on the 13 colonies and their location
Stage 3 Learning Activities
What sequence of teaching and learning experiences will be used?
1. Hook	Scooby Doo has traveled many times between Europe and America. With each trip, he is always asked, “Where should be settle?” After hearing the question so many times, he needs some help. Would you help Scooby prepare some materials for the immigrants?
2. Overview and expectation	Students will collect data on analytic charts and then prepare informational materials, comparing the pros and cons of settling each region in America. Post essential questions
3. Teaching Activities, Assessments & Rethinking opportunities in order	1. Play Discovery 3 game 2. Create brochure. 3. Read If You Lived in Colonial Times and do corresponding worksheets. 4. Web searchers and SS book reading on each of the 3 colonial regions with graphic organizer. 5. Complete analytical chart analyzing the pros and cons of living in each colonial region. 6. Prepare persuasive materials, telling others the pros and cons of immigrating to each colonial region. 7. Unit test