Kutztown University Elementary Education Department Professional Semester Program Lesson Plan Format
Kutztown University Elementary Education Department Professional Semester Program Lesson Plan Format
Kutztown University Elementary Education Department Professional Semester Program Lesson Plan Format
Lesson 1 and 2
STANDARD: (Common Core):
V. Implementation:
Day 1
A. Introduction –
● Introductory Question. When you go to a new place, do you bring something from home
to make you feel comfortable? Europeans who came to Pennsylvania brought their
culture and customs with them.
● An overview of the Chapter about Early Explorers and settlement.
● Vocabulary
○ Explorer- A person who travels the world looking for something.
○ Settlement- A community of people living in a new place.
○ Colony- A settlement ruled by a distinct country.
B. Development –
● Explorers and Early Settlers
● Europeans Reach North America
○ Video
● Explorers in Pennsylvania
○ Read slide and break apart the book
● First Settlement
○ 1 videos explaining the readings
● Struggles for the Colony
○ 1 video
C. Closure –
● After the reading there is a worksheet that enforces the learning. The students will answer
the questions to the best of their ability and then they will turn it in.
● Closing question. What would you bring to a colony if you had to settle there. Think
about it and we will talk about it tomorrow.
Day 2
A. Introduction –
● Vocabulary-
○ Debt- Money that is borrowed and must be paid back.
○ Charter- An official document that tells how something should be done.
○ Tolerance- to allow beliefs that are different then one’s own.
○ Assembly- A group of people who come together to make laws.
○ Veto- To reject, or not approve.
B. Development
● Ask students if they know who William Penn.
● Video introducing William Penn.
● William Penn’s Colony
○ A New Colony Forms
○ Religious Freedom
○ Pennsylvania’s Government
○ Hannah Penn
C. Closure
● Worksheet.
Day 3
● William Penn activity
● Create a movie poster about william penn and his impact on pennsylvania.
○ Either about William Penn’s life
○ About the Quakers
○ The Great Laws
○ Early explorers Henry Hudson or John Smith.
● The poster should have a title on it
● Key points on the poster.
○ Who william penn was and his impact.
○ What the Quakers believed.
○ What the Great Law was and why it was important.
○ Who the early explorer was.
D. Accommodations / Differentiation -
-Emojis set up for students who need it.