How the USA began: 3rd to 5th people & places
A new country: the thirteen colonies, the Revolution, the founding and new states joining. A free 3rd to 5th lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: a new country: the thirteen colonies, the Revolution, the founding and new states joining.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: How did the United States begin?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (15 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: how the USA began.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner or a small group the idea in their own words.
Practise (20 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Learn: From Colonies to a Country (https://peabody.kids/world/history/history-colonies-to-a-country)
- Learn: Colorado Becomes a State (https://peabody.kids/world/history/history-colorado-becomes-a-state)
- Try: Quiz: long ago (https://peabody.kids/practice/hist/past)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about how the USA began, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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