by Leslie Knutson, EL Teacher
Lewis and Clark, Longfellow and Roosevelt Elementary Schools
Standards
North Dakota State Standards
H. K_2.5 Explain how individuals and groups have made significant historical changes.
G. K_2.1 Construct maps, graphs, and other representations that contain symbols, labels, and legends.
LS 1.A: Structure and Function -All organisms have external parts. Different animals use their body parts in different ways to see, hear, grasp objects, protect themselves, move from place to place, and seek, find and take in food, water and air. Plants also have different parts (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits) that help them survive and grow.
Time
45 – 60 minutes
Technology Required
Depending on game selected by the teacher, a device with web-browser – Chromebook, laptop or desktop computer or a tablet or phone will be required to play game.
Teacher will need either a projector/ smart board to show the slide presentation and a printer to print out pages for matching game.
Summary
Students hear a presentation about the journals of Lewis and Clark, watch a short video clip and then work in group to match animals to their tracks and to their habitats on a map. Students wrap up with a discussion, followed by game play. NOTE: This class was designed for students learning English but it can also be used for vocabulary for students in K-2.
📚Lesson
- Start with this Google Slides presentation which includes a link to a short video about the Lewis and Clark journals, links to sites of images from the journals and slides for whole classroom interaction. Students are shown slides of several different animal tracks and asked to describe what they see.
- Play the matching game with footprints and animals in groups. You can use this set of 10 animals or download a variety of free cards from the eslvault site . NOTE: You’ll need to print out and cut up the cards before the activity.
- Students place images of footprints on the map. You may want to provide each group with a map or have students place the images on a white board where the image is projected, or on a large map in your classroom, if you have one.
- Students practice speaking using the sentences provided, or their own. Each slide is used as a prompt for conversation.
- End the session with games to learn about Indigenous people on and off the Lewis and Clark Trail. Find the games for your device and grade level here, including some games in Spanish, Lakota and Dakota.
Differentiation
The games available range from single-digit multiplication and division (Making Camp Ojibwe/ Making Camp Premium ) to ratio and proportion (Making Camp Navajo). Games are also available in Spanish and English, with students switching between the languages as needed (Making Camp Bilingual, AzTech: The Story Begins, AzTech: Meet the Maya) or in Spanish only (Tribu Matemática and Bake-a-palooza Español). Making Camp Lakota can be played in Lakota or English.
