SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLANS

General:Contributed by: Ruth Chandler

Writing a Report. This lesson plan is in Adobe Acrobat format. It consists of six pages, and occupies 56k of space. Click here if you would like to know more about Adobe Acrobat and/or download Acrobat Reader. If you already have Adobe Acrobat Reader, click here to download the lesson plan:

Writing a Report, Page One; Page Two; Worksheet: Step by Step; Research a Tribe; Tribal Leaders & Heroes; Report Checklist

Station #2:Contributed by: Kristi Guerero

Objective: To develop creative thinking skills, children will write a newspaper article
Materials: Paper/pencil or newspaper computer program
Procedures and activities:

1. Read aloud and allow children to read numerous newspaper articles.

2. Show the children that each article answers the 'Wh" questions in a short, concise, and interesting way. Also each article has a catchy title to encourage readers to read them.

3. Assign the children to read then write an article that will relay Plenty Coups' adventure as a 12 boy stealing the horses from the camp of his own warriors.

Station #5:Contributed by: St. Charles Mission School, Rocky Boy School

Bison: Their influence on the cultures of the plains.
(HTML document with a Story Tellers Activity, a Word Search (pdf) and two maps (pdf).