1. Lesson Description 2. Classroom and Time Management 3. Materials and Teacher Preparation 4. Assessment 5. Technical Skills Guide  1. Lesson Description Period of time required for lesson: 2-3 months, 50 minutes every other day. Overall goal of the lesson: The goal of this lesson is to have students create a presentation of various California Native American tribes. Students will discover how different geographic locations impacted lives, religious beliefs, legends, and how they were unique and similar among many cultures of the world. Through this lesson, the students understanding of California Native American will be augmented. Rationale for the lesson: This lesson is designed to meet the Social Studies standard for the 4th grade states: "Students describe the social, political, cultural and economic life and interactions among people of California in terms of: the major nations of California Indians, their geographic distribution, economic activities, legends, and religious beliefs; and how they depended upon, adapted to and modified the physical environment by cultivation of land and sea resources". Student academic outcome objectives: Students will be able to: identify the locations of the various tribes identify the available land and water resources and how they were used retell a legend and relate it to beliefs that the tribe held about family life and nature evaluate and synthesize this information in a presentation Student social outcome objectives: Students will be able to: listen and follow directions work in co-operative groups disseminate the work they completed work together to make decisions Student technical skills outcome objectives: Students will learn how to: log on and off create a folder for their work and graphics save their work to the folder they created open and close Star presentation choose the presentation template they wish to use create the number of slides they will need, by inserting the new slides change font size, color and style import graphics from the Internet save graphics to a file they create create blank slides with out a template spell check the slides activate the presentation system see various dialogue boxes that allows them to create the slides Grouping and use of technology in the classroom: Each student group should have use of their own computer and will be seated in teams. Back to Top  2. Classroom and Time Management Group Management: Students will be in co-operative groups of 2 to 3 and will each have roles with in the group. Time Management: Day Event 1 Introduction to the lesson and students are given the directions. Student groups are formed. Groups choose their tribe. 2-35: Students will gather information, research, and create a storyboard. 36-50: Students will input the information into the computer. 51-55: Students will present the information they have collected and integrated into a presentation. Back to Top  3. Materials and Teacher Preparation As included within the Technical Skills Guide - StarOffice (Zipped - 790 Kb). Back to Top  4. Assessment Teacher and students will create a rubric/checklist for the project. Teacher will create a checklist for the students to follow. Students then evaluate each other's presentations. Back to Top  5. Technical Skills Guide - StarOffice (Zipped - 790 Kb). Back to Top