Module 3-Chronology and Early Pennsylvania-Social Studies 4A - Course Guide

Module Overview:

In this module students will match past and present presidents and put American events in order, identify key industries and modes of transportation in early Pennsylvania, identify key innovations in early Pennsylvania, identify major events in the social organization and politics in early Pennsylvania, and identify 5 key settlements in Early America.

Module Materials:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Material(s)
1	Time Review	pen or pencil;
2	Commerce and Transportation	crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
3	Innovations	crayons or colored pencils pen or pencil
4	Social Organization and Politics	scissors glue pen or pencil
5	Settlement Patterns	pen or pencil;

Module Objectives:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Objective(s)
1	Time Review	Match past and present presidents and put American events in order.
2	Commerce and Transportation	Identify key industries and modes of transportation in early times.
3	Innovations	Identify key innovations in early America.
4	Social Organization and Politics	Identify major events in the social organization and politics of early America.
5	Settlement Patterns	Identify five key settlements in early America.

Module Key Words:

Key Words	Vocabulary Words
timeline past present future chronology trade commerce transportation industry innovation invention social events politics political organization settlements settlers early America colonists	Chronology Timeline Era Commerce Transportation Industry Innovation Invention Progress Social class Social organization Democratic Pattern Essential Survival

Module Assignments:

Lesson #	Lesson Title	Page #	Assignment Title
1	Time Review	8	Activity: Presidents and Eras Timeline
2	Commerce and Transportation	8	Activity: Newspaper Ad
3	Innovations	6	Activity: eBay Listing
4	Social Organization and Politics	6	Activity: Social Political Timeline
5	Settlement Patterns	5	Activity: Settlement Map

Learning Coach Notes:

None

Module Guiding Questions:

When a student starts a lesson ask them questions to check for prior knowledge and understanding and to review concepts being taught. At the end of the lesson ask the questions again to see if their answer changes.

Lesson Title	Question
Time Review	What is chronology? What was the first state in the United States? How many presidents have we had in the United States? Who is our current president? What is an era?
Commerce and Transportation	What type of commerce took place in early America? What were the different modes of transportation in early America? What were some key industries in early America?
Innovations	What were some early innovations?
Social Organization and Politics	What is a social organization? What type of government system did the colonies have? What major events shaped the social organization and political views of colonial America?
Settlement Patterns	What were some of the major settlements in early America?

Module Video Questions:

When a student watches a video take time to ask them questions about what they watched. Suggested questions for the videos in this module are listed here. Suggestion: Have the student watch the entire video first all the way through. Then have them watch the video a second time, as they watch it pause the video and ask the questions.

Lesson Title	Video	Question
Innovations	Innovations: Early, Past, Present	Who invented the cotton gin?
Settlement Patterns	Traveling Around the Settlements	Have your student create a 5-column chart. Have them write the name of each settlement in the video, one in each column. In each column have them write a description about each settlement.

Module Suggested Read Aloud Books:

Take time to read to your student or have them read aloud to you. Read a different book each day. While reading the book point out concepts being taught. You may purchase these books or find them at your local library. Suggested things to discuss while reading the book:

What is the main idea?
What are three things new you learned?
How does this book relate to what you are learning about?

#	Book	Author	Lexile Level
1	Timelines of Everything	DK	IG1130L
2	Timeline: A Visual History of Our World	Peter Goes
3	Eli Whitney and the Cotton Gin	Jessica Gunderson	GN580L
4	Transportation Long Ago and Today	Lisa M. Bolt Simons	800L
5	Transportation Then and Now	Robin Nelson
6	An Illustrated Timeline of Inventions and Inventors	Kremena Spengler	830L
7	St. Augustine A to Z: A Young Reader's Guide to America's Oldest City	Susan Shipe Calfee
8	Jamestown, New World Adventure	James E. Knight
9	The Pilgrims of Plimoth	Marcia Sewall

Module Outing:

Take some time to apply what your student is learning to the real world. Suggested outings are below.

#	Outing
1	See if there is a historical museum near you to visit to learn more about how things have changed over time.