Final Powerpoint for Unit Plan

1. C A N D I S E A N D E R S O N
Unit Plan
Western Frontier

2. Analyze the learners
 The learners are a 4th grade class from a rural city.
The class contains 10 girls and 8 boys, and 85% of
the class is white and 15 % is African American.
Four students in the class have mild attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder. In the class there are all
learning styles: auditory, visual, and kinesthetic.

3. Main Objectives
 The 4th grade students will list important concepts
about the frontier. The students will do this through
different methods including hands on activities such
as a song provided by teacher and model making
with materials also provided by teacher . The
students should perform at a 80% accuracy rate.

4. Day by Day Breakdown
 Day 1: Before the frontier
 Introduction
 Discuss why people moved west.
 Day 2: Journey to the frontier
 Discuss types of transportation and make a model of their own
 Day 3: Daily life on Frontier
 Write a letter back home explaining daily tasks of the frontier
 Day 4: Important people
 Create a profile for important people of the frontier
 Day 5: Native Americans
 Discuss Native Americans of western frontier.

5. Use of technology
 Smart board
 iPod
 Computer with Internet access
 Photoshop
 Projector
 Various Websites

6. Work Cited
 Life As a Pioneer-Traveling West (2009). In Camp
Silos. Retrieved September 11, 2015
 Wolfe, P. (2013, February 2). After the
Frontier:Separation and Absorption in US
Indian Policy. Settler Colonial Studies, 1(1), 13-
51.