2. ANALYZING THE LEARNERS
Fourth grade class with a total of 20 students:
11 girls
9 boys
2 Muslims
3 Jewish
2 African Americans
3. MAIN OBJECTIVE
My students will enumerate the different
Thanksgiving Traditions that encompass several
different cultural backgrounds after watching
videos, researching on the internet, writing in a
daily journal, and reading stories all by the end
of the week with a accuracy of 75%.
4. DAY BY DAY
Monday: What is Thanksgiving? (Research & Daily Journal)
Tuesday: North American History of Thanksgiving (Daily Journal &
Video & Story)
Wednesday: Thanksgiving ties with different Cultural Backgrounds
(Daily Journal & Videos & Research)
Thursday: Does everyone celebrate Thanksgiving, what are the
differences? If they don’t celebrate it why not? (Daily Journal & Videos
& Research)
Friday: What do you do for Thanksgiving? (Share Journals & share
special thing each student does for Thanksgiving)
