For this assignment, I had to create a 5 Day Unit plan. My topic was West Virginia History and I will be teaching this to 4th graders.

1. WestVirginia History
By Stephanie Sullivan

2. Analyze the Learner
 The class I’ll be teaching is 4th graders from the ages of
9-10 years old with the class size of 24 with 11 boys and
13 girls.
 22 Caucasian, and 2 African American
 Learning styles: visual and auditory

3. Main Objective
 Upon completion of the unit, students will identify key points
that contributed to the creation, hardships, and growth of West
Virginia from the 18th century to modern day as well as
comparing and contrasting the life of early West Virginia
settlers with 100% accuracy through PowerPoint presentations,
reading picture books and newspaper articles, and watching
video footage.

4. Day by Day Breakdown
 Day One: Introduce early settlers; introduce various picture
books written by WV authors.
 Day Two: Discuss how West Virginia becomes the 35th state
 Day Three: Study WV geography and its impact upon
transportation and culture
 Day Four: Today’s West Virginia: discuss changing economic
atmosphere and job opportunities for our citizens
 Day Five: Students discuss and share PowerPoint
presentations surrounding their favorite things about the state.

5. Use ofTechnology
 PowerPoint
 Video footage ofWV that demonstrates the main geographic
places of interest
 Picture books written byWV authors
 SmartBoard
 Newspapers Articles
 Computers or Ipads

6. Works Cited
 http://wveis.k12.wv.us/Teach21/public/ng_cso/NG_po
pup.cfm
 http://www.listology.com/lelumarie/list/west-virginia-
wv-authors
 http://www.wvculture.org/history/settlement.html