Lesson Plan for Lawton, the Tent City

Lesson Plan for "Lawton, the Tent City"
by Dr. Terry Lovelace

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Introduction to Lesson

P.A.S.S. objectives
Language Arts: The learner will

I.B.1.	Read and comprehend both fiction and nonfiction that is appropriately designed for the second half of Grade 4
I.B.4.	Make, confirm, or revise predictions during reading
2.D.	Recognize structural patterns found in informational text (e.g., sequential order) to strengthen comprehension
4.D.	Read for a variety of purposes such as to gain information or to support an opinion

Social Studies: The learner will

I.B.1

Locate, describe, and compare the human characteristics and early settlement patterns of regions in the United States and Oklahoma (locations of ethnic group concentrations, the impact of the westward movement, languages, economic activities, and cultural patterns).

Teacher's purposes for the lesson

Today the student will predict the sequence of the events in the story "Lawton, the Tent City" by working with a friend to sequence events from the story on a timeline prior to reading the story. After "buddy reading" the story, the student will make the necessary changes based on the reading to sequence all of the events correctly on the time line.

II.

Objectives

A.	Prior to reading "Lawton, the Tent City", the learner will work with a friend to place the events of the story in order on a time line. Following the reading of the story, the learner will make necessary corrections so that all events are in the correct chronological order.

III.

Procedures

Materials

1.	Copy of "Lawton, the Tent City" for each student
2.	Copy of the "Time Line Activity" for each student
3.	Blank time line on an overhead transparency

Anticipatory set

Key vocabulary:

outlaws handcuffed to wagon wheels
businesses and homes in tents
August 6, 1901
Buffalo Soldiers built Fort Sill
Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation
homesteaders
soldiers enforced the law
Quanah Parker surrendered
Geronimo was a prisoner at Fort Sill
Land Lottery
Land Auction
registration at El Reno
covered wagon was the courthouse
marshal enforced the law

Rag Town was built
General Henry W. Lawton died
only two wooden buildings in Lawton
need $25 in cash to bid
auctioneer sold lots
surveyors surveyed lots
buffalo pasture
the end of the frontier
Goo Goo Avenue was built
buffalo were gone
Jenkins took a ride
President McKinley divided the land
bidders claimed their lots

Key concepts:
time line, sequential order, chronological order

Method
Post copies of photographs showing Lawton as a tent city in 1901. Engage the students in a discussion of what it might have been like to live in a tent city. "Where would you sleep? eat? bathe? work? Why would people be willing to live in a tent city? What strategies could you use to help you remember the events in this story in the right order?"

Student purpose statement
"Today you are going to work with a friend to learn more about Lawton and the tent city. By the end of the lesson, you will have read the story and put all of the events in order, using a time line that will help you remember the order in which the events happened."

Lesson activities

Input: Introduce the terms time line, sequential order, and chronologicalorder by showing the students the definitions of the terms on an overhead transparency and providing concrete examples:

time line		a table listing important events for successive years within a particular historical period
sequential order		putting events into the correct order by time
chronological order		of, relating to, or arranged in or according to the order of time

Modeling, guided practice checking for understanding: Use events from "The Three Little Pigs" and show the students on an overhead transparency or the board how to place the events of the story on a time line. Fill in the first and last events in the story and have the students work in pairs to sequence the other events. Walk around the room and check for understanding. Provide assistance as necessary.

1.	The three little pigs leave home.
2.	The three little pigs build homes of straw, sticks, and brick.
3.	The wolf destroys the house of straw.
4.	The wolf destroys the house of sticks.
5.	The wolf climbs down the chimney of the brick house.
6.	The wolf falls into a pot of boiling water.
7.	The three little pigs live happily ever after.

Culminating activity (independent practice): Provide each student with a copy of "Lawton, the Tent City" and the "Time Line Activity." Pronounce the words for the students. Then assist the students as they work in pairs to organize the words from the story using a time line, then read the story. Once the students have read the story, have them revise their time lines.

Sponge Activities: Provide students with copies of the crossword puzzle and word search puzzle to complete as a vocabulary review.

IV.

Closure

A.	Summary of what has been learned: Say to the students, "Today you have learned more about the founding of Lawton as a tent city. You also learned how to use a time line to help you remember events from history in chronological order."
B.	Transfer: Say to the students, "Think about what you learned about the founding of Lawton today. What do you think the people did next? Be prepared to add two more events to your time line tomorrow that tell what happened by the year 1902. Tomorrow you will write a short paragraph summarizing the founding of Lawton, using your time line as a guide."
C.	Student evaluation: Did the students correctly sequence the events related to Lawton's founding as a tent city? Given their time lines, were students able to write a short paragraph about the founding of Lawton, presenting the events in sequential order?
D.	Teacher evaluation: Reflect on students' mastery of objectives (including re-teaching), teacher's personal response to the lesson, and changes that should be made before the lesson is taught again.