Lesson Plan Template
Unit/Lesson Title I & M
CANAL: TECHNOLOGICAL, ECONOMIC
AND SOCIAL CHANGES
Developed by: Kenneth W. Tollett
Intended Grade Level: 9-12 Approximate Length: 3-5 Days
Applicable Standards:
USHC-3: The student will demonstrate an understanding of the
westward movement and the resulting regional
conflicts that took place in America in the nineteenth
century.
Indicators
USHC- 3.1 Explain the impact and challenges of westward movement,
including the major land acquisitions, people’s motivation
for moving west, railroad construction, the displacement
of Native Americans, and its impact on the developing
American character. (H, G, E)
USHC-3.3 Compare economic development in different regions of the
country during the early nineteenth century, including
agriculture in the South, industry and finance in the North,
and the development of new resources in the West. ( E, H,G)
Goals/Objectives:
Understand reasons for America Colonists’ desire for wanting to expand
west of the Appalachians.
Examine the influence of the French in the Ohio Valley Region
Know how physical barriers such as mountains and portages
inhibit economic progress and cultural interchanges.
Analyze reasons and conditions necessary for great migrations of
populations from one region to another.
Examine how different European countries laid claim to portions
of the Ohio Valley.
Understand how the I & M Canal was the catalyst that accelerated
economic and cultural expansion of the Ohio Valley and the
Louisiana Territory.
Know the important role of diverse cultural groups that provided
The labor necessary for the construction of the I & M Canal.
Procedures (Opening the Lesson, Developing the Lesson; Concluding the Lesson)
Read, lecture and discuss the reasons for different European
Countries’ interest in the Ohio Valley and the need for shorter
transportation routes.
Complete vocabulary terms of the unit. Reinforce with a teacher
made crossword puzzle.
Show video on the Illinois Prairie and the I & M Canal. Have students
complete a teacher made question sheet while viewing the video.
Divide class into groups of 4 or 5 students. Teacher will assign a task
to each member of the group to keep group focused.
Hand out to each group a copy of different portions of the history of the
I & M Canal text.
Have each group rewrite the historical text in their own words and put
the description into story form.
Have each group combine all their parts to make one complete story.
Each group will then pretend they are elementary teachers. They will take
their stories and construct an illustrated primary book on their section,
then present their story to the rest of the class acting as if they were
elementary teachers
Give out photos, primary documents, ledgers. Divide them among
the groups so each group will have a different set of documents.
Have the groups complete the document and photo analysis sheets.
Have each group write a description of their documents to share
with the class. Then take one member from each group and
develop a completed report of the I & M canal documents which
will be presented to the class. This group will develop a T-Chart
or Venn diagram to illustrate the findings from the documents.
Teacher and/or students will then construct a thinking map on the
Whiteboard listing everything they have learned about the documents.
individual students will then write and essay about the information
contained in the documents.
Teacher will construct an interactive PowerPoint presentation on
the objectives and the I & M Canal. Students will follow instructions
and complete the requirements of the presentation.
Materials [teacher & students]
(handouts, worksheets, etc.)
Whiteboard
Overhead projector
Tri pod with art paper
Photos
Primary Documents
Aver key
Computer
Primary Documents
Document Analysis sheets
Historical Text
Construction paper
Colored markers
Sissors
Glue
Stapler
Hole puncher
Resources
(traditional & electronic)
Documents from Lewis University Archives of the Illinois and Michigan
Canal
Historical text from Lewis University Library government documents
section on the history of the I & M Canal.
Photos from Lewis University Library government documents section
on the history of the I & M Canal that have been place on digital format.
http://marseillesil.org/Canal/
http://oprt.org/history/one.html
http://www.iroquoisdemocracy.pdx.edu/html/furtrader.htm
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/492.html
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/477.html
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/993.html
http://www.canalcor.org/canalhistory.html
http://www.lasallecountymuseum.org/localhistory/french_history.htm
http://www.macalester.edu/geography/mage/urban/iron_range/iv.htm
http://www.chicagoist.com/archives/2004/07/12/calling_all_voyageurs.php
http://www.donsmcclureconsultants.com/concept_098.htm
http://www.chicagohs.org/collections/dearborn/
http://www.chipublib.org/digital/lake/CFDFortDearborn.html
http://www.ci.chi.il.us/Landmarks/S/SiteFtDearborn2.html
http://www.canalcor.org/firstsettlers.htm
http://www.chipublib.org/digital/sewers/canal.html
http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/ihy020230.html
http://www.lib.niu.edu/ipo/ihy020458.html
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/di/491__002.htm
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1484.html
http://www.chipublib.org/digital/sewers/history4.html
http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/iga/IMCanal/IMCanal/INFOCALA.htm
http://www.saint-dennis.org/history/sdh8.asp
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcanal/overview.html
http://www.chillicothehistorical.org/rock_island_history.htm
http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/1356.html
http://www.canalcor.org/hisbuilding.html
www.lewisu.edu/neh/Lesson_pk18.doc
http://www.canalcor.org/I&M%20Shapes%20History%20%20-%20Nov%201.pdf
http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/timeline/discovery.html
http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/timeline/dusable.html
http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/timeline/ftdearborn.html
http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/timeline/plat.html
http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/timeline/canal.html
http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/timeline/stlevels.html
http://www.chipublib.org/004chicago/timeline/greatfire.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/prefire/guide.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/conflag/burning.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/conflag/pic0245.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/conflag/pic0147.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/conflag/pic0149.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/conflag/pic0172.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/conflag/pic0153.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/conflag/pic0029.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/conflag/pic0429.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/conflag/pic0262.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/conflag/pic0576.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/conflag/pic0066.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/conflag/pic-firemap.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/conflag/pic0153.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/conflag/pic0465.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/queen/pic0019.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/queen/pic0138.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/queen/pic0034.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/queen/pic0516.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/queen/pic0100.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/queen/pic0160.html
http://www.chicagohs.org/fire/queen/pic0488.html
Assessment(s) Rubric N x 10 4 Points for perfect attendance.
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Each member of the group on assigned task |
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Complete all questions on analysis sheets |
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Follows criteria on the assigned story. |
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Completed notes on lecture. |
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Presentation of illustrated primary story book on the History of the I & M Canal |
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