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**Unit Title **: A Day in the Life of an Early Georgian **Related Lessons **: Native Americans, Early American Exploration, Life in the Southern Colonies, James Oglethorpe **Grade: ** Fourth Grade **Subject **: Social Studies **Goals ** **Content Standards**:
 * GAME Unit Plan Assignment: Problem- Based Learning Assignment **

**SS4H3 The student will explain the factors that shaped British colonial America.** b. Describe colonial life in America as experienced by various people, including large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, indentured servants, slaves, and Native Americans.

** ISTE NETS-S: **

Creativity and innovation Communication and collaboration Research and information fluency Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making Digital citizenship Technology operations and concepts

**Instructional Objectives **: Students will research colonial Georgia, assume the role of a colonial landowner, farmer, artisan, woman, indentured servant, slave, or Native American, and produce a first-person digital story describing a day in the life of that role. **Activities ** **Time: **four daily 45 minute segments The teacher will lead a discussion in the life of these types of people in Georgia today, and then have students reflect on what they think these roles incurred during colonial time. The teacher will offer students a choice of whom they would like to be if they could play a role in colonial Georgia. Students will be grouped according to their choice of large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, indentured servants, slaves, and Native Americans. The teacher will facilitate and ensure that each of these roles is taken by at least two students. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">Students will conduct research on the life of their colonial Georgia role through a list of approved websites on the local shares drive, collaborating with each other, and contacting local museums and historical foundations (since student networking and emails are blocked, this will be facilitated through teacher email or through research conducted at home). Students will organize and write their research findings using Kidspiration in preparation for their digital storytelling.

** GAME Unit Plan Assignment: Online Collaboration Lesson **

**Unit Title**: A Day in the Life of an Early Georgian **Related Lessons**: Native Americans, Early American Exploration, Life in the Southern Colonies, James Oglethorpe **Grade:** Fourth Grade **Subject**: Social Studies ** Goals **

b. Describe colonial life in America as experienced by various people, including large landowners, farmers, artisans, women, indentured servants, slaves, and Native Americans.
 * Content Standards ** :
 * SS4H3 The student will explain the factors that shaped British colonial America. **

Creativity and innovation Communication and collaboration Research and information fluency Critical thinking, problem solving, and decision making Digital citizenship Technology operations and concepts
 * ISTE NETS-S: **

**Instructional Objectives**: Students will use online collaboration to share research sites, learning, and creative ideas for their digital stories which will demonstrate the role of a colonial Georgian. ** Activities **

**Time:** One week of daily homework

The teacher will create a blog for parents, the teacher, and students to collaborate together on this project at home. Each group of Colonial Georgia roles (landowners, farmers, artisans, women, indentured servants, slaves, and Native Americans) will have their own wiki ( they will be given directions on how to use it through this blog). These groups of students will use their wiki to collaborate and share new information with each other, and be required to validate and cite all of their sources. They will be encouraged to share any information they required through local museums and historical foundations. Students will also share creative ideas for assuming their roles and how they will include their learning in their final production. At the beginning of each daily work session, the class will divide into their role groups, discuss, and then summarize their contributions to the homework assignment of using their blog and wikis. Students will continue to work in groups to complete an evaluation rubric of their contribution and collaboration of the previous day’s homework.