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Students will write an opinion piece, stating which native group they would prefer to grow up in and why. Students will present their points visually and verbally via Adobe Spark Video.

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-Google Docs and Google Classroom for organizing information and drafting.  Allows for easy color-coding and collaboration
-Option to utilize Ebooks in class or at home.  Ebooks have a read-aloud feature
-Adobe Spark
Students will use Adobe Spark to summarize and present their points visually and verbally.

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-Mix of familiar content from reading lessons and new content from research
-Intensive opinion writing modeling and practice throughout the unit
-Graphic organizers
-Student choice
-Heterogeneous groupings to build background and develop an opinion
-Planned extensions of independent or partner research
-Independent writing of an opinion essay
-Planned modifications in the form of color-coding, partner/group work, read- aloud features, and pre-formatted outlines
- After students have completed their outline, I will put them into groups based on native tribes.  Those group members will synthesize their information and present their main points visually and verbally in Spark Video, to present to the class.

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Content areas: Social Studies and ELA

Grade level: 4th grade

Students have been reading a variety of genres detailing the histories of Native American societies from the woodlands, plains, and desert areas of the United States. Each landscape and culture has enticing and difficult aspects of daily life. Students must synthesize information from at least three texts to decide in which native group they would rather grow up and support this opinion with facts and information.