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 * Lesson Title ** : Northwest Passage Goose Chase
 * Grade Level ** : 5
 * Time Needed ** : 30 min
 * Materials ** : Maps

The students will be able to identify John Cabot and the Northwest Passage. – Knowledge Students will discuss the concept of looking for something that is not there. – Reasoning Introduction and Interest Building: To introduce this lesson we will tell the students that there is a $20 bill hidden somewhere in the room and they have 5 mins to look for it. - Search for the money - Explain that there is not money - Is it frustrating to search for something that isn’t there? Why? - Introduce the Northwest Passage - Explain that they never found a way - Have students relate to the explorers because both groups looked for something that didn’t exist. Search for money that isn’t there. Have discussion Introduce Northwest Passage Show on big map what they wanted to find and routes they took Have students find different passages to different places
 * Objectives ** :
 * Lesson Development ** :
 * Direct instruction ** – Talk about the Northwest passage – show a map of routes/area
 * Sample questions ** – How did it feel to search for something that wasn’t there?
 * Activity ** –
 * Summary and Assessment ** : Class discussion about different routes students picked. To assess, walk around and observe how the students are finding routes on their maps


 * Integration ** : math (how long to sail somewhere) science (why can’t you sail in the North Pole)

For students that are restrained to wheelchairs and can’t move freely around the classroom in search of the money, they would be matched up with a partner and the student could direct them around the room. This way they will be able to partake in the searching of the money. Another activity in this lesson is to look at a map and choose different routes from different starting locations. Students that are visually impaired would be allowed to have their own map in front of them to follow along. They would also be given large print outs of the map that is being used. Students that are ADD and have a tendency to start something and then quickly move on would be given a check list for the class. It would have the classes schedule on it and he/she would be able to check off what we do and be able to follow along. Once they were done searching for the money they could place a check mark by that. When the discussion about John Cabot was done, that could be checked off and so on. This would allow the student to gage how much longer they needed to pay attention and get a preview of what the class would be about.
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