INSTRUCTIONAL PLANNING TEMPLATE for VIL ASSIGNMENT

OVERVIEW & CONTEXT

Your name:
Michele Zmich
Grade level and school:
5th Pattengill
Title of lesson/activity:
Visual Inquiry Lesson
Teaching date(s) and time(s):
10/24/14
Estimated time for lesson:
50 min.
Overview of lesson:
In this lesson Students will compare and contrast two images that
depict interactions between Europeans and Native Americans.
Students will then discuss why the images are so different
considering when they were created and by whom. Students will
think about why each artist might depict the interactions the way
they did. Which audience they were trying to reach and what their
massage was. Central Question: How did the Europeans treat the
Native people they met in the new world?
Context of lesson:
This unit is about the explorers who came to North America. The
previous unit was about different geographical features and how
people adapt to them. The lesson after this is about the settlement
of the New World.
Background research:
Columbus- Journal of the First Voyage
http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-062/index.asp
Exploration and early settlement- Library of congress
http://www.americanjourneys.org/aj-062/index.asp
In the journal of Columbuss first voyage he describes the native
peoples as not possessing advanced weapons of any kind, thinking
that the Europeans had come from heaven, not having any religion
and willing to give away all they have for beads, bells and other
small items. They had no knowledge of swords. He makes several
statements as to how easily subjugated they would be and how easy
to convert to the Catholic faith. He makes note of the number he
will bring back to Spain with him as if not concerned with how the
native people would think or feel about that idea.
I reading about the Spanish requirement of 1513 I learned that by
reading aloud a document prior to interacting with natives,
Spaniards considered themselves entitled to conquer any group that
did not willingly obey the Catholic church and the King of Spain.
LEARNING GOALS
Central question:
Specific learning goals: 1-2
goals which relate to the central

How did the Europeans treat the Native peoples they met in the
New World?
Connection to C3, Michigan
Connection to activities
GLCEs, and Common Core

question in the lesson.

Students will be able to
Consider sourcing information
when considering images to find
clues as to the perspective of the
artists.

Students will be able to

compare and contrast two
images of the same event to
consider the perspectives of the
artists and determine their own
perspective after doing so.

Type of assessment
Exit ticket

D2.His.4.3-5. Explain why

individuals and groups during
the same historical period
differed in their perspectives.
D2.His.6.3-5. Describe how
peoples perspectives shaped
the historical sources they
created.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.6

Analyze multiple accounts of

the same event or topic, noting
important similarities and
differences in the point of view
they represent.

In comparing the images

showing the interactions
between the Europeans and
the Native Americans
students can use sourcing
information to help determine
the perspective of the creators
of the images.
In comparing the images
showing the interactions
between the Europeans and
the Native Americans
students can explore why they
are so different and consider
the perspective of each artist.

ASSESSMENTS
Connection to learning goals:.
Students will write their answer to the inquiry question
after considering both images.

ATTENDING TO THE LEARNERS

Anticipating student ideas:
I think students will know that Columbus came to America in 1492. I
think they may not know that he did not reach the mainland. I think
they will know that he traded with the native people. They may or
may not know that he took slaves.
I think that some students may know about the consequences of
interaction with the Europeans, slavery, disease, driven off their land
but I do not know if all students will know this.
I think that most students are aware that Native Americans were
treated badly. They may not have a frame of reference for why
people at the time did not feel that the treatment of native peoples was
a cause for concern at the time. They may not be able to relate to
viewing other people as barbarian or sub-human. There may be
confusion about slavery as some may think it only was a concern for
Africans.
I think an open discussion of these questions/ misconceptions is a
great way to handle these issues. I think framing this discussion by
asking questions that require critical thinking skills will enhance
students knowledge of perspective. Asking students Why the think
people might have had a different way of thinking at that time or
explaining why people thought a certain way and asking why we
think differently now might spark some great understanding and

Making the content accessible

to all students:

Materials:

discussion.
By using visual, auditory and kinetic learning activities the different
learning styles of students can be activated and engaged. By
revoicing and asking other to revoice key ideas students will get help
picking out important details. By modeling the activity and marking
other students successful modeling instruction is repeated in more
than one way. By utilizing turn and talk opportunities, even students
who are not comfortable speaking in large group settings can
participate.

INSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCE
Materials needed: White Board, projector and laptop. Dry erase markers, Paper copies of
images for each student to be used as an exit ticket.
Image 1: Admiral Christopher Columbus discovers the island espanola, Pieter Balthazar
Bouttats 1728 Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/cph/item/2006683686/
Image 2: Forced March of Native Americans Bartolome de las Casas Written in 1542 and
published in1552 Library of Congress
http://lccn.loc.gov/01020219
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?
collId=rbc3&fileName=rbc0001_2008kislak20219page.db&recNum=69

Time
frame:

5 Minutes

Steps describing what the teacher and students

will do/say
Image 1 Leveled Questions

Level 1 Questions:
What do you notice about the location shown in
this image? Turn and talk to your tablemates.
Who can share something they saw or that
someone at their table saw in this image.
What can tell me about the people in this image?
What do you notice about them?
Is there anything else you notice about this image.

Notes and reminders:

Expected Student
Responses
AND
Discussion Moves for
Each Student
Response
Its by the water.
Show us how you
know that. Where is
the water? Ask student
to show this on the
white board.
There are
hills/mountains and
trees. A beach. Ask
students to indicate
with a thumbs up if

5 Minutes

Level 2 Questions:
What can you infer from what you are seeing?
Can you determine anything about the time this
image is depicting?
What can you tell about the way the people are
interacting?
Is there anything else you can determine by the
way this image is drawn?

5 Minutes

Level 3 Questions:
What is the title of this image and what does it tell
us about it?
When was this image created and by whom?
Does the time it was created tell us anything
about the artists ideas of the event?
When did Columbus come to America?
So what does that tell us about when this image
was made?
How does this image reflect what the artist
believed about the interactions between
Europeans and Native Americans?
Who do you think the artists audience was?
What was he trying to say about the interactions
between the Europeans and the native Americans.

they see it as well.

Some have no clothes
on. Which ones?
Where are they in the
image?
Some have weapons.
Which ones? Show us
where.
Some are giving
something to the
others. Ask if anyone
else sees that . Have
another student show
where.
There is a cross
It was a long time ago.
How do you know
that? What in the
image helps you
understand that?
These people are
afraid of the other
people? Why do you
say that? Some
people are giving
things to other people.
Are they both giving
things to each other or
is it just one group?
Admiral Christopher
Columbus discovers
the island Espaola,
1728. 1492. The
artist was not there.
The Spanish had
weapons and traded
with the unarmed
natives. They brought
religion.
He feels it was
peaceful .

Image 2 Leveled Questions

5 Minutes

Level 1 Questions:
What do you see in this image?
Turn and talk with your tablemates about this.
After each table has sent someone to show one
thing that is noticed I would ask these follow up
questions if there were things missed.
What do you notice about the people in the
picture?
Is there anything you notice about the location of
the image?
What else do you see?

5 Minutes

Level 2 Questions:
What can you deduce from image about what is
happening in this picture?
What is happening?

5 Minutes

Level 3 Questions:
What is the title of this image?
When was it made?
Who made it?
How do you think this artist felt about how the
Europeans treated the Native Americans?
How does this image reflect that opinion?
Who do you think the artist was trying to reach
when he created this image?
What was his message?
I did some research on Bortolome de las Casas.
He was a bishop who lived among the Native
Americans and he wrote a book called A Brief
Account of the Destruction of the Indies In that

Expected Student
Responses
AND
Discussion Moves to
Each Student
Response
I would ask each table
to share one thing they
noticed. People
carrying things.
People without
clothing. A man with a
club. People falling
down. A baby on the
ground. Cliffs, water
something burning in
the background. With
each of these
responses I would ask
them to point out on
the image where they
saw it. I would ask if
everyone could see it
too.
The people with
clothing are beating
the other people. How
do you know that?
The people are afraid
of the man with the
club. What makes
you say that?
Forced march of
Native Americans.
1542 Bartolome de las
Casas.
He didnt like the
way they were treated.
He thought it was
wrong. What makes
you say that? How do
you know?

5 Minutes

5-10 min.

5 min.

book he wrote about the terrible treatment of

Native Americans by the Spanish. This is an
illustration from that book. Knowing that
information, does that help you to understand why
he might have created this image in this way?
Compare Images 1 & 2 (Corroborate)
Expected Student
Responses
AND
Discussion Moves to
Each Student
Response
Level 3 Questions:
They each have two
Looking at these two images and compare them.
groups of people.
How are they alike?
They each have one
How are they different?
group armed. Some
Do these pictures have a message they are trying
people are afraid of
to convey?
others. Some people
What is the message the first artist is showing?
have clothes and some
What about the second one?
dont. In the first
there is no fighting. In
the second there are
people being hit. In
the first the Native
Americans are giving
gifts to Columbus.
Assessment directions:
I have an exit for you with both images on it.
Please write a few sentences to answer our central
question How did the Europeans treat the Native
peoples they met in the New World? This is
something you will do independently. When you
are done you can pass your paper to the end of the
table.
Scripted conclusion:
.
Today we looked at two images that showed
different perspectives about how to answer our
central question how did the Europeans treat the
Native peoples thy mat in the New World? We
considered how each image showed a different
perspective and thought about why the author
hose to portray it the way he did. When looking
at sources, whether images, writings, or other
documents it is important to take the perspective
of the creator into consideration and wonder if
there might be other perspectives as well. This is
something to think about when looking at sources

in social studies and in other subject as well

REFLECTION ON PLANNING
My learning goal for this lesson is to manage a
large group discussion while keeping everyone
engaged and participating. I need to manage
technology well in order to facilitate this goal.
Preparing to teach this lesson:
I located and sourced appropriate images and learn
background information. Prepare images for lesson.
Practice with materials to be used. Create
worksheet for assessment.
Learning goal for self: