Theme: “A Chief and His Treaties”
Grade: 3rd Grade
Teacher: Teal Persinger
Time: 45 minutes appreciation

Goal:
Students will understand begin to understand the importance of Chief Wapasha III.
Students will understand what a treaty is and how it works, as well as Chief Wapahsa’s involvement in treaties in and around the Winona area.

Objectives:
1. Students will be able to recall information from the article Chiefs have area roots.
2. Students will be able to take what they have learned about treaties from the article Wabasha County, and make their own treaties.

Materials:
1. Wabasha County Article
2. Chiefs have area roots Article
3. Notebooks
4. Pencils
5. Vocabulary Sheet
6. Lined Paper
7. 11”x14” white paper
8. Crayons/Markers/Colored Pencils

Procedure:
“Han!” Say this to students as they are coming in the classroom. This is Dakota for Hello.
Explain to students today we will be talking about the last Dakota Chief in the Winona region, Chief Wapasha III. (1 min)
Hand out Chiefs have area roots article. Have volunteers take turns reading the article to the class. (5 min)
Have students turn over the article and take out a sheet of paper and a pencil. Ask students to try to remember three important things they learned from the article. (5 min)
Students must use the first four minutes to recall information on their own.
The last minute, announce that students may flip over the article to pick out any final information they wish to write down.
Discuss the responses as a group. (5 min)
What did you think was important in this article?
Why do you think that is important?
i. Who agrees, why?
ii. Who disagrees, why?
Hand out Wabasha County article. Read out loud to the class while they follow along. (3 min)
Ask if there are any questions from the article. (1 min)
Hand out vocabulary sheet. Go over vocabulary words. Ask students if they have any questions about the words. (5 min)
Explain to students they will be writing their own treaties. Hand out lined paper. (10 minutes) Follow these steps:
Choose what they want to write their treaty about. Examples:
i. Settling an argument with a friend or family member
ii. Trading/taking turns with TV/toys/computer/other item.
iii. Plan with mom and/or dad: I will be in bed by 8:00 but can stay up until 8:30 if I am reading…
iv. Classroom rule to change or add
v. Other ideas may be discussed if brought up by student.
Write the treaty out on the lined paper:
i. On this date (write today’s date).
ii. In Ms. Persinger’s class
iii. It is agreed upon that…
iv. Sign the Treaty
Instruct students that when they are finished writing, they can come to the front of class and get a piece of the 11”x14” paper.
Explain to students they will be drawing/coloring a picture to go along with the treaty that they wrote. They can use markers, crayons, or colored pencils. They will then attach their treaty to the bottom of the picture and hand in their work. (8 min)
Allow students to ask questions or give comment on the lesson while cleaning up their work space. Dismiss the class. (2 min)

Theme: “Founding Winona, Minnesota”
Grade: 3rd Grade
Teacher: Teal Persinger
Time: 45 minutes

Goal:
Students will understand who traveled to settle and found the city of Winona.

Objectives:
1. Students will discuss the founding of Winona.

Materials:
1. Picture of Orrin Smith on an overhead
2. Information page on Captain Orrin Smith
3. Winona’s Founder Controversy Article
4. Thank you to Captain Smith
5. Pencils/Pens
6. Notebooks
7. Letter paper
8. Overhead Projector
9. United States pull down map
10. Chalk board
11. Chalk

Procedure:
1. Put overhead picture up of Orrin Smith; ask class if anyone knows who he is, and why he is important to Winona. Allow students to raise their hands and guess who he may be. (1 min)

2. Explain to students who Orrin Smith is, when he came to Winona, where he came from. (6 min)
a. Orrin Smith founded Winona in the fall of 1851
b. Orrin Smith was a Captain of Nominee
c. Orrin Smith was from Galena, Illinois.
i. Show students route between Galena and Winona on a map

3. Hand out information on Captain Orrin Smith, read to students and have them follow along as you read. (3 min)

4. Have students get out notebook and pencil. Ask students to write down reasons why they think Orrin Smith would have decided to found and settle in Winona. (2 min)

5. Have students share their ideas, then explain to them the following answers as well as to why these were important and still are important to Winona. (Cross Curriculum-Science) (8 min)
a. River
b. Farming Land
c. Railroad
d. Lumber
e. Milling

6. Explain to students that European settlers in Winona were not the first to inhabit the area. That Dakota Indian Tribes lived here long before and that people like Orrin Smith starting moving in around the tribes. (1 min)

7. Hand out Thank you article, read to students and have them follow along as you read. (2 min)

8. Have the students’ brain storm for a few minutes on things they are thankful for about Winona. Write their ideas on the board for all to see. (3 minutes)

9. Ask students to think back to yesterday’s class talking about the debate on who found and settled America.
a. Christopher Columbus and the European settlers or the Native Americans.

10. Hand out article on controversy, read article out loud to class and have them follow along as you read. (3 min)

11. Ask students what they think about the article, how does it connect/link to the controversy of the settling of the United States? Discuss. (2 min)

12. Hand out letter paper. Explain to students they are going to write a letter. They will be sharing their letter with the class tomorrow. Students can choose from the following to write: (Cross Curriculum-English) (12 minutes)
a. A letter from Orrin Smith to his family back in Galena, IL the day after founding Winona.
OR
b. A letter to Orrin Smith about why you are thankful Winona was founded.

13. Explain to students if they are not finished they will be allowed time tomorrow. They should save their work in their Social Studies folder. Ask students if they have any questions from the day, answer any questions students may have. Dismiss class. (3 min)