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)
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)
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