UHS Lesson Plan Template



-119634090805Name: Sadie SteffanCourse: 8th Grade American HistoryWeek of: 1/13-1/1700Name: Sadie SteffanCourse: 8th Grade American HistoryWeek of: 1/13-1/17Content: American Revolutionary WarUnit Targets:1. Explain how the colonial underdogs were able to overthrow Great Britain, the most powerful empire in the world.2. The students will be able to explain the significance of the following over the course of the American Revolution –Trenton, Saratoga, Valley Forge, French Alliance, and Yorktown 3. The students will be able to detail how the American Revolution changed the map of North America.Timetravel Targets: 1. Why is the Battle of Trenton significant to the progress of the Revolutionary War?Evalutation: Time travel notes, essay covering unit targetsContent Standards: Assessment: MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday 1st semester review:-Students present some of the “Pages” that they made for the review ABC book that covers each of the main units we have studied up to date-Student examples will be posted throughout the room upon completion to keep the ideas fresh for us to build upon during the 2nd semester -Pass back “1776” timetravel essay answers and graded rubrics to the students, go over major issues and positive reactions to the student’s work, provide opportunities to reassessTarget 1-Chart activity:student groups use iPads to organize characteristics of the British and Colonial armies-student groups then look up the correct answers using the textbook as a resource, groups should move any incorrect boxes and change colors according to a specific scheme (red=incorrect; yellow=unknown; green=correct)Targets 1 & 2-Go over formative results from chart activity as a class reviewing what already makes sense to them (most often green on charts) and going farther in depth on items that were unknown or incorrectly labeled (yellow and red on charts)-create individual student notesheets detailing target 1 and the timeline thus far for the RevolutionTimetravel Target 1-Introduce “The Crossing” timetravel to gain perspective on fighting styles, advantages and disadvantages of both sides, and a pivotal turning point in the Revolutionary War-Students will be taking notes during the timetravel-Go over student notes the last five minutes of class; remind students of their self reflections after the last timetravel and that most students wished they had taken better notes or asked questions while going over them as a classTimetravel Target 1-Continue “The Crossing” timetravel to gain perspective on fighting styles, advantages and disadvantages of both sides, and a pivotal turning point in the Revolutionary War-Students will be taking notes during the timetravel-Go over student notes the last five minutes of class-Students turn in timetravel notes for a formative check by teacher ................
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