Teaching American History – Lesson Plan Template



Teacher’s Name: Sam Rosen

Employee Number: 280404

School: Southwest Miami Senior High School

Social Studies Lesson Plan Template

1. Title:

|SOCIAL STUDIES - Grade 11 |

|AMER HISTORY (2100140Z) |

2. Overview - Big Ideas:

Students will understand the significance and importance of how information and news events were disseminated during this period and what information and news people were interested in attaining

1. How did people in Colonial America get information?

2. How did they receive information and news?

3. How did they learn what was going on in other towns?

4. How did they learn what was going on in other counties and commonwealths?

3. Lesson Objectives and Key Vocabulary:

Standards - (Next Generation Sunshine State Standards – Encourage everyone to register and use

 SS.912.A.1.4: Analyze how images, symbols, objects, cartoons, graphs, charts, maps, and artwork may be used to interpret the significance of time periods and eventsfrom the past. 

    Depth of Knowledge: N/A     l    Date Adopted or Revised: 12/08 

    This benchmark belongs to: Use research and inquiry skills to analyze American history using primary and secondary sources. 

4. Evidence of Student Understanding (Assessment) in this Lesson:

Students will receive a historical overview of the events and issues that took place during this time period. Students will learn the vocabulary terms for their project.

Students will make a formal group presentation in front of the class. they will present the name of their paper ,how they chose it and what type of information they provided.

|ASSESSMENT : | |Students will be graded as a group based on rubrics for material content and presentation. |

5. Materials Needed: (Include primary sources you will use in this lesson)

|TEACHER MATERIALS / TECHNOLOGY| |Project board, computer resources, instructional material, LCD projector with computer internet connection.|

|CONNECTIONS : | | |

|STUDENT MATERIALS / TECHNOLOGY| |Project board, computer resource material, scissors, glue stick, markers. |

|CONNECTIONS : | | |

6. Steps to Deliver the Lesson:

Students will receive instruction as to how a front page newspaper should look, and then they will be given specific instructions regarding what is expected of their project. Students will be divided into groups and choose what each individual in the group will be responsible for submitting

7. Specific Activities: (From Guided to Independent)

|GUIDED PRACTICE : | |I will use an LCD projector and a power point image of a colonial newspaper to show how the paper was set |

| | |up and what type of material and information people were interested in. |

|INDEPENDENT PRACTICE : | |1. Students will understand how to organize and work in groups. |

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| | |2. Students will learn how to access information using the internet and the use of their media center |

| | |facilities. |

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| | |3. Students will learn the format in putting together a newspaper. |

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8. Differentiated Instruction Strategies:

Grouping will be assigned according to gifted objectives-5.5 and 5.6 : facilitate the workings of groups and the involvement of all group members

Emphasis will focus on higher order thinking skills as described in Blooms Taxonomy.

9. Technology Integration:

|TEACHER MATERIALS / TECHNOLOGY| |Project board, computer resources, instructional material, LCD projector with computer internet connection.|

|CONNECTIONS : | | |

|STUDENT MATERIALS / TECHNOLOGY| |Project board, computer resource material,scissors, glue stick, markers. |

|CONNECTIONS : | | |

10. Lesson Closure:

Students will make a formal group presentation in front of the class. they will present the name of their paper ,how they chose it and what type of information they provided

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