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This lesson plan teaches 4th grade students about the causes and events of the American Revolution through creating a timeline. Students will watch a introductory video, research the key events like the Stamp Act and Boston Tea Party online and in books, then construct their own timeline with images and descriptions of each event in chronological order. The teacher will provide feedback and discussion to check understanding. Using a timeline promotes remembering, understanding, and analyzing the historical events while developing research, presentation, and self-reflection skills through peer assessment.

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BBPT Lesson Idea

This lesson plan teaches 4th grade students about the causes and events of the American Revolution through creating a timeline. Students will watch a introductory video, research the key events like the Stamp Act and Boston Tea Party online and in books, then construct their own timeline with images and descriptions of each event in chronological order. The teacher will provide feedback and discussion to check understanding. Using a timeline promotes remembering, understanding, and analyzing the historical events while developing research, presentation, and self-reflection skills through peer assessment.

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Beyond-the-Basic Productivity Tools (BBPT)

Lesson Idea Name: What happened during the American Revolution?


Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level(s): Fourth Grade

Content Standard Addressed:


SS4H1 Explain the causes, events, and results of the American Revolution.
a. Trace the events that shaped the revolutionary movement in America: French and Indian War, 1765 Stamp
Act, the slogan “no taxation without representation,” the activities of the Sons of Liberty, the activities of the
Daughters of Liberty, Boston Massacre, and the Boston Tea Party.

Technology Standard Addressed:


3- Knowledge Constructor
Selected Technology Tool:
Timeline

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):


https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ushistory/americanrevolution/
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):


☒ Remembering ☒ Understanding ☒ Applying ☒ Analyzing ☒ Evaluating ☒ Creating

Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi Level):


☐ Level 1: Awareness ☐ Level 2: Exploration ☐ Level 3: Infusion ☒ Level 4: Integration
☐ Level 5: Expansion ☐ Level 6: Refinement

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):


Engagement: This lesson allows “voice and choice” because it allows the students to select pictures of each
event listed and a quick fact about what the event is. This lesson also develops self-assessment and reflection
skills because the students will present their timeline in front of the class. As the students present the teacher
will assess their project and be able to give them both constructive positive and improvement comments.
These comments will allow the students to assess their own work and make improvements for the next
project.

Representation: This Timeline tool offers alternatives for visual and hearing-impaired students because it
consists of images and text to label the images selected. This lesson will activate and introduce background
knowledge. To help with the teacher will show a BrainPOP video about the American Revolution to help get
them thinking about the history before beginning the lesson. Playing this video is especially important and
useful for English Language learners because it will help them build some background knowledge before
creating their own timeline.

Action and Expression: This will allow for multiple means of action and expression because the students are
given a variety of methods for navigating and responding. The students will have the ability to use technology
to research this topic. They are able to do internet searches, books, tutorials, videos, pictures, magazines, etc.
Through the use of Timeline and the research conducted the students are provided with access to tools to
create a product that will show their knowledge of the topic while also raising the LoTi level to a four.

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Lesson idea implementation:


The teacher will introduce the lesson by showing the students a BrainPOP video on the American Revolution
in order to help the students tap into prior knowledge and build background knowledge on the content. The
students will watch the video and then talk as a whole class about what they found to be really important in
the video. The teacher will ask the students questions to help spark a discussion about the topic in order to
see where the students are and if they need a little more guidance before turning them loose to create their
timelines. The students will include a title, the date, an image, and a sentence description. The events must
be in the correct order to ensure the student understands the content.

After introducing the lesson to the students and helping them gain background knowledge, the students will
go to their technology devices and begin researching the specific events listed in the standard of the
American Revolution. When doing research, the students will read about the specific event and then write a
brief description on the event. After collecting research, the students will create their own timelines. There
are not any restrictions on what they need to put in their description, so even though the topic is the same,
the content within may be very different. This allows the students to learn different facts from their peers.
This is able to support the learning process because the students are acting as the teachers and the teacher is
the facilitator. The students have “voice and choice” because they get to choose what they write as their
description. The teacher can extend student learning to a higher level by placing the students in groups and
allowing them to decide which event they want to research. The students will need to research the chosen
event and prevent their findings to the whole class. The students will receive feedback as they present their
Timelines by the teacher explaining things that may have not been completely accurate and elaborating on
other parts.

Reflective Practice:
This lesson has a positive impact on student learning because the students are able to make some decisions
for themselves. They learn independently and then create a product based off of the research conducted.
Using the beyond-the-basics productivity tool Timeline to allow the students to remember and understand
the events within the American Revolution. But they will also analyze and evaluate the information from the
events, choosing information they think best describes the event. Something that can be used to further
extend this lesson would be to place the students into groups and allow them to choose an event they are
interested in. They will do further research and make a presentation on the selected event, allowing the
students to receive deeper knowledge on the events.

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