5E Lesson Plan Template

Teacher

Date 6/11/21

Subject Social Studies/ American History/ 5th

area/course/grad
e level

Materials Computer

Standards (State AL 8) Identify major events of the American Revolution, including the
and ISTE battles of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Yorktown
Standards for
ISTE Standards for students:
Students)
Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their
learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams
locally and global.
Students use tools to connect with learners from a variety of backgrounds
and cultures, engaging with them.
Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a
variety of purposes using the platform, styles, formats, and digital media
appropriate to their goals.

Objectives Students will be able to describe the major events of the American
Revolution.
Students will be able to identify key information regarding the battles of
Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Yorktown.
Students will be about to communicate clearly and prove to themselves
and teachers using a variety of digital tools using a platform of tools, styles,
formats, and digital media that are deemed appropriate to meet the goals.

Differentiation The differentiation strategies for this activity would be for the student to be
Strategies (How able to work with a partner if necessary. The students who are performing
will the lesson below grade level will have many chances to have the information read
address the aloud to them and they can turn on the subtitles when they are instructed
various learning to watch any videos. Students may also be sent or emailed a template for
styles of the the final assignment needing to create a webpage. The template would be
students and the filled out except for fill in the blank sentences, the students can fill in the
needs of those blanks with the information needed.
with special
The higher-level students can benefit from this lesson because they will be
needs?)
able to use technology to show what they have learned. The students can
link videos that will support the information found for the elaboration
assignment part of the lesson.

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Engagement The students will begin the lesson by watching this Youtube video:
https://youtu.be/NdRuU5ON-LU. The video the students will watch is an
overview of the American Revolution, it discusses and includes the battles of
Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, and Yorktown. Students will
record and submit a flipgrid and identify one of the battles and a brief
explanation of the battle.

Engagement The assessment for the engagement part of the lesson will be the Flipgrid. I will
Assessment be able to watch each student’s video and be able to observe if they grasped
the information from the video they were watching. I can also observe if the
students watched and responded to two classmates.

Exploration The students will share a google doc with one other student within the
classroom and they will create a timeline of the different battles of the American
Revolution through google slides or a google document and be able to
collaborate and multiple students be on the same document or slide working
together, even if they are not in the same place. When the students are
finished, they were link the document or presentation into a google form.

The following link can assist the students with collaborating for the timeline:
https://www.ducksters.com/history/american_revolution.php

Exploration The assessment for the exploration part of the lesson will be the students will
Assessment upload their timeline that they collaborated with another student on through a
google form and I will be able to view the timeline and evaluate the student’s
information.

Explanation The students will complete a kahoot: https://create.kahoot.it/share/american-

revolution-battles-and-outcome/ee77cdc1-2419-4a48-bb0a-d742ba674a29 that
is discussing American Revolution events and battles that occurred. The
students can choose to play one on one or invite classmates from school to
play with them on the kahoot. Also, during this part of the lesson, students will
review a quizlet of important terms that are linked to the American Revolution:
https://quizlet.com/165552197/american-revolution-flash-cards/ The students
will review the vocabulary and important terms discussing the American
Revolution. Students will then complete the edpuzzle linked:
https://edpuzzle.com/media/60c668d91f9b23415abe5506 The students will
watch the 10-minute video discussing the American Revolution and will answer
comprehension questions that are placed throughout the video.

Explanation The assessment for the explanation section of this lesson will be the Edpuzzle:
Assessment https://edpuzzle.com/media/60c668d91f9b23415abe5506 The students
answers will be sent to the educator linked and I will be able to formally assess
the students.

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Elaboration Students will choose one of the following battles from the American Revolution:
battle of Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, or Yorktown and create
a webpage discussing the battle. The students will need to include the following
information on the webpage that, any important dates of the battles, who was
the battle between, where was the battle, insert a photo from the battle, and
three important facts that you have learned from the battle. The students will
turn in a link or screenshot of the webpage to this google form: for me to grade
during the evaluation section of this lesson. The students can use weebly or
google sites. The student will share their google site with one student and will
list it on the bottom of their web page.
An example of the technology product:
https://sites.google.com/view/battleofyorktown12/home

Evaluation The students will be evaluated based on the webpage they created during the
elaboration phase. The students will upload a screenshot of the webpage into a
google form that I shared with them. Insert blank google form
The students will be graded based on the rubric guidelines below
Insert rubric guidelines:
http://www.quickrubric.com/r#/qr/katrich05/american-revolution-battle-

References
Bybee, R.W. et al. (1989). Science and technology education for the elementary years:
Frameworks for curriculum and instruction. Washington, D.C.: The National
Center for Improving Instruction.

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Oxford: Heinemann.

National Research Council. (1999). Inquiry and the national science education
standards: A guide for teaching and learning. Washington, D.C.: National
Academy Press.

Polman, J.L. (2000). Designing project-based silence: Connecting learners through

guided inquiry. New York: Teachers College Press.

Note: Content of form approved January 2013.

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