Glynn Middle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
8th Grade
Georgia Studies
Anna Paga
Richard Grasier
9/21/15– 10/25/15
The American Revolution
SS8H3 The student will analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolution.
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a. Explain the immediate and long-term causes of the American Revolution and their impact on Georgia; include the
French and Indian War (i.e., Seven Years War), Proclamation of 1763, Stamp Act, Intolerable Acts, and the Declaration
of Independence.
b. Analyze the significance of people and events in Georgia on the Revolutionary War; include Loyalists, patriots, Elijah
Clarke, Austin Dabney, Nancy Hart, Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton, Battle of Kettle Creek, and siege of
Savannah.
Prior to teaching:
Monday 9/21
Tuesday 9/22
Essential Question and/or Key Questions
What are the important What are the important
people and events in
people and events in
Georgia during The
Georgia during The
American Revolution? American Revolution?
Wednesday 9/23
Thursday 9/24
Friday 9/25
What are the important
people and events in
Georgia during The
American Revolution?
What are the important
people and events in
Georgia during The
American Revolution?
What are the important
people and events in
Georgia during The
American Revolution?
Activating/Acceleration:
(Some ideas: KWL, Pre-reading, Think Pair Share, Thinking Maps, Vocabulary Overview, Word Splash, Survey, Big Four)
No Activator
1. The French and Indian
War was fought
between what groups?
2. Why was the French
and Indian War fought?
3. What was the
Proclamation of 1763
and why did the British
give this order?
1.
2.
3.
4.
Stamp ActQuartering ActIntolerable ActsWhy did the British
issue the Intolerable
Acts (Coercive Acts)
1. Who attended the 1st
Continental Congress
and what was achieved?
2. What happened at
Lexington and Concord?
3. What is achieved at the
2nd Continental
Congress?
Cognitive Teaching Strategies: include time for distributed practice or summarizing
(Some ideas: Lecture/Question, Read/Discuss, TIMS, Hands on Activity, Thinking Map, Pictograph, Research, Vocabulary,
1. What was the
Declaration of
Independence and
who sighed it from
Georgia?
2. Battle of Kettle
Creek3. Battle of Elijah
Clarke4. Nancy Hart-
Glynn Middle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
Diagrams/Graphs, Comprehension)
1. Activators
1. Activators
2. Today in Georgia
2. Study Island Colonial
History
Georgia
3. Check homework
4. Word Splash- The
American Revolution
5. Web- Causes of the
American Revolution
6. Brainpop – The Causes
of the American
Revolution
7. Quiz
1. Activators
2. Check Homework
3. Today in Georgia
History
4. Web- Causes of the
American Revolution
5. Guided Notes-Review
Shortened classesPep Rally
1. Activators
2. Check homework
3. Today in Georgia
History
4. Web- Causes of the
American Revolution
5. Brainpop- The
Declaration of
Independence
6. Activator
7. Open Note Quiz
8. Graphic Organizer over
The American
Revolution
9. Complete America the
Story of Us Rebels
Summarizing Strategies: (Some ideas: Ticket Out the Door, 3-2-1, The Important Thing, One Word, Learning Logs)
Extending/Refining Activity: This is for all students. After they acquire, then take them up a notch with thinking skills/writing prompts.
(Some ideas: Cause/Effect, Compare/Contrast, Write, Classify, Analyze, Evaluate, Inductive, Deductive)
Assignment and/or Assessment: A variety of informal, performance, constructed response, selected response
Study Island- Colonial
Quiz over the
America
Revolutionary War
vocabulary
Differentiation: (Gifted)
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Preferential seating
Extended time
Modified Study Island
assignment for different
learning levels
Para and interpreter for
select students
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Preferential seating
Extended time
Para and interpreter for
select students
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Preferential seating
Extended time
Para and interpreter for
select students
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Preferential seating
Extended time
Para and interpreter for
select students
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Preferential seating
Extended time
Para and interpreter for
select students
Glynn Middle School
LFS Weekly Lesson Plan
Accommodations: (Sped, 504, SST)
Preferential seating / Extra Time / Re-Teaching as needed / See attached for further modifications.
Homework- 5th, 6th,
Homework –
Homework- Study for
7th, 8th- “We Hold
Worksheet using the
Friday’s test over The
These Truths…”
notes packet
American Revolution.
worksheet