SOCIAL STUDIES LESSON PLAN
Social Studies Theme: History – Geography – Civics – Economics (circle one)
NAME: Blake Stevenson
TOPIC: American Revolution
GRADE LEVEL: 8th grade
STATE STANDARD: 8.US.1.1
ESSENTIAL QUESTION: What events lead up to/caused the Revolutionary War to
happen?
LESSON OBJECTIVE: Students will be able to explain the sources of conflict which led
to the American Revolution
TYPES OF ASSESSMENT USED:
I assessed the students in a variety of ways. In the Smart Board activity I was able to see
what they knew and struggled with. The students also self-assessed their knowledge
through quizzes and games that they did on their iPads or chrome books during their
independent time. Finally I am able to assess their work through there project and their
ability to connect the event/person/act in writing about it.
ANTICIPATORY SET:
To start the class we will watch the Liberty Kids to introduce the ideas for this lesson.
“Liberty Kids: Boston Tea Party” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJFWHN3ljI&feature=c4-overview-vl&list=PL653B6B29215415CD (1/2)
“Liberty Kids: Boston Tea Party”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkNObgK43Z4&list=PL653B6B29215415CD
(2/2)
VOCABULARY ACTIVITY:
We will go to this sight on the Smart Board. We will go over and discuss the 7
words on this site. For the activity we are going to do the “flip cards”
Words include: quartering act, stamp act, Townshend Acts, Writs of Assistance,
Intolerable Acts, Declaratory Act,
Quizlet: “Acts” in Revolutionary War Times
http://quizlet.com/4102667/acts-in-revolutionary-war-times-flash-cards/
PROCEDURE OF MAIN LESSON:
SmartBoard Activity
Has information and activities that cover causes and events leading up the
Revolutionary War.
Titled: Pre-Revolution (British Policies)
http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=e2da9c0c-a6bf-4cf0-afca-a6ae4d290840
iPad or Chromebook Activity
1. Students will go to Quizlet: http://quizlet.com/4102667/acts-in-revolutionary-war-
times-flash-cards/ and then play both games listed, “space race” and “scatter”.
2. Students will then go to Education Portal: http://educationportal.com/academy/lesson/sons-of-liberty-resistance-to-the-stamp-act-andbritish-rule.html and either watch or read the information for three sections.
Students will be going to this site to gain better knowledge on the vocab words and
the vents that led to the Revolutionary War
The sections are titled. #4. Resistance to the Stamp Act and British Rule #5.
Boston Massacre: Colonists and the Declaratory and Townshend Acts #6. The
Boston Tea Party, Intolerable Acts & First Continental Congress. All of these are
found on the rights-side of the attached link under the section called “ALL VIDEOS
IN THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION”
After each section, students will take the quiz that is found above the video.
Students will also be filling out their viewing guides while they are watching.
Writing Activity
While watching the 3 video clips (each one is about 7 minutes) students will be filling out a
viewing guide, with information that they are learning. The viewing Guide can be found
attached to the lesson.
Students will also be writing poems, stories, letters, etc… for their projects.
Introduce Project:
With the time we have left, you will be creating a poster on Linoit of an event that led up to
the Revolutionary War. It is a pretty simple project, but some of it will need to be done at
home as it is due tomorrow. We will share these projects in small groups and maybe a few
in front of the class. I will also
DESCRIPTION OF INDEPENDENT PRACTICE – DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT
Each student will go on to their chromebooks and go to Linoit. The link to this website is:
https://linoit.com/session/login . Each student will pick an event or act from what we
talked about today. Once they have chosen and told me, they can begin work. Some
students will do the same act or event. They will create a new board and place a picture
that resembles what they have chosen. Next, students will have to list 4-6 key details and
ideas about what they have chosen (dates, ideas, effects, etc…). They will also need to place
a video on their board about their topic. This information will be found from research on
the internet. Then on the same board, students will write a poem that goes with the act or
event they chose. I will show the video called “Revolutionary Tea”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aANnZO0LsZc and hand out the poem (which is
attached), so the students can read it for an example. The goal of the writing is that the
students have fun with it and are creative, but have historical content included. They will
then share what they did in small groups and some in front of the class. This will include
their Linoit and poem.
List to Choose From:
-Quartering Act
-Writ of assistance
-Proclamation of 1763
-Patrick Henry
-Sugar Act
-Intolerable Acts
-Boston Massacre
-Stamp Act
-Declaratory Act
-Boston Tea Party
-Townshend Acts
-Sons of Liberty
-Samuel Adams
CLOSURE OF THE LESSON – ENDING ACTIVITY
Students will be asked to give me a slip of paper with their name on it, what they are doing
for their project, and 1 fact they have already found for it. When they finish that, they will
be free to exit the room.
LEARNER DIVERSITY:
ELL –
Gifted RESOURCES NEEDED FOR LESSON:
-paper
-markers
-smartboard
-iPod/chrome books
-pencils
-viewing guides
-“Tea” poems
Revolutionary Tea
There was once an old lady
And she was an island queen.
Her daughter lived off in a new country
With an ocean of water between.
The old lady’s pockets were full of gold
But never contented was she,
So she called on her daughter to pay her a tax
Of three pence a pound on her tea,
Of three pence a pound on her tea.
“Now, mother, dear mother,” the daughter replied,
“I shan’t do the thing you ax.
I’m willing to pay a fair price for the tea,
But never the three-penny tax.”
“You shall,” quoth the mother, and reddened with rage,
“For you’re my own daughter, you see,
And sure ‘tis quite proper the daughter should pay
Her mother a tax on her tea
Her mother a tax on her tea.”
And so the old lady her servant called up
And packed off a budget of tea;
And eager for three pence a pound, she put in
Enough for a large family.
She ordered her servant to bring home the tax,
Declaring her child should obey,
Or old as she was, and almost full grown,
She’d half whip her life away,
She’d half whip her life away.
The tea was conveyed to the daughter’s door,
All down by the ocean’s side,
And the bouncing girl poured out every pound
IN the dark and boiling tide;
And then she called out to the island queen,
“Oh mother, dear mother,” quoth she,
“Your tea you may have when ‘tis steeped quite enough
But never a tax from me,
But never a tax from me.”
Video Viewing Guide
What did you hear?
What did you realize?
What did you see?
What do you wonder?
Most Interesting Part? Something to dig deeper into?