Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template

Grade Level/Subject: 5 Grade Social

Central Focus: 9 key events that led to the Revolutionary War
Studies
and the colonists perspective.
Essential Standard/Common Core Objective: 5.H.2.1 Summarize the
Date submitted:
contributions of the Founding Fathers to the development of our
Date taught: March 23, 2016
country.
Daily Lesson Objective: Students will explain key events that led to the American Revolution and provide
insight on the colonists perspective and how they reacted to the events. Students will complete a matrix
worksheet and fill in what the event was and how the colonists reacted to it.
21st Century Skills: Communication and
Academic Language Demand (Language Function and
Collaboration: they will be using this skill
Vocabulary):
because they are required to work in a group
Explain: Students will explain colonists perspective on the key
and collaborate efficiently to create a matrix.
events that led to the American Revolution.
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Also they will be communicating with the rest

of their classmates to explain the information
they found.
Initiative and Self Direction: Students will
have to research and find the information on
their own and take initiative within the group
to assign different group members tasks to be
most efficient with their allotted time.

Prior Knowledge: Student should know who the colonists and Great Britain are and what their tensions were
between each other.
Activity
1. Focus and Review
2. Statement of
Objective
for Student

Description of Activities and Setting

In class we have been learning and discussing the colonists and Great
Britain and how they felt about each other. Can someone share with the
class about that? Great job guys! Today we are going to talk about 9
key events that led up to the Revolutionary War.
Students, you will work with a partner and research one of the nine key
events that led to revolutionary war and fill out a matrix worksheet that
explains what the event was and how the colonists responded to it.
Key events:
Proclamation of 1763
Quartering Act 1763
Stamp Act 1765
Townshend Act 1767
Boston Massacre 1770
Boston Tea Party 1773

Time

3. Teacher Input

4. Guided Practice

5. Independent Practice
6. Assessment Methods
of
all objectives/skills:

Intolerable Acts 1774

First Continental Congress 1774
Lexington and Concord 1774
I have prepared a PowerPoint presentation that will go over the
information I have put in teacher input. So tension was building
between Great Britain and the Colonists during the 1600s because
early settlements depended on their mother country to provide supplies,
military protection, and additional settlers. The home country made
most of the important decisions about how the settlements were run. As
the colonies grew their economies began to prosper. As a result, the
citizens wanted control over their own life and wanted to set their own
rules. Remember when we looked at the picture of the mother and
child where the mother was hovering over the child pointing her
finger? What do you think that represents?
Before I send students off to work with partners to work on their
assigned event, we will do one together. I choose the Quartering Act of
1765. I would start off by asking students to imagine how they would
feel if their mom or dad told them their younger sibling was moving
into their room and they were to share all their toys and get along with
no back talk aloud. Then I would explain that the Quartering Act of
1765. The British Parliament passed a new law called the Quartering
Act of 1765. Great Britain put it into place after the French and Indian
War. Great Britain wanted the colonists to help pay for the protection of
its troops. It ordered colonists to provide living quarters and also
provide food and transportation. Next I would ask students how they
thought this made the colonists feel. It angered the colonists because
they did not want to pay for British troops in their colonies. I will then
pass out the worksheet matrix and on the PowerPoint I will go to the
slide that has the information filled in on the matrix already so students
can understand what I expect of them and go ahead and fill that event in
on the worksheet. Next I would move on to independent practice and let
the students work in groups.
Students will work in partnerships and use their books and online
resources to gather information on the other eight key events that led to
the American Revolution. The matrix worksheet is attached to this
lesson plan.
Students will be assessed on their matrix worksheet they fill out and complete with
their partner. Student need to fill in all events and colonists reaction to receive full
credit. My teacher is using this as a classwork grade.

7. Closure

In closing out this lesson I will have each partner set come to the front
of the classroom and share their information with the rest of the class.
Then I will ask students what they thought was the final breaking point
for the colonists and what might they have done if they were in the
colonists shoes? Then this would set the stage for the next lesson which
would be the American Revolution.

8. Assessment Results of
all objectives/skills:
Targeted Students
Student/Small Group Modifications/Accommodations:
Modifications/Accommodations:
For classroom management I will ask my cooperating
For talkative and disruptive students I will have
teacher if I can give students silent lunch on their first
them sit close to the front of the room so they
offense and if misbehavior continues walk laps during
dont distract the rest of the class. For ESL
recess. If they still misbehave they will receive an office
students I would partner them with a strong
referral.
English learner to help them better understand the
topic.
Materials/Technology: PowerPoint, Chromebooks, Social Studies Alive! Textbook, matrix worksheet, pencil,
paper.

References:
Reflection on lesson:

Event Leading to American

Revolution

Proclamation Act of 1763

Quartering Act 1765

British Act

Colonist Response
(Patriots)

Stamp Act 1765

Townshend Act 1767

Event Leading to American

Revolution

Boston Tea Party

Intolerable Acts

British Act

Colonist Response
(Patriots)

First Continental Congress

1774

Lexington & Concord