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Lesson Idea Name: The American Revolution
Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 4th grade

Content Standard Addressed: SS4H1 Explain the causes, events, and results of the American
Revolution.

Technology Standard Addressed:
ISTE-1
Selected Technology Tool:
☐ Socrative ☐ iRespond ☐ Quizlet ☐ Plickers ☒ Kahoot! ☐ Office365 Forms

☐ Other:
URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):
https://play.kahoot.it/#/k/8b7a20f7-1b3d-4031-b7dc-3b5175af6baf

Technology that student will use to respond to questions/prompts:
☐ Computer ☐ Hand-held student response system (like iRespond) ☒ Phone ☒ Tablet (such as iPad)
☒ Other wireless device (such as iPod Touch)
Type of session:
☒ Teacher-Paced ☒ Student-Paced
Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):

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

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):
Describe the instructional activities that will occur PRIOR to the SRT activity and how you will introduce
the SRT activity. Prior to the SRT activity, students will rotate to different stations in groups. At each station
there will be an activity that the group has to complete to gain knowledge about the American Revolution to
help them answer the Kahoot questions for the formative assessment piece. There will be 5 stations in total
and 5 groups in total.

Station 1:
https://www.ducksters.com/history/boston_tea_party.php
Students will compete a graphic organizer about when, what, and who was involved with the Boston Tea
Party. Student will have the option of drinking tea while reading about the Boston Tea Party as a way to
remember the event.

Station 2:
https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/16f8a763-55e3-4077-b6ba-84c53d94978c
Students will watch this video on the French and Indian War and complete the graphic organizer describing
the who, what, when, where, and why of the war.

Station 3:
https://kidspast.com/world-history/the-stamp-act/
Students will read this brief article about the stamp act as well as complete the Graphic organizer. When they
complete it they will stamp the top of their paper to show that they completed it and as a way to remember
the stamp act.

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Station 4:
https://kidskonnect.com/history/american-revolution/
Students at this station will create a timeline showing when the war started, one important act and when it
was enacted, when George Washington was appointed as Commander in chief, the Boston Tea Party, when
the Declaration of Independence was written, and when the Boston Massacre was.

Station 5:
https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-daughters-of-liberty-facts-history.html
Students will watch this video while completing their graphic organizers about the Daughters of liberty.


Describe the purpose of the SRT activity (check all that apply):
☐ Assess prior knowledge ☐ Anticipatory set (Create interest in a topic) ☐ To illuminate common
misconceptions ☒ Formative assessment of content knowledge (for purpose of differentiation and
mastery for ALL students) ☐ Summative assessment of content knowledge ☐ Test preparation
☐ Survey/Poll ☐ Discussion starter ☐ “Homework” collection ☐ Other (please explain):

Briefly describe what will happen DURING the SRT activity:

During the SRT activity we would be using iPads or other smart devices to answer the Kahoot question. The
students will use their notes from the activities to help them answer the questions. To be fair, I will remove
the time limit so that students have time to find the answers to the Kahoot questions.

Type of questions/prompts used in this activity (check all that apply):
☒ Multiple choice ☐ Multiple select ☒ True/False ☐ Yes/No
☐ Short open-ended response or fill-in the blank ☐ Longer open-ended response

If you are unable to provide a working sample of your questions, please list them below (8-10):
1. Which of these events did NOT lead to the American Revolution?

2. What role did George Washington Play during the American Revolution?

3. Who were the Daughters of Liberty?

4. What year did the American Revolution Begin?

5. Who fought in the French and Indian War?

6. What happened at the Battle of Lexington?

7. What was the Stamp act of 1765?

8. What does to slogan "no taxation without representation" mean?

Right/Wrong answers: Will there be right/wrong answers to these questions?
☒ Yes ☐ No
☐ Mixed (Some will have correct answers, other will not.)
Immediate corrective feedback: Will you pre-select correct answers to all of the questions and display
correct response to the class after the SRT activity?
☒ Yes

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☐ No
Why or why not?
I will preselect the correct answers to all of the questions and allow the students to see the correct answers
so that they can see how they did and what areas they may need to improve in.
Describe what will happen AFTER the SRT activity?
After the SRT activity

How will the data be used? I will use the data to inform my teaching practices and determine which areas I
could clearly teach the material and areas that I may need to review based on the number of students who
make or miss an answer. I can also see which students may be struggling overall with the content and pull
them into small group time to address their needs.

Describe your personal learning goal for this activity. My goal for this activity is to use an exciting way to
formatively assess my students rather than simply giving them a quiz. This will also help me determine what
content needs to be retaught.

Reflective Practice: I think with the activities in this lesson allow the students to get an understanding of each
of the components that contributed to the revolution and looking at the details of each of the highlighted
events. One way technology could be enhanced for this lesson is allowing students to create a timeline on
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/timeline_2/
this website and sharing the timeline with the class.

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Name___________________________________ Date________________

4 Ws Worksheet
Re-read and use the pictures to help you remember the 4 Ws of the story.

Book Title: _____________________________________________________________________

WHO? WHERE?
Who are the main characters? Where does the story take place?
Describe them. Describe the setting.

WHEN? WHAT?
When does the story take place? What is this story about?
Describe the time period. Describe the main idea.

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Freeology.com
Timeline for:
NAME:

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