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Grade and Topic: 5th grade Social Studies Length of Lesson: 1 hour
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
● The student will be able to distinguish a primary source from a secondary source, given
new texts, with 100% accuracy.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED:
● Tennessee State Standards-
○ 5.3 Use primary sources to analyze multiple samples of abolition leaders’
writings and their stance on slavery, including: (C, P) • Sojourner Truth • Frederick
Douglass • the Grimke sisters • William Lloyd Garrison
MATERIALS:
● The materials used in this lesson plan will be a laptop and student handouts.
● Technology will the main part of this lesson because it is needed for students to research and their
own examples of primary resources. The daily blog post at the end of each class is also used for
the instructor to review student reflections about the class lesson. Student examples will come
from various sites that students find from Google, this is important so that a wide variety of
examples can be discussed in class.
BACKGROUND and RATIONALE:
● The key concept for this lesson is for students to be able to distinguish personal accounts
from secondary accounts, and be able to analyze research.
● Critical academic language includes; “Slavery,” “Primary resource,” “Secondary
resource,” “Analyze,” and “research.”
● Previous lessons were about the foundations of the 1800s, important dates, and who
important figures were. Using this information, students are expected to read primary
resources from select people and analyze their findings.
● Subsequent lessons will involve longer texts with different perspectives and rationalities.
Students should be able to analyze future texts and be able to draw meaning from it with
the knowledge they have gained from previous lessons.
● Differentiated activities and assessments are important to cater to each type of learner.
Every student is unique, and all learning needs must be met when teaching a lesson.
ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE:
● Formative and summative assessments are check for understandings, online research, and
exit cards.
MODIFICATIONS:
● Students who did not master the objectives will be asked to study with a parent and/or
come to class tutoring.
● Students who did not master the objectives will be asked to enrich their learning by
reviewing past units.
Jane Doe
Street Address
City, ST ZIP Code
Date
Parents
Street Address
City, ST ZIP Code
Dear Parents:
Thank you for the lovely gift of flowers that you sent to me. Your gift brightened my day,
and it continues to brighten my home.
It was so nice to be remembered by you! Your thoughtfulness means so much to me.
Sincerely,
Jane Doe
STUDENT SAMPLE
STUDENT SAMPLE
Students, be sure to review this page BEFORE you begin writing your
primary source letter.
AM I READY TO TURN IN MY ASSIGNMENT?
Did you:
Teacher’s initials needed for completion
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