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Subject:Social Studies
Date of lesson:
Lesson Topic:
https://www.archives.gov/education
Overall Goal: (Broad action statement using non action verbs) “Students will understand
that…”
Learner Background: (This addresses why the lesson is being taught.) Describe the students’
Students will have discussed slavery in 3rd grade and have some prior knowledge on the subject.
Curricular Standards: Identify the primary state standard(s) this lesson is designed to help
students attain. (If required, include the national and/or local standards as well.)
4-6.3 Explain the specific events and issues that led to the Civil War, including
sectionalism, slavery in the territories, states’ rights, the presidential election of 1860, and
secession
Student Learning Objective(s): Identify specific and measurable learning objectives for this
● Students will be able to understand why slavery was so important to the South.
● Students will understand why some Southerners felt as if they were helping by
● Students will understand the economic gains of slavery for the South.
Assessment:
Part I: Describe how you will check for student understanding during the lesson. (Formative)
● There will be a fill in the blank quiz at the end of lesson highlighting specific areas of the
readings.
Part II: How will you ask students to demonstrate mastery of the student learning objective(s)?
Attach a copy of any assessment materials you will use, along with assessment criteria/rubric.
(Formative or Summative)
● I will ask students to describe what they have read and how it applies to our current topic.
Materials/Resources: List the materials you will use in each learning activity including any
technological resources.
● Smartboard
● Laptops
● Internet
The Lesson
Initiation:
Part I - Briefly describe how you will introduce the lesson, engage students in the lesson and
I will introduce the lesson by having a picture of the website pulled up on the smartboard. I will
then explain the task for the day and ask them their thoughts.
Part II – (This is intended to bridge to the lesson: set expectations for learning, articulate to
learners what they will be learning in this lesson and why this is important).
In this lesson they will be learning about the economic and moral reasons behind slavery. This
important because although slavery was a terrible time in history, it is very important that we
Lesson Development: Describe how you will develop the lesson: what you will do to model or
guide practice and the learning activities students will be engaged in to gain the key knowledge
and skills identified in the student learning objective(s). Include the questions you will ask,
identify and explain the instructional grouping (whole class, small groups, pairs, individuals) for
each lesson segment, and include the approximate times for each. Indicate how diversity will be
1. Introduction (5mins)
3. Reading (25mins)
4. Class discussion (5mins) (children are allowed to share their thoughts and opinions)
Closure: Briefly describe how you will end the lesson, help students understand the purpose of
the lesson, and show how it will connect to future learning. (Interact with learners to elicit
After the quizzes have been collected I will end the lesson by foreshadowing that although
slavery ended after the Civil War. There was still tension between the North and the South and
although African Americans were “free”, they still faced many hardships.