Artifact # 7
Context:
The Social Studies Lesson Plan was created in my Social Studies
for the Elementary School Class during my pre-service training at Appalachian
State in the Fall of 2000.
Impact:
In the a fifth grade class, the Social Studies lesson would be
a way to bring together what the children are reading in their literature
circles and what is going on in Social Studies. The lesson is on
the time period surrounding the Revolutionary War. In the lesson,
students would research information on important people in the Revolutionary
War and eventually make up a skit to perform that will be videotaped and
played for the class. The lesson meets both Language Arts and Social
Studies Standard Course of Study.
Alignment:
To wrap up the lesson, students would watch a short video on
the Revolutionary War that ties into what they researched and what they
have been reading in class (Technology Competency
12.6). In doing research on the figures in the Revolutionary
War, I would have students to site where they found their information and
make sure that they are aware of the social, legal, and ethical issues
of using information from the Internet (Technology
Competency 14.3). The Social Studies lesson shows my knowledge
of the central concepts and how to make learning fun and meaningful to
the children through allowing them to do research and come up with their
own skits about the Revolutionary War (INTASC
Standard 1).