Lesson Plan Guide

Teacher Candidate:

Sonya M. Spencer

Date: 4/26/2015

Grade and Topic:

3h grade Social Studies

Length of Lesson:

Mentor Teacher:
3600

Joey Weaver

School: University of Memphis IDT

55 min..

UNIT/CHAPTER OBJECTIVE/GENERALIZATION/BIG IDEA:

This lesson is the use of timelines and historical passages to summarize the history events and political figures as listed
in TN social studies 3.16.

LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Given a list of dates of events in the history of Martin Luther King Jr., student will construct a timeline.
Given computer, student will construct time line of the life and events of Martin Luther King Jr.
Given website to research, student will be able to demonstrate knowledge of Martin Luther King Jr. to answer
questions with 80% accuracy out of 100.
STANDARDS ADDRESSED:
TN- Social Studies Use timelines and historical passages to summarize the history of a region, including events,
inventions/inventors, artists, writers, and political figures. (C, G, H, P, TN)

ISTEs NETS*S
5. Research and Information Fluency
Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information.
a. Plan strategies to guide inquiry
b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of
sources and media
c. Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific
tasks
d. Process data and report results

MATERIALS:
Paper
Pen
Computer with internet access to research dates of events for Brain Pop
http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/famoushistoricalfigures/martinlutherkingjr
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/freemovies/martinlutherkingjr/
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/freemovies/martinlutherkingjr/quiz/
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/timeline/ for timeline
Example of timeline

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Born in Atlanta,
GA

Organized bus
boycott

Receives Nobel
Peace Prize

1929

1955

1964

1953

1963

1968

Moved to
Montgomery, AL with
wife Coretta

Leads march in
Washington, DC

Assassinated in
Memphis, TN

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BACKGROUND and RATIONALE:

Student will have researched for knowledge, dates, and events of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The critical part of lesson is for student to design time line with dates in sequential order.
This lesson will connect and build on lessons on civil rights.
More lessons of history and famous people to follow.
Different lessons and assessments will be performed to accommodate all learners.

PROCEDURES AND TIMELINE:

Introduction:
Begin lesson by handing out event cards for students to document dates for timeline from video.
View Martin Luther King video by BrainPop ( 4 minutes)
Handout Cornell Notes and discuss vocabulary words. (10 minutes)
Students will work in pairs for 1 day /55 min.

Procedures:

Prior to Computer (15 minutes)

Teacher Procedure:
1. After introduction, view video, and teacher
and students answer quiz on BrainPop together.

Teacher Procedure.
Have students to open internet browser to complete
Time line at teachnology.com with dates.
Handout Vocabulary sentence practice sheets

Student Procedure:
1, Students will take quiz and email
Results to teacher.
2. Students will view video to complete
Event cards for timeline dates. 4 min.
3. Students will open browser to
Complete time line, print and save to
disk drive. 5 minutes
4. Work on vocabulary practice sheets.
(10 min.)

Closure: The lesson will close with review. Students will give information learned from lessons by
volunteering at the end of class.

ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE:
Criteria
Student researched
quiz score 100%

1
Student experienced
difficult with
understanding of quiz

2
Student had 50%
accuracy on quiz

3
Student had 80% on
quiz score

Emailed Successful
Results

Student experienced
difficult with email
after assistance
Time line missing
dates

Student emailed with

teacher assistance

Student emailed with

peer assistance
successful.
Time line complete
/print out or saved

Appearance of Time
line
Timeline complete
and accurate

Time line /dates out

of sequential order

4
Student researched,
quiz score 100% and
emailed results.
Timeline complete
and accurate
Student emailed
successful
Time line complete
and accurate./printout
and saved to file

MODIFICATIONS:
Longer time period and assistance from teacher will be provided to students.
Students who complete early can go to http://www.apples4theteacher.com/word-finds/martinluther-king-jr-wordfind.html