BEYOND-THE-BASIC

PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

Name: Dixie Bethune

Grade Level: 4th
Content Area: Social Studies
Beyond-the-Basic Productivity Tool Used: Timeliner
Standards Addressed: SS4H4: The student will explain the causes, events, and results of the
American Revolution.
a. Trace the events that shaped the revolutionary movement in America, including the French
and Indian War, British Imperial Policy that led to the 1765 Stamp Act, the slogan no taxation
without representation, the activitires of the Sons of Liberty, and the Boston Tea Party.
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking:
Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating

Description of how to implement in the class:

Using Timeliner, the students will be creating a timeline that will highlight important events
that shaped the American Revolution, including wars, acts that were passed, policies put into place,
and important people that influenced the time period and had an impact on the revolutionary
movement in America in order to cover the standard being addressed in this activity.
In this activity, students will be acting as a teacher and creating a Timeliner that would help
teach a classroom about important events that shaped this time period. They will list the year and
name of the event and a brief statement about it. Their timeline should include a minimum of 5
events. Later, students will be posting this to their classroom blog so other students and parents may
view it from home.
Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi): In this activity, students are demonstrating a LoTi
level 4. They are acting as teachers, doing research on the information provided, making a technology
tool that can be shared and accessed by others, and producing their own educational product. The
teacher will be serving as a guide to these students throughout the course of the activity.
Description of the sample BBPT file provided *: I have attached a sample of Timeliner I have made
to model for the students and give them an example to base their own timeline on. The Timeline
samples includes events that are important to the American Revolution, the year the event happened,
and a brief description or statement about the event.