Name of Educator: Emily Pokorny

Grade Level and Discipline: Grade 11 History

Duration of Lesson:
Location/Environment:
Materials Needed:
Objectives:
(You should include at least
one Instructional and one
Behavioral objective)
Procedure:
(explicit, specific, detailed
steps 1,2,3)
Assessment of Learning
Assessment of Teaching
Application of Technology:
60 Minutes
Classroom
Laptop, projector, smartboard
Instructional: Given instruction and guidelines the student-groups
will be able to/understand the life and impact of a person who
was most popular in the 1920’s.
Behavioral: Because of this knowledge the students will be able to
apply this to how the person impacted life today.
Induction: Students will be shown a list of influential people from
the 1920’s, and be asked to pick one. Students will pick a partner
to work with.
Sequence of Lesson: After this, I will ask them to put a short
presentation together answering the questions I give them
(attached), and making sure they cite their sources in MLA format.
Closure: Lastly, students will share their presentations to the class.
I will use the smart board to project the presentations onto the
board. By sharing the presentations, we will learn about influential
people that impacted the 1920’s.
I will assess understanding by basing their effort on the
presentation. If they put in a lot of information, I will know they
understand the content. I will base this off of my rubric.
Will my students see how these people from the 1920’s impacted
life today?
Students will use the Internet to find information about his or her
selected person. They will put this information onto a virtual
presentation. I will use the Smart Board to project their
presentations onto the board.

Nebraska Core Curriculum Content Standards (Use your state standards particular to your grade and
discipline, here).
Highlight each of the standards addressed in the lesson.
Content Standard(s) Addressed:
Standard 0.4.2: Students will identify historical people, events, ideas, and symbols
Standard 0.4.1: Students will identify chronological relationships and patterns
Standard 0.4.4: Students will recognize past and current events, issues, and problems
Standard 1.4.5: Students will develop historical research skills
Standard 1.4.5b: Identify and cite appropriate sources for research
List of Influential People from the 1920’s
Herbert Hoover (President)
Al Capone (organized crime)
Georgia O’Keeffe (artist)
Ezra Pound (poet)
Ernest Hemingway (writer)
F. Scott Fitzgerald (writer
William Faulkner (Writer)
Gertrude Ederle (swimmer)
Grantland Rice (sports writer)
Miriam Ferguson (governor of Texas)
Clade McKay (poet)
Louis Armstrong (musician)
Duke Ellington (musician)
W.E.B. Du Bois (sociologists)
Marcus Garvey (journalist)

Questions Asked

1. Who is this person? (The 5 W’s)

2. What contributions did this person make during the 1920’s?
3. How is this person’s contributions still relevant today?

10 Points 7 Points 4 Points

Work Ethnic Both partners Partners did almost the One partner did all of
contributed equal same amount of work, the work, while the
amounts of effort. one just didn’t do as other didn’t stay on task.
much the other.
Contribution Person Partners clearly identify Partners struggle to Partners failed to clearly
Made During the 1920’s what contribution the clearly identify the identify the contribution
person gave to society contribution this person this person gave to
during the 1920’s. gave to society during society during the
Thoroughly shows how the 1920’s, and how it is 1920’s, and fail to show
the person’s relevant to today. how it is relavent to
contributions are today.
relevant to today.
Presentation Information is through, Most of the Presentation does not
makes sense, and is presentation is through, make sense, and is not
accurate. makes sense and is accurate.
accurate.
Resources All resources are Resources are No resources are cited.
correctly cited in MLA incorrectly cited.
format.

Delivery of Presentation Presentation is well Presentation is not Presentation is not well

organized and follows a easily followed. organized.
sequence.