Lesson Overview Overview: Lesson seeds are ideas for the standards that can …
Lesson Overview Overview: Lesson seeds are ideas for the standards that can be used to build a lesson. Lesson seeds are not meant to be all-inclusive, nor are they substitutes for instruction. This lesson seed provides a compelling question and a bank of sources to use to drive an inquiry based lesson or a potential Evidence Based Argument Set (EBAS). When developing lessons from these seeds, teachers must consider the needs of all learners. Once you have built your lesson from the lesson seed, teachers are encouraged to post the lesson that has emerged from this lesson seed and share with others. Essential Question: Analyze the causes and consequences of westward expansion.
As 3rd grade students have been learning about History SOL 3.13 - …
As 3rd grade students have been learning about History SOL 3.13 - this lesson integrates the content that American people have different ethnic origins and come from different countries (immigration) as well as the reading strategy of reading the author’s words and determining whether the information is directly stated (right there) or inferred based on clues from the author’s words.
This learning experience explores one of the tenets and demonstrations of citizenship …
This learning experience explores one of the tenets and demonstrations of citizenship by exploring the legacy of voting in the United States, including who was allowed to vote, and who was not, as well as actions for students to take when they recognize unfairness.
In this lesson, students will organize and visualize data from indentured contract …
In this lesson, students will organize and visualize data from indentured contract databases from virtualjamestown.org in order to come to some conclusions about the characteristics of indentured servants in early colonial America. They will make specific decisions about how to organize the data and how to best visualize the data. They will then use the data to draw conclusions about indentured servants in early colonial Virginia, culminating in a creative journal entry assignment. Additional lessons can have students search for and analyze data on the enslaved Africans of early colonial Virginia in order to compare and contrast the two forms of labor in colonial Virginia.
During this learning experience, or series of learning experiences, students will explore …
During this learning experience, or series of learning experiences, students will explore the definition of a contribution, learn more about the contribution(s) of a diverse set of Virginians and ‘curate’ a student gallery that shows their contributions in their community now, and in the future.
Students will sort and analyze data about a historical figure from the …
Students will sort and analyze data about a historical figure from the American Revolution then create a desk depicting the accomplishments, life events and/or experiences, positive and negative of the historical figure of that individual. Students will work in heterogeneous groups on a project where they sort data and analyze data about a historical figure during the American Revolution. Students will use the data collected to create a depiction of the historical figure’s desk.
This is a class discussion. Students will need to read the paper …
This is a class discussion. Students will need to read the paper beforehand. Once students have read the paper and picked partners, the class will need to create two circles, one inner circle that is made of four chairs or desks, then an outer circle that is made with all the other chairs or desks. Three students will need to sit in the inner circle and the rest of the class sitting in the outer circle. The three students will begin to discuss whatever they want about the paper. Students that are sitting on the outer circle may join the inner circle at any time to contribute to the conversation, however there has to be an open seat so one student will have to leave. This process will continue till everyone has contributed to the conversation. Students that are on the outside circle will be responsible to keep track of what their partner says. This way students can not check out during the activity.
Primary source analysis activity from Preservation Virginia's historic John Marshall House, which …
Primary source analysis activity from Preservation Virginia's historic John Marshall House, which was the 1790 urban home of the fourth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, his family, and 8-16 enslaved domestic servants until 1835. This activity presents three primary sources relevant to the John Marshall House that detail the variety of lived experiences of women in Early America.
The student or small groups will compare and contrast the major events …
The student or small groups will compare and contrast the major events of World War I and II, as a review activity. The student(s) will sort the responses to show the similarities and differences between the 2 World Wars and their outcomes. This Learning Experience can be implemented individually, in a small group, or “draw a random student in class” type of learning experience.
This activity is a great way to blend history with English! This …
This activity is a great way to blend history with English! This activity allows students to research accounts of Yellow Journalism used during the Spanish-American War and bring those to modern life by writing a current newspaper article using yellow journalism styling! As both a US History and English/Reading teacher I use this activity when discussing the causes of the Spanish-American War. I have my students review multiple examples of authentic yellow journalism seen before the war broke out. I then have my students mimic the writing in their own yellow journalism article about a current world event.
This lesson examines what people are doing to protect Earth’s clean water …
This lesson examines what people are doing to protect Earth’s clean water supply through the text Young Water Protectors, a story about the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and their efforts to prevent the Dakota Access Pipeline. Students will examine the Standing Rock perspective, and consider what needs to be done to protect our water sources. Students will respond to this activity through writing prompts and represent one of those prompts through programming in Twine.This lesson was created through a partnership between CodeVA and the Virginia Tribal Education Consortium (VTEC).
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