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Beyond The Basic Productivity Tools Lesson Plan
Beyond The Basic Productivity Tools Lesson Plan
Beyond The Basic Productivity Tools Lesson Plan
Content Standard Addressed: SS5H6 Describe the importance of key people, events, and developments
between 1950- 1975. b. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement: Brown v. Board of
Education (1954), Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and
civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther
King, Jr
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Beyond-the-Basic Productivity Tools (BBPT)
The teacher will pass out papers and various writing utensils as well as pictures that represent each
person/event. The students will then create graphic organizers and include all of the important details they
learned during the lesson regarding the Civil Rights Movement. They will also include their own mind map
similar to the one used by the teacher. They will glue the pictures to their graphic organizers as well to include
a visual aspect. At the end of the lesson, the teacher will collect the graphic organizers to grade as a
summative assessment. The lesson will be concluded with a think-pair-share in which the students will talk
with their peers about what they have learned. They will be returned to the students in the next couple of
days for them to get feedback and to have a resource to review and study. By reviewing student work, the
teacher can see where students need to be more informed and can make a plan to help students who
seemed to struggle with understanding. If students need the lesson extended to a higher level, the teacher
will have the students use computers to research another important event or person to add to their graphic
organizer.
Reflective Practice:
I feel like the activities included in this lesson are extremely beneficial for student learning. By using the
tool of the mind map that will be displayed in front of the class, the students can get a solid understanding of
the content presented in the lesson. By seeing the information and the dates neatly laid out in front of them,
it can help them grasp what exactly happened and when these events happened as well. The graphic
organizer is also helpful since it allows the students to create something themselves that displays what they
have learned. To further extend this lesson, I would go over more important events and influential people in
this time period and explain how they impacted America. Another technology tool that would be great to
utilize would be a timeline created online. This would be helpful for the students to see key dates being
discussed in class.
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