Introduction
Wars are usually associated with the men who fought in the wars. In the
American Revolution women were part of the development of our new nation.
History now recognizes these women and their contributions. The purpose
of this lesson is for fifth grade students to research the data collected
on six women who experienced different roles during this time of the beginning
of our country. Their research project will be the development of
a newspaper page on the computer sharing the information they have researched
on these six women.
History/Social
Science/Language Arts
Topic: Women in
the Revolution
Grade Level: 5
Student Lesson name
and URL: http://berners.bcoe.butte.k12.ca.us/~shirley/student
Standards
Addressed
Fifth Grade
History/Social Science
5.6 Students understand the course and consequences of the American
Revolution
3. Identify the different roles women played during the Revolution
(eg. Abigail Adams, Martha Washington, Molly Pitcher, Phillis Wheatley,
Deborah Sampson, Mercy Otis Warren).
Language Arts
1.0 Writing Strategies
1.6 Edit and revise manuscripts to improve the meaning and focus of
writing by adding, deleting, consolidating, clarifying, and
rearranging words and sentences.
2.0 Writing Applications
2.3 Write research reports about important ideas, issues, or events by
using
a. Frame questions that direct the investigation.
b. Establish a controlling idea or topic.
c. Develop the topic with simple facts, details, examples, and explanations.
Instructional
Objectives
1. After reading the information on the web sites for Women in the
Revolution the
students will take notes on these 5 women.
2. Students will write short mini reports on each woman.
3. Students will take the information from their mini reports and make
a newspaper
page using the information collected.
4. Students will correct the conventions on their newspaper page.
Student
Activities
1. Students will take a pretest on Women in the Revolution.
2. Students will use the Internet sites and read the articles on the women
listed.
3. Students will take notes on each woman.
4. Students will write short paragraphs on each woman.
5. Students will make a newspaper page on the computer on these women.
6. Students will take a posttest on Women in the Revolution.
Introductory
Activity:
*Discuss leaders in American Revolution.
*Show pictures of men fighting. Show picture of women in battle.
*Introduce class to the lesson and project.
Enabling
Activity:
Students will use the listed websites to discover information on these
women.
Culminating
Activity:
Students
will be required to design a newspaper page with paragraphs on each of
the
women listed explaining their contribution to the American Revolution.
Assessment
Rubric
for Newspaper Project:
4 = Shows clear understanding for
the rules of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling; clear, organized
sentence
structure; expresses clear thoughts. Newspaper page shows correct
information on all the women studied in
in this unit.
3 = Shows understanding for
rules of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling through improved simple
sentences;
improved ability to express clear thoughts. Newspaper page shows correct
information on 4-5 of the women
studied in this unit.
2 = Shows some understanding
for rules of capitalization, punctuation and spelling through developing
sense of
simple sentences; developing ability to express clear thoughts. Newspaper
page shows correct information on
3-4 of the women studied in this unit.
1 = Shows little to no understanding
for rules of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling: difficulty expressing
clear
thoughts. Newspaper page shows some correct information on 1-2 of
the women studied in this unit.
Results
After
implementing your lesson (sometime between January & March), insert
a chart of your pre-test, post-test, and culminating assessment data.
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Web
Resources & Supplementary Materials
Introductory
Activity:
file:///Macintosh%20HD/Desktop%20Folder/040201./public_html/websitesforteacher.html
List
and link the web resources for this activity here. Also link supplementary
materials such as PDF files and /or document files.
Enabling
Activity
List
and link the web resources for your learning activity(ies) here. Also link
supplementary materials such as PDF files and /or document files.
Culminating
Activity
List
and link the web resources for your culminating activity here. Also link
supplementary materials such as PDF files and /or document files.
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Ferris
Spanger Elementary School
Roseville,
CA 95678
Shirley
Bert Lee
Last
Revised: 04/02/2001 |
