Topic: Timeline Lesson Plan
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Lesson Plan
| Topic: |
Timeline of the American Revolution
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| Time Frame: |
30 minutes
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| State Standard: |
History of the United States and
New York Students will use a variety of intellectual skills
to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes,
developments, and turning points in the history of the United States and New
York.
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| Content Area: |
History
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| Strategy:
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Whole Group / Inquiry
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| Materials: |
1. Student desktop timeline, including
New York State events to be cut and pasted onto the
timeline
and
clues
2. Banner/board timeline, including New York State events to
be cut and pasted onto the timeline (banner coming soon)
3. Teacher copy of the desktop
timeline,
including all events in place
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| Lesson Plan Objective(s): |
1. Students will read various points
on the timeline.
2. Students will correctly place dates on the timeline.
3. Students will explain the purpose of a timeline.
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| Procedure: |
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Opening: |
1. Using the incomplete timeline, have
students speculate as to why some of the events are labeled
above the timeline.
2. Have students speculate about the missing events below the
timeline (as indicated by the blank lines). Why are they below
the line?
3. Have students discuss why the time frame from 1775-1781 has
been bracketed.
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| Body: |
1. Have students cut out and place the
labels/events on the timeline where they think they ought to
go.
2. Discuss the differences between the events labeled above
the timeline and those that will be pasted below the timeline.
3. Make corrections, if necessary, as the teacher places events
on the banner/board timeline.
4. Have the children paste the events into their final places
below the timeline.
5. Discuss how a timeline helps the reader interpret events.
Is there anything in particular about this timeline that makes
it easier to interpret?
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| Conclusion: |
Have students write in their journal/learning
log about timelines and what they learned in today’s lesson.
Journal entries may be shared.
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| Suggested
Follow-Up:
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1. Have students create a timeline of
Benedict Arnold’s life, as a follow up to the attached
lessons on Benedict the boy, Benedict the hero, Benedict the
traitor.
(click here for link to Benedict Arnold lesson plans)
2. Have students create a timeline for the attached copy of
George
Washington’s letter
to the Continental Congress, July 14, 1776.
3. Have students create a timeline for their day. Discuss methods
for differentiating between home time and school time, etc.
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