Lesson Plan

Title/topic/focus: What are Primary Sources and why are they good for research papers mini-lesson 1. The overarching purpose of this lesson is The !ig Picture": The purpose of this lesson is to show students what a good example of a primary source is. Its better to read/see/hear it straight from the horses mouth when finding information for a research paper. #. The essential learning goal for today is: tudents should be able to say! I understand what a primary source is. $. The %ommon %ore State Standards that are covered in this lesson are: "" .#L$%Literacy.&I.'.( Integrate information presented in different media or formats )e.g.! *isually! +uantitati*ely, as well as in words to de*elop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue. "" .#L$%Literacy.-.'.. /raw e*idence from literary or informational texts to support analysis! reflection! and research. "" .#L$%Literacy.&I.'.0 $naly1e in detail how a 2ey indi*idual! e*ent! or idea is introduced! illustrated! and elaborated in a text )e.g.! through examples or anecdotes,. &. The process 'y which ( will e)uip my students to demonstrate the essential goal for today is: To start off class! I will open with a PowerPoint discussing what Primary ources are and how to find them. )( minutes, Then we will watch a short clip on $nne 3ran2 and then I will pass out a pac2et to the students with an excerpt from The /iary of $nne 3ran2. )0456, In the pac2et! they will be as2ed a series of +uestions regarding what they read in the excerpt and why it is a primary source. $fterwards! we will ha*e a class discussion about it and why it was a primary source. )78 minutes, *. The technology ( am going to use is: Ill be using 9ouTube and a PowerPoint. +. The following evidence will show that my students demonstrated an understanding for the essential goal for today: I will be collecting their primary source analysis pac2ets. I will also 2now while were ha*ing a class discussion whether or not they understand primary sources.

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Lesson Plan class discussion about the +uestions in the pac2et and students who seem to ha*e a hard time focusing during class on a daily basis. In order to help those students! I will go into thorough detail about why this excerpt is a primary source and seriously in*ol*e students input throughout the discussion.