Literacy Whole Group Lesson Plan

Subject: Literacy 5th Grade Central Focus: Relationship between two events with textual
evidence
Essential Standard/Common Core Objective:
RI.5.3
Explain the relationships or interactions
between two or more individuals, events,
Date taught: March 29, 2017
ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific,
or technical text based on specific
information in the text.

Daily Lesson Objective: Students will complete a Venn-diagram with a partner about the differences and similarities
between Jackie Robinsons Life and the Montgomery Bus Boycott with evidence for 13 out of 16 points for mastery.

21st Century Skills: Academic Language Demand (Language Function and

Global and Cultural awareness as the students will Vocabulary):
learn about the past of segregation and the efforts Explain:
put in place to keep it that way. Also, how people Segregation
began to protest Boycott
Movement

Prior Knowledge:
Martin Luther King Jr.
Rosa Parks
That segregation happened in America
Venn Diagram

Activity Description of Activities and Setting Time

Good morning class! Can anyone tell me any information about Jackie Robinson? Can 1-2
1. Focus and
anyone tell me about the bus boycott? minute
Review
Before we begin reading, can anyone tell me what desegregation means? s
2. Statement of
Today, we will be making connections between Jackie Robinsons life and the desegregation
Objective
movement in history.
for Student
3. Teacher Display an anchor chart to fill out about Jackies life 8
Input minute
s
As I read, Promises to keep page 21-
What was one example of segregation that Jackie Robinson faced while he was in the
army? Show me the proof
Answer: Jackie was on a baseball team in the army and had to ride separately from his
teammates to get to the games.
What are some things that were happening in Jackie Robinsons life?
Answer: refusal to play sports, arrest for sitting at the front of the bus
During this time, in America, the United States was fighting in World War 2 against
Hitler/Germany. Can you think of anything else that happened during 1939-1945

Events in history can influence other situations in other parts of the world. In our case, they
both happened in the United States.
4. Guided Like Jackie Robinson, many people faced desegregation on buses. 10-12
Practice There were rules that the people had to follow. minute
Here are some of the examples that were posted on the buses: s
 Watch video- stop at 1:25. Jot down notes that
What information did you gather from this video about the bus boycott? (add to chart)
Answer: Rosa Parks was arrested for refusal of giving up her seat
And almost all African Americans refused to ride the buses

Now we are going to compare two people during the same time that experienced the same
event. Our first one is Jackie Robinson and the next was the Montgomery Bus Boycott:
Here is your venn-diagram with arrows for you to provide evidence.
Input of the teacher: Earlier we talked about how bus segregation happened in Jackie
Robinsons life as we were going to his baseball games. Did this also happen in the bus
boycott?
Correct, this will go into the middle section of our venn diagram.
We found this information in the bus rules for Montgomery and when Jackie talked about
riding in a separate bus.

Turn and talk to your neighbor about one thing that happened in just Jackie Robinsons life?
Make sure you can provide evidence

5. Independent 15-20
Practice minute
s
 Now I would like you to independently work for 5 minutes, then you can earn the right to
work for 10 minutes with a partner on your Venn-diagram.
Make sure you include evidence from the text, the video, and the rules for the bus

6. Assessment The venn-diagram will be graded. They are expected to have 3 differences for Jackie Robinson and 3
Methods of differences for Montgomery Bus Boycott with evidence for each fact. They will then provide two
all similarities with evidence. They must have proof to get the answer correct.
objectives/skills There are 8 facts listed and are worth two points each. For mastery the student is expected to score a 13
: out of 16.

What was one thing that you noticed? Did you notice that both of them got their opinion out
7. Closure
without letting violence hinder the situation?

8. Assessment
Results of
all Not Applicable
objectives/skills
:
Targeted Students Modifications/Accommodations Student/Small Group Modifications/Accommodations
The teacher will provide a handout for the Promises, so
students can follow along and write notes. After the lesson, if a student struggled to find evidence for
For the visual learners, the students will have everything their Venn-diagram then I will explicitly teach the
projected onto the SMARTBoard information with nonfiction and fiction stories.

Materials/Technology:
Inspiration from EngageNY
Jackie Robinson Passage
Venn-diagram for each student
The anchor chart posted with markers to add to the information
The Rules: