Instructional Software

Lesson Idea Name: Honest Abe

Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level(s): Kindergarten

Content Standard Addressed:

SSKH1 The student will identify the purpose of national holidays and describe the people or events
celebrated.
f. Presidents Day (George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and the current President)

Technology Standard Addressed:

ISTE 5. Computational Thinker
b. collect data or identify relevant data sets, use digital tools to analyze them, and represent data in various
ways to facilitate problem-solving and decision-making.

Selected Technology Tool: BrainPop

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable): https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/holidays/abrahamlincoln/

Type of Instructional Software:

Drill and Practice Tutorial Simulation Instructional Game e-books/e-references

Features of this software (check all that apply):

Assessment Monitoring/Reporting
Allows teacher to create customized lessons for students
Multi-user or collaborative functions with others in the class
Multi-user or collaborative with others outside the class
Accessible to students beyond the school day
Accessible via mobile devices
Multiple languages
Safety, security and/or privacy features

Blooms Taxonomy Level(s):

Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating

Levels of Technology Integration (LoTi Level):

Level 1: Awareness Level 2: Exploration Level 3: Infusion Level 4: Integration
Level 5: Expansion Level 6: Refinement

Lesson idea implementation:

The teacher will introduce the study of national holidays, specifically Presidents Day, by using the Brain
Pop video, Abraham Lincoln. The teacher will test the students prior knowledge of Abraham Lincoln before
displaying the video by probing the following questions- Who is Abraham Lincoln? What do you know about
him? Why is he important? The teacher will ask the students to record one new fact that they learn after
watching the video.

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The students will then be encouraged to share the facts they learned from the video with the classroom.
The teacher will record their answers on an Anchor chart. The teacher then can display the facts given on the
classroom blog. The students will then create a summary of who Abraham Lincoln using the facts recorded on
the Anchor chart and draw a picture of him to serve as a cover page. The summary and picture will serve as a
ticket out the door.
This lesson should take 30-50 minutes. The students learning will be assessed based on the quality of facts
given to the teacher. Student learning will be extended to a higher learning level by allowing them to continue
to explore more about Abraham Lincoln through given websites from the teacher if they have completed
their summary and picture early. Teacher will edit the summaries and provide feedback to students.

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