Lesson Cycle

Lesson Title/Topic:Stamp Act

Concept: History

Standards/Rationale: TEKS 5th Grade History 5.2

Learning Target: Assessment:

The student will complete a graphic Graphic Organizer on iPad Poplet App
organizer on the iPad Poplet app
explaining the Who, What, When, Where,
Why, How, of the Stamp Act with 80%
accuracy

Materials: Stamp Act slideshow, Skittles (enough for each student to have 20), one small cup
for each student and one large cup for teacher, Poplet App, list of taxes

Lesson Cycle: (Direct instruction)

The teacher will: The student will:

Focus/Mental Set: Watch video of King George III
Show video of King George III declaring the Stamp Act
declaring the Stamp Act
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Teacher Input: Watch Stamp Act slideshow and
Show Stamp Act slideshow, answer questions related to slides.
discussing each slide and checking Participate in Taxation activity
for student comprehension. Reflect and discuss how Taxation
After slide titled Why were they activity made them feel.
so upset? pass out a small cup with
20 Skittles to each (except one or
two, depending on number of
students) to start Taxation
activity. Remind students not to eat
Skittles until instructions are given.
Explain to the students that they are
all now American colonists. The
student(s) without skittles are now
tax collectors and the teacher is
now the King. The Skittles are their
wages, but the Great Britain is in a
ton of debt after helping them win
 the French and Indian War and now
the King has to tax them to help
relieve that debt.
Read the list of taxes and collect
Skittle tax from students. If a
student refuses, take all of their
Skittles and throw them in jail.
After all taxes are collected, have
students reflect on and discuss how
it felt for their Skittles to be taken
away and how those thoughts
compare to how the colonists felt.
Guided Practice: Re-display slide Work with a partner to write a letter
from Stamp Act slideshow that to Archibald Hinshelwood in
displays letter from colonist response to what is happening in
Archibald Hinshelwood. Instruct the colonies as if they were King
students to work with a partner to George III hearing it for the first
write a letter in response as if they time.
were King George III hearing what
is happening in the colonies for the
first time.
Independent Practice: Complete a Who, What, When,
Give students a Who, What, When, Where, Why ,How? Graphic
Where, Why ,How? Graphic Organizer on the iPad Poplet app
Organizer on the iPad Poplet app with information about the Stamp
and instruct to complete with Act. Work independently and then
information about the Stamp Act. compare work with a partner and
Have students work independently then another pair to self-correct.
at first. When finished, use Pairs
Compare to compare work with a
partner and then another pair.

Closure: Read response letter to a partner

Instruct students to read response
letter to a partner.

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