Instructional Software

Lesson Idea Name: All About Martin Luther King Jr.

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

Content Standard Addressed:

SSKH1 Identify the national holidays and describe the people and/or events celebrated.

Technology Standard Addressed: 3. Knowledge Constructor

Selected Technology Tool: BrainPop

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable):

https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/biographies/martinlutherkingjr/

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

Bloom’s 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

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

- BrainPop is equipped with the closed captioning tool for our hearing impaired students. It also has
language change for the entire website. I can have headphones and transcripts readily available to
accommodate anyone else that might need it.

Lesson idea implementation:

The BrainPop video on MLK will be shown to introduce the topic of MLK’s role in the civil rights movement.
After the video is shown we will complete the BrainPop quiz as a class. I will then add on to the short lecture
with additional details on MLK. Students will then be put into groups and will complete a worksheet on civil

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rights and MLK for reinforcement. I will then give further instructions on the “I have a dream” project. The
students will be asked to create a small poster board that will already be prepped and provided by me.

They will be asked to write down five dreams that they have for themselves or for the world, along with 5
dreams MLK had. The poster must be decorated and their work will be graded based off of completion and
content. When the students are finished with their final product, they will be asked to quickly present to their
class the dreams they wrote down. After the presentations I will hang each poster in the hallway on display
for others to see.
Reflective Practice:
To extend this project, students may be asked to ask 2 family members what their dreams are and extend the
information on the poster with the dreams of their families. They may also want to take it a step further and
ask peers around their school what their dreams are. With this information the posters will be displayed in the
hallways and other students’ might see themselves featured on the posters as well.

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