Instructional Software

Lesson Idea Name: An Underground Railroad?

Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 1st grade

Content Standard Addressed:

SS1H1 The student will read about and describe the life of historical figures in American history.

a. Identify the contributions made by these figures: Benjamin Franklin (inventor/author/ statesman), Thomas
Jefferson (Declaration of Independence), Meriwether Lewis and William Clark with Sacagawea (exploration),
Harriet Tubman (Underground Railroad), Theodore Roosevelt (National Parks and the environment), George
Washington Carver (science).

Technology Standard Addressed:

Standard 3: Knowledge Constructor

Selected Technology Tool: BrainPOP.com

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

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

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):

 Multiple language support
 Closed captioning

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 Video format allows students to review the content at any time
Lesson idea implementation:

The teacher will begin the study of the famous Americans using Harriet Tubman as an introduction. The
teacher will inform the students that they will be creating a research project where they will collect
information about Harriet Tubman’s life. The students will have to remember one interesting fact from the
video.

After the video, the teacher will discuss the interesting facts that each student came up with. Students will be
put into pairs and will watch the video once more, listening for a new fact about Harriet Tubman. After, they
will return to the whole class and add their brand new facts to the list.

When the list is completed, the class (as a whole) will create an E-Book together and each student will state
their fact along with the story timeline.

Reflective Practice: To extend this lesson to a higher LoTi level, the students can be put into groups that are
assigned a new historical figure. Then, they will watch a new video about the person and come up with more
interesting facts. Then, the individual groups will create their own E-Book (with the assistance of a teacher)
about their new historical figure. After this, the virtual books will be uploaded to a class blog that will be
available for parents to access.

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