Beyond-the-Basic Productivity Tools (BBPT)

Lesson Idea Name: Civil Rights Movement

Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 5th

Content Standard Addressed: SS5H6 Describe the importance of key people, events, and developments
between 1950- 1975. b. Explain the key events and people of the Civil Rights movement: Brown v. Board of
Education (1954), Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, and
civil rights activities of Thurgood Marshall, Lyndon B. Johnson, Cesar Chavez, Rosa Parks, and Martin Luther
King, Jr

Technology Standard Addressed: 3 – Knowledge Constructor

Selected Technology Tool: Mind Map

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

https://bubbl.us/NTEyMTk3NC85Nzk3MzcyL2VkYTYyM2NkMTZhM2EwYmMzNWNiMjc0OGUxZjg1ZmFh-
X?utm_source=shared-link&utm_medium=link&s=9797372

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):

Engagement: The graphics presented in multimedia in the form of a mind map, will be a good tool to help
students stay engaged and see the key points of the lesson in a new way. By allowing the students to share
what they already know on the topic, they will have their prior knowledge activated to get them prepared to
learn new information.
Representation: The students will take action when they are given time to create their own graphic
organizers at their desk. By using pictures and the information they just learned, they will have a chance to
reinforce their understanding in a hands on and interactive way.
Action and Expression: By allowing the students to raise their hands and answer questions, this helps the
students feel like they have a voice in the classroom. They will also do a think-pair-share with one another at
the end of class which will help them express how they are feeling about what they have learned in class.

Lesson idea implementation:

At the beginning of the lesson, the teacher will have the students gather at the carpet in the front of the
room by the board. The teacher will ask the students to raise their hands and tell anything they know about
the Civil Rights Movement to activate prior knowledge. The teacher will then go over important events and
people from the Civil Rights Movement that address the selected standard. After discussing the key
information, the teacher will pull up a mind map that can be found by clicking the link attached in this lesson
plan. This will allow the students to have a visual of what happened during this time and when each event
happened as well. Next, the students will return to their desks and be given an assignment to demonstrate
their understanding of the lesson and to create something to help further understanding.

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The teacher will pass out papers and various writing utensils as well as pictures that represent each
person/event. The students will then create graphic organizers and include all of the important details they
learned during the lesson regarding the Civil Rights Movement. They will also include their own mind map
similar to the one used by the teacher. They will glue the pictures to their graphic organizers as well to include
a visual aspect. At the end of the lesson, the teacher will collect the graphic organizers to grade as a
summative assessment. The lesson will be concluded with a think-pair-share in which the students will talk
with their peers about what they have learned. They will be returned to the students in the next couple of
days for them to get feedback and to have a resource to review and study. By reviewing student work, the
teacher can see where students need to be more informed and can make a plan to help students who
seemed to struggle with understanding. If students need the lesson extended to a higher level, the teacher
will have the students use computers to research another important event or person to add to their graphic
organizer.
Reflective Practice:
I feel like the activities included in this lesson are extremely beneficial for student learning. By using the
tool of the mind map that will be displayed in front of the class, the students can get a solid understanding of
the content presented in the lesson. By seeing the information and the dates neatly laid out in front of them,
it can help them grasp what exactly happened and when these events happened as well. The graphic
organizer is also helpful since it allows the students to create something themselves that displays what they
have learned. To further extend this lesson, I would go over more important events and influential people in
this time period and explain how they impacted America. Another technology tool that would be great to
utilize would be a timeline created online. This would be helpful for the students to see key dates being
discussed in class.

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