Beyond-the-Basic Productivity Tools (BBPT)

Lesson Idea Name: Timeline of Key Events from the Civil Rights Movement
Content Area: Social Studies
Grade Level(s): Fifth Grade

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: Padlet

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable): https://padlet.com/

Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Level(s):

☒ Remembering ☒ Understanding ☐ Applying ☐ Analyzing ☒ Evaluating ☒ Creating

Levels of Technology Integration:

☐ Infusion Level: Students may work at a higher Bloom’s Level, but they do not have any “Voice or Choice”
during the activity and most of the decisions are made by the teacher.

☐ Integration Level: We would like to see ALL lessons/activities reach this level. The project is student-
driven. Students have “Voice and Choice” in the activities, selecting the topic of study and determining the
technology tool to demonstrate mastery of the standard. The teacher becomes more of a facilitator.
☒ Expansion Level: The projects created are shared outside of the classroom, publishing student work and
promoting authorship. This could be reached by showcasing the project on the school’s morning
newscast, posting the project to the classroom blog, or publishing via an outside source.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL):

This activity enhances the learning experience for all students in the classroom by supporting students and
each of their needs. To address the first principle, representation, this activity will have verbal and written
instructions for students who require multiple ways of representing information. To represent the second
principle, action and expression, students are allowed to use any assistive technology of their choosing to
help research the content needed for their timeline. To represent the third principle, engagement, students
are able to choose whether they work with a partner or independently.
Lesson idea implementation:
This lesson will address the fifth-grade Social Studies standard: 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. as well as the ISTE
Standard 3. Knowledge Constructor. During this lesson, students will research key events between
1950-1975 and develop timelines using the productivity tool, Padlet. I will begin this lesson by
showing an example of a timeline, and then discussing some of the key events students will be
researching. The teacher will place students in groups, unless they choose to work independently and
will walk around the room offering assistance while they work on developing their timelines.
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 Beyond-the-Basic Productivity Tools (BBPT)
To extend this lesson to a higher learning lesson, students can create their own rubrics to grade
their timelines. This allows students to analyze their own work, and learn how to create and use a
rubric. Students will be provided with verbal feedback as they create their timeline as the teacher
walks around offering assistance. They will also be provided with written feedback as the teacher
looks over the rubric they graded themselves on. This lesson will be concluded by students walking
around and viewing their peer’s timelines. Students will share these timelines to our classroom blog,
where we will showcase work we do each week.

Reflective Practice:
These activities could impact student learning by encouraging students to collaborate with one another and
using technology to improve and enhance their work. To extend this lesson, students could choose another
basic productivity tool, such as Prezi, to enhance and narrate their timeline.

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