Beyond-the-Basic Productivity Tools (BBPT)

Lesson Idea Name: Get to Know the Civil Rights Activists

Content Area/Grade Level(s): 5th grade social studies

Content Standard Addressed: SS5H6: Describe the importance of key people, events, and
developments, between 1950-1975. b. Explain key events and people of the Civil Rights Movement

Technology Standard Addressed: 6c: Students communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively
by creating or using a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models, or simulations.

Guiding Question(s): What impact did your chosen historical figure have on the Civil Rights
movement?

Selected Technology Tool: Popplet - Students will use Popplet to create a concept map of various
individuals from the Civil Rights movement.

URL(s) to support the lesson (if applicable): N/A

Bloom’s Taxonomy Level(s):

☐ Remembering X Understanding X Applying ☐ Analyzing ☐ Evaluating X 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.

X Integration Level: We would like to see ALL lessons/activities reach this level. The project is
student-driven and student-led. Students should 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.

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 Beyond-the-Basic Productivity Tools (BBPT)

☐ 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.
Your student’s projects must be shared locally or globally to meet this level.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL): This activity supports and enhances student learning by giving
students the opportunity to dive deeper in their learning. Students will have been learning about the
Civil Rights movement and will be familiar with a variety of historical figures from the movement.
The tool I have selected will support and enhance the learning experience by allowing students to
create a concept map about the details of their chosen figure’s life that we had not learned in the
textbook. The activity promotes action and expression as students have a voice and choice about
who they choose to create their concept map about and which details of the person’s life they wish
to include.

Lesson idea implementation: After teaching a lesson about the Civil Rights movement, I will write
the names of various historical figures on the board for students to review, such as Rosa Parks and
Malcom X. I will pull up my Popplet for students to see how I have created a concept map about
Martin Luther King Jr.’s life. Students will be presented with the task of choosing their favorite
historical figure from the movement and creating a similar concept map. The guiding question for
this lesson for students to consider is “What impact did your chosen historical figure have on the
Civil Rights movement?”
Student learning will be assessed by the information they include on their Popplet and a rubric. The
final product will differentiate learning as it gives students the opportunity to take responsibility for
their own learning by digging deeper into previously taught concepts. To extend the lesson, students
can present their Popplets to the class and answer peer questions about the historical figure that
they chose. Additionally, the lesson can further include voice and choice for students by giving them
the option to work individually or with a partner.
Reflective Practice: I feel that this activity impacts student learning by extending their understanding
of historical figures associated with the Civil Rights movement. Additionally, the chosen tool for the
activity impacts student learning by visualizing their thinking in a virtual way. To further extend the
learning, students can create a PowerPoint presentation of the information they have learned. Each
slide could include a different bit of information about the historical figure of their choosing.

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