TPACK Creating Assignment Template

Content Knowledge

Subject United States History to 1865

Grade Level 9th

Learning Objective The student will apply social science skills to

understand the challenges faced by the
new nation by
a) explaining the weaknesses and
outcomes of the government
established by the Articles of
Confederation;
b) describing the historical development of
the Constitution of the United States;
Pedagogy Planning

Complete this sentence by naming the technology tool and the creation activity:

In this activity, my students are going to use Twitter to create tweets from the point of view of the
historical figures involved in the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution .
Pedagogy

Activity
1.
Students will be introduced to the key figures
of the Articles of Confederation and the
Constitution and differences between both
documents via PowerPoint and lecture
2. The students will each be given a private
twitter account that represents a historical
figure during that time period. (Exp:
@ThomasJefferson)
Web 2.0 Technology 3. The Students will start in the creation of the
www.twitter.com
Technology
Link to the example product you
made pretending to be a student

Mobile App Option Twitter does have an app and its easily accessible.
It is free and easy to use. If the students wish to
tweet from their phones I would allow it.