The Revolutionary War

Thematic Unit Question/s: What impact did the American Revolution have in shaping The United States we
know today ?
Grade Level: 5th
By: Daniel Martinez
Thematic Unit Planning Matrix
**Complete each column for three subject areas/content areas

Content or Essential Centers Technology Assessment and/or Student Work or TEKS and Technology Standards:
Subject Area Questions (Activities) Integration Rubric Scale product Identify the relevant TEKS and ISTE Standard for Teachers and
What do you (Must include at - How are you (What is the final Students
want the least 2 technology going to product? i.e.
students to tools that you have evaluate your presentation slides,
do/achieve? used in this class for student’s work WordCloud, newsletter,
each subject area) Reflective Essay?
Social Studies Teacher will show *Digital Timeline- *Student will be *Timeline should TEKS: 5.2.A Analyze the causes and effects of events prior to
*Why did
a historical video and during the American Revolution, including the taxation
colonists begin to of the Students will create a evaluated based on include at least 10
digital timeline with the number of relevant events in the resulting from the French and Indian War and the colonist
feel a different revolutionary
the events that events used in correct order of the response to taxation such as the Boston tea Party.
identity instead war. After the
ISTE Standard for Teachers: Facilitator 2.6.d Model and
of “being video, we will go shaped the timeline, and how dates they occurred.
over main events revolutionary war. important they Nurture Creativity Model and nurture creativity and
British”? were.
of the war, along *Newsletter should creative expression to communicate ideas, knowledge or
with important *Newsletter- include a clear message connections.
*What major vocabulary. Students will use *Student and line up to important ISTE Standard for Students: Creative Communicator 1.6.c
Students will be
events led to the important vocabulary newsletter will be factors in the War. Models and Visualizations Students communicate
separated into
Revolutionary and events during evaluated by Newsletter should also complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using
groups to discuss
War? the revolution to organization of have supporting images.
their opinions on a variety of digital objects such as visualizations, models,
the War and if create a newsletter events, clarity,
or simulations.
they would have to inform others accuracy, and
 been against, or about the war. relevance to
in favor of the revolutionary war.
War.
Reading Why did some Since students *Digital Storybook- *Students’ *Storybook should be TEKS: ELA.5.11. B. ii Developing an engaging idea reflecting
people want would have Students will storybook will be able to be organized depth of thought with specific facts and details. / ELA. 5. 12. B
independence, already gotten evaluated in Compose informational texts, including brief compositions that
choose an event in a way that the
while other in groups and originality, effort, convey information about a topic, using a clear central idea and
from the reader can fully
favored staying discussed their and relation to genre characteristics and craft.
revolutionary war understand the story.
with Great Britian? opinions on events that they
which side they and create a digital chose in regards to Should include at least
ISTE Standard for Teachers: Analyst 2.7.a Offer
would take storybook to create 10 pages with both
the revolutionary Alternative Assessments Provide alternative ways for
(from previous a visual of the war. pictures and words.
students to demonstrate competency and reflect on their
social studies event. They will
learning using technology.
unit) teacher use the ideas from *MindMap will be *MindMap should ISTE Standard for Students: Knowledge Constructor 1.3.a
will make a the MindMap evaluated based on include at least 3 Effective Research Strategies Students plan and employ
chart on the activity. organization of different “branches” effective research strategies to locate information and
board and events, and number off the main idea. other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.
allow students of relevant events
*MindMap- Those branches will
to take turns in
filling out Students will use a listed to write their then need to have at
digital storybook.
reasons why MindMap to least 3 relevant
they brainstorm details.
would/wouldn’t activities in order
support the to write their
revolutionary digital story books.
war.
Art Students will be *Multimedia *Multimedia *Multimedia poster TEKS: 5.2.C produce drawings; paintings; prints; sculpture,
*How do we
divided into including modeled forms; and other art forms such as ceramics,
shape and form Poster- Students poster will be should include a clear
different groups.
our identities? Each group will will create a digital evaluated by their stance on the war (agree fiber art, constructions, digital art and media, and photographic
imagery using a variety of materials.
have a cartoon or poster trying to message clarity, or disagree) and have
important factors like ISTE Standard for Teachers: Designer 2.5.a Accommodate
*How did culture poster seen convince images, and
during the clear images and Learner Differences Use technology to create, adapt, and
and location play a somebody to either comprehension of
role in how revolutionary war support or be assignment. message. personalize learning experiences that foster independent
colonists felt about used to convince against the learning and accommodate learner differences and
Great Britian? people to either
support, or be
American needs.
against Revolution * WordCloud should ISTE Standard for Students: Innovative Designer 1.4.a
(depending on have relevant picture to
revolution. In *WordCloud will Design Process Students know and use deliberate design
groups, students revolutionary war and
their stance). be evaluated by process for generating ideas, testing theories, creating
will try to 10-15 words must be
relevance of innovative artifacts or solving authentic problems.
determine what used to describe their
the message is. *WordCloud- background emotions.
This will help Students will picture used, and
them in creating create a the words used to
their own poster
WordCloud with a describe
later in the unit.
relevant image emotions.
related to the
revolutionary war.
They will use words
that describe their
emotions and
feelings towards
the War if they
lived in that era.