Lesson Plan- End of the War

November 5
TEACHER: Miss Gaskill
CLASS & GRADE LEVEL: 8th Grade American History
UNIT: The Revolutionary War
LESSON TOPICS: The End of the War

TYPE OF LEARNING: New
TIME ALLOTMENT: 1 Day

DAY: I day

STANDARD/BENCHMARKS:.
• Explain conditions, actions and motivations that contribute to conflict and cooperation within and among nations.
* Give examples and explain how governments attempt to achieve their stated ideals at home and abroad


OBJECTIVES:

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TEACHING MATERIALS:
Overhead
Blank overhead template
Text book
Declaration of Independence Worksheet
Rewrite Rubric

INSTURCTIONAL MATERIALS
1. Check the students agendas and stamp blue cards (5Minutes)
2. Students are going to perform their rewrite skits, jingles, poems etc., so to determine who goes first they can volunteer or teacher can draw sticks. (10 min.)
3. Go through and make sure everyone goes. The students will be graded based on the rubric on the back of this handout sheet.
4. Once the students are done, have them get out their books. Number the students off by 6.
5. In the book each group needs to cover one of the following sections:
a. End of the War
b. Why the Americans won
c. Costs of the war
d. Treaty of Paris
e. Creating a Nation
6. Students are to read and will be presenting this information to the class. By taking notes. (10 Minutes to prepare)
7. Students will present information to class. (10 Minutes)
8. If there is time the students can take a quiz over
EVALUATION:
Students: Were the students able to compare and contrast the Declaration of Independence of 1776 and the 21st Century Declaration of Independence? How well did the students rewrite their own version of the Declaration of Independence? How well did the students perform their version of the Declaration of Independence?

Teacher: Are the directions clear? How much time is this taking? Are the student just sitting there and not getting? What are they working on? What other question could be asked?