Lesson Plan Outline
 
Unit Topic or Theme: Black History
Grade: 7th Grade
 
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Lesson Topic or Theme:
·     The Underground Railroad
Lesson Objectives:
·     The student will be able to understand the life of a slave on a plantation.
·     The students will learn how African-American’s escaped and who helped them.
·     The students will understand African-Americans still faced discrimination in the North.
Instructional Technique:
·     Group work will involve 2-3 students. Students will hand in one quiz per group.
Instructional Materials:
·     Instructions for website and quiz are given to the student on each handout.
Theoretical Perspective:
·     Students need to learn so they understand the history of our Nation and why Black History month is important.
Procedure:
A.   Introductory Activity: Teacher will ask questions to students to see what they know about black history month. “What month is it?” “Why is it relevant to what we are learning?” “What do you know about Black history?”
B.    Step-by-step: Step One: Introduction to Black History. Ask Students questions on what they know about Black History Month.
Step Two: Introduce the website and give students a brief example of how the website works.
Step Three: Assign groups and give handout/quiz to students
Step Four: Walk around classroom to see if students have questions during quiz/handout
C.    Closure:  Small discussion on what students liked, didn’t like, and what they thought was interesting.
D.  Adaptations for different learners: Each slide has a section to listen to the text, for those students who aren’t able to read well off a computer or learn better when they are read too.
E.    Homework: None
Evaluation:
·     Handout Quiz on Interactive website about The Underground Railroad
·     Discuss answers to quiz as a group and class discussion on what students learned.
·     Students are graded on participation, not on the answers from the quiz.
 
 
Please list each of your stated objectives for the lesson. Then demonstrate how you will document successful completion for each.
 
 
·     The student will be able to understand the life of a slave on a plantation.
·     By reading through the slides, on the website students will learn about how they lived, what kind of work they had to do, where they lived, and what they grew.
·     The students will learn how slaves escaped and who helped them.
·     By reading through the slides, students will learn key points on how slaves managed to escape.
·     The students will understand African-Americans Still faced discrimination in the North.
 
B. Concerns or questions you have about teaching this lesson?
·     We do not have any questions or concerns about teaching the lesson. We are confident that the students will benefit from the lesson.