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Lesson #1 Tuesday
Lesson Objective(s)
1) Students will be able to identify differences in the traditional vs nontraditional narrative of American history
2) Students will be able to create their own narrative to compare similarities and struggles with the American Narrative
Established Goals: (Including state standards)
SS.912.H.1 - Understand historical patterns, periods of time, and the relationships among these elements.
WHST.910.4 - Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose,
and audience.
SS.912.H.2 - Understand how and why people create, maintain, or change systems of power, authority, and governance.
Materials/Resources required
Select excerpts from two articles (The Decay of the American Narrative Wallace & Understanding The Battle Over The
American Narrative McClay)
Lecture Notes
Whiteboard + marker
o For all lectures, we will write the salient points on the whiteboard, as we lecture this will allow students to note-take
as we lecture, without getting behind
Detailed Steps/Procedures
Learning action
Time (mins)
10-12
35
15-20
Lesson #2 Wednesday
Lesson Objective(s)
1) Students will be able to utilize GIST to compare the story of Paul Revere as told by the Longfellow poem and the article
through both an artistic and historical lens
2) Students will be able to analyze the purpose of the two different tellings of the poem and explain the reasoning behind both.
Established Goals: (Including state standards)
RH.910.3 - Analyze in detail a series of events described in a text; determine whether earlier events caused later
ones or simply preceded them.
RH.910.8 - Assess the extent to which the reasoning and evidence in a text support the authors claims.
RH.910.9 - Compare and contrast treatments of the same topic in several primary and secondary
sources.
Materials/Resources required
Lecture Notes
Whiteboard + marker
Paul Revere Poem Longfellow
Article US News and World Report
Detailed Steps/Procedures
Learning action
Time (mins)
35
Students will look at the Who, What, Where, When, Why, How of both readings. Come up
with questions to answer based on both reading
15
Lesson #3 Thursday
Lesson Objective(s)
1. Students will be able to analyze the validity of information presented in multiple articles and formulate an opinion based on
analyses
Established Goals: (Including state standards)
SS.912.H.8 - Understand cause and effect relationships and other historical thinking skills in order to interpret events and issues.
WHST.910.8 Assess the usefulness of each source in answering the research question
SS.912.H.2 - Understand how and why people create, maintain, or change systems of power, authority, and governance.
Materials/Resources required
Lecture Notes
Whiteboard + marker
Cracked video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkpiSAVoFbI
Article: No Taxation without representation http://allthingsliberty.com/2013/05/no-taxation-without-representation-part-1/
Detailed Steps/Procedures
Learning action
Time (mins)
30
20