Grade Level:3rd

Subject(s):Social Studies, Language Arts

Topic of Study: Emancipation Proclamation

Time Allotment: 1 hour

Standards: (Include Common Core and Subject Area (if needed))

1.       Ask and answer questions to demonstrate understanding of a text, referring explicitly to the text as the basis for the answers. (3.RI.1)
2.       Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea. (3.RI.2)
2.       Describe the relationship between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text, using language that pertains to time, sequence, and cause/effect. (3.RI.3)
Craft and Structure
3.       Determine the meaning of general academic and domain-specific words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 3 topic or subject area. (3.RI.4)
5.       Use text features and search tools (e.g., key words, sidebars, hyperlinks) to locate information relevant to a given topic efficiently. (3.RI.5)
6.       Distinguish their own point of view from that of the author of a text. (3.RI.6)

Objectives: (What do you want the students to know or be able to do?, I will be looking carefully on how they align with your assessment)

Students will be able to read and understand the Emancipation Proclamation and why it is important in our history. The students will create their own speech about freedom and present it to the class.

Reflect on:

Assessing Prior Knowledge: (Discuss the following for this lesson)

• What do the students need to know prior to the lesson?
• How will prior knowledge and experience be assessed?
• How will you use this information in the planning process?

The students need to know when the Emancipation Proclamation took place and why it happened. Prior knowledge will be assessed by having my students fill out a pre-assessment of what they know or think they know of the Emancipation Proclamation. I will use this information in my planning process by taking into account each student's understanding of the topic and planning to each students needs. 

Planning Instruction: (Discuss the following for this lesson)

• Why should the content of this lesson be taught at this grade level?
• How do the objectives that you have for the lesson align with the standards?
• When will the lesson be taught in the course of the school year? Why?

I think the content should be taught at this level because it is a precursor to them learning about government and US laws and rights. The objectives that I have for the lesson align with the standards by having my students read, research, and answer questions pertaining to the Emancipation Proclamation. I would teach this lesson about a month into the school year. I would teach it then because I believe that we will have already covered the Civil War and be moving onto government and state history.