Sample Lesson Materials
8th Grade Social Studies: Development of Political Parties
Lesson Basics
Grade Level: 8th Grade
Content Area: Social Studies
Lesson Title: Development of Political Parties
Learning Objective: Understand how the conflicts between Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton resulted In the emergence of two political parties (e.g., economic policy, National Bank, funding, and assumption of the revolutionary debt).
Instructional Video
I use Screencastify to make my videos and really like the editor feature to make changes after the recording is completed.
I include images to support the text and keep the text to a minimum on the screen so the students will listen to what I am saying versus just copying the words.
I do include captions for all my students, so they can make sure they are spelling words correctly or in case my voice is difficult to hear.
Guided Notes
With every instructional video, students complete guided notes. These notes are set up to make sure that the students are listening, which is why the notes only have parts of the info for the students to add to. I include the pictures from the slides to help with understanding and following along.
Progress Trackers
I created three progress trackers for my classroom:
Two public-facing trackers (one I control, the other the student's control)
A student-facing game board
The above link is the one posted in Google Classroom for my students to access all the tasks. I provide hard copies as well.
The game board to the left is also printed so the students can cross off their completed tasks.