Social Studies

Description: This app lesson will expand elementary students’ knowledge of the American Revolution. Instructional Objective: Students will learn about the events and various laws of the American Revolution in chronological order, as well as the important figures of the war and the geography of the 13 colonies and demonstrate their understanding via a trivia game. Step 1: Students will use ...

Description: This app lesson will develop elementary students’ knowledge on the battles of the Revolutionary War and the rise of the American Government. Instructional Objective: Students will learn about the important events and laws of the American Revolution in chronological order. Students will also learn about the important figures of the Revolution and the geography of the 13 colonies. Step 1: Students will ...

Description: This app lesson will develop elementary students’ knowledge of the American Revolution and how it led to the Declaration of Independence. Instructional Objective: Students will research and analyze key components and events pertaining to the American Revolution and then create and present a recording of their interpretation of the component or event based on their research. Step 1: To get a ...

Description: This app lesson requires students to analyze political topics from multiple perspectives. Instructional Objective: Students will select a current topic of debate, research and compose an editorial that expresses their opinion regarding the topic, and then create a website that propagandizes each side of the topic. Step 1: Students will use the Countable app to select a current topic of debate ...

Description: This app lesson will develop science students’ knowledge of climate change and pollution. Instructional Objective: Students will first perform research and then develop fact-based presentations in response to arguments against global warming. Step 1: Students, using the Skeptical Science app, will pick an argument that is skeptical of global warming. Students will then read the “skeptic” argument, counterpoints to the arguments, primary source documents, statistics, ...