Teacher(s) Name: Miss Genazia
School: Tuckahoe ES
Grade Level(s): Grade 4
Content Area(s): Virginia Studies
Lesson Summary
Students created a collaborative timeline to showcase events from the Civil War. The students worked with partners to choose an event, summarize, write a headline, and create a piece of media to represent the event. The information was then placed on a shared google sheet to create the collaborative timeline.
TIPC Ratings
Research & Information Fluency
Rating:Ideal – Explanation: Students research an event from the Civil War and focus on the who, what, where, when, why to create a summary of the event. Students chose how to find the information using books, notes, and search engines. Students worked together to develop a catchy and creative headline and summary for their event, and they showcased all of the events on a collaborative timeline.
Communication & Collaboration
Rating: Approaching – Explanation: Students worked in pairs to complete the research and create a summary, headline (main idea), and media to represent the event. Google docs and spreadsheets are used to collect information.
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Rating: Developing – Explanation: Students used critical thinking skills to decide which sites were the best for their research.
Creativity & Innovation
Rating: Approaching – Explanation: Students created a collage of images and text using Google Drawing to showcase their event. Students had to create a catchy title to represent their event.
Student Artifact
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