Teacher(s) Name: Mr. Wasserman
School: Nuckols Farm ES
Grade Level(s): Grade 5
Content Area(s): Social Studies
Lesson Summary
Students researched the regions of the United States and retrieved information of each state that is rich in history or significance. After researching and note taking, students researched the game of Monopoly and found out the dimensions and pieces of this game. Students were placed in groups in accordance to the 5 regions being studied. Students established roles within their groups in order to complete the task which is to build their own Monopoly game called Stateopoly. Each group built the property cards, chance cards, community chest cards, center of the board design, money, and playing pieces. The playing pieces and dice were created using the Tinkercad program and 3D printer. The other items were built upon a Pixie2 template and Word Document template provided to them. The board designs were hand drawn or an art program was used.
TIPC Ratings
Research & Information Fluency
Rating:Ideal – Explanation: This lesson falls in the ideal range. Students had to search for appropriate sites which gave information. Students synthesized this information to use it appropriately for the final project. Students obtained and shared information with group members through Google and face to face.
Communication & Collaboration
Rating: Ideal – Explanation: This lesson falls in the ideal range. Students use different sources of technology and communication to share and retrieve information. Expert was invited to give information. Questions were generated by students and digital communication was used between students and teacher as well as team members.
Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Rating: Ideal – Explanation: This lesson falls in the ideal range. Solutions to problems were answered and fixed by group members. Teacher facilitated by asking high level questions and students took risks and changed when those risks failed.
Creativity & Innovation
Rating: Ideal – Explanation: This lesson falls in the ideal range. Students each created an original game using original game pieces, cards, and directions. No game is the same and students had free expression to how their games looked.
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