Hayley Bragdon

FRIT 7234

Mini Lesson #1: 5th Grade Social Studies

I Can Statement I can describe historical figures from the 1920s.

GSE SS5H2
ISTE Standard (6) Creative Communicator (7) Global Collaborator
Digital Information
Fluency Standard 1.E Learners select and apply appropriate search strategies to effectively and
efficiently locate reliable digital information related to their academic learning
goal(s)

Opening
How did Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes, Babe Ruth, Henry Ford, and
Charles Lindbergh contribute to the 1920s?

Students will view http://www.pearltrees.com/hayleybragdon/mini-lesson-

1/id21039879 and research the person of their choice. Students will also
perform their own searches, outside of my curated resources.

Work Period
Engage: Students will write a blog post as if they were Louise Armstrong, Babe
Ruth, Langston Hughes, Henry Ford or Charles Lindberg. In the blog post,
students will reflect on their greatest achievement in the 1920s.
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy: Creating

Enhance: Once students have completed their blog post, they will be required
to comment on other classmates’ blogs as if they were the historical person
they selected.

Materials/Curated
Resources Ipad
http://www.pearltrees.com/hayleybragdon/mini-lesson-1/id21039879

Closing
/Assessment Extend: Students will post to the classroom Padlet (discussion board) and list
two things they learned about another classmate’s historical person.

Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy: Evaluating

 Hayley Bragdon
FRIT 7234

Mini Lesson #2: 5th Grade Social Studies

I Can Statement I can explain how the Great Depression and New Deal affected the lives of
Americans.
GSE SS5H3
ISTE Standard (6) Creative Communicator (7) Global Collaborator
Digital Information
Fluency 1.B Learners create effective and efficient search queries

Opening
What happened on October 29, 1929? What is the Great Depression? What is
the New Deal?
Students will find the answers using www.kidrex.org (Kid friendly search
engine) and http://www.pearltrees.com/hayleybragdon/mini-lesson-
2/id21040590#l469
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy: Remembering

Work Period
Once students have identified the answers to the questions, they will be split
into groups of three. Each group will have The Stock Market Crash, The Great
Depression or The New Deal.

Engage: Using iMovie, students will create a movie demonstrating their chosen
event. For example, the group that has The Stock Market will film a movie that
demonstrate what The Stock Market Crash was, as well the events leading up
to it.
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy: Applying

Enhance: When each group is done with their iMovie, they will present it to the
class.

Materials/Curated
Resources iPad, iMovie App
http://www.pearltrees.com/hayleybragdon/mini-lesson-2/id21040590#l469

Closing/Assessment
Extend: Once we are finished watching the movies, students will go to my poll
on www.polleverywhere.com and vote on their favorite movie.
 Hayley Bragdon
FRIT 7234

Mini Lesson #3: 5th Grade Digital Citizenship

I Can Statement I can be a digital citizen.

ISTE Standard (1) Empowered Learner (2) Digital Citizen
Digital Information
Fluency 3.A Learners ethically use digital information

Opening
What is a digital citizen?
What does it mean to be a digital citizen?

Students will use www.kidrex.org and

http://www.pearltrees.com/hayleybragdon/mini-lesson-3/id21040670 to find
what being a digital citizen means to them.

Work Period Engage: Students will use Mindly to create a mind map to display what it
means to be a digital citizen.
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy: Remembering, Understanding, Applying, Analyzing,
Evaluating, and Creating

Enhance: When students have completed their mind maps on Mindly, they will
share it to the classroom Padlet for others to view.
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy: Evaluating

Materials/Curated iPad, Mindly App, Padlet App

Resources http://www.pearltrees.com/hayleybragdon/mini-lesson-3/id21040670

Closing/Assessment
Extend: For closing, as a class we will create our own mind map to display in
the room. Students will share their favorite ideas from their mind map, as well
as others to create one for the classroom.