SIOP Lesson Plan Template 2

STANDARDS: 8.3.5.B: Illustrate concepts and knowledge of historical documents, artifacts, and
places critical to United States history.
CC.1.4.5.A: Write informative/ explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas and
information clearly.

THEME: American Revolution

LESSON TOPIC: Boston Tea Party and its effect on the American Revolution
OBJECTIVES:
Language:
Students will be able to summaraize in writing the events of the Boston Tea Party and how
it was a factor that lead to the American Revolution

Content:
Students will be able to identify events that occurred during the Boston Tea Party and how
it was a factor leading up to the American Revolution

LEARNING STRATEGIES: Hands-on activities: vocabulary cups, Modeling verbal responses,

Decoding/encoding key vocabulary words, developing writing skills using grphic organizers .

KEY VOCABULARY: Tarriff, Revolution, Independence, Patriot, Taxation

MATERIALS: Old paper
Tea Bag

MOTIVATION:
(Building background)
Students will be learning about American History and culture. American History and especially the
Revolutionary War is important to students understanding of the foundation of our country. This
unit was chosen because of the direct effect this knowledge can have on their future educational
careers.
Students will be motivated by using fun activities to understand voabulary and the content of the
American Revolution. A variety of topics can be covered before and after the lesson that deals
with the Boston Tea Party.

PRESENTATION:
(Language and content objectives, comprehensible input, strategies, interaction, feedback)
This is a cumulative lesson plan with practice and application built into the daily format. Daily
presentation starts with review, repetition and routine drills to identify key vocabulary, restate
knowledge and understand new concepts
Visuals as well as words are presented to the students.
curriculum information is reviewed and new information is reduced through interactive videos and
activities. Students can partner up to review vocabulary and other content topics.

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SIOP Lesson Plan Template 2

PRACTICE AND APPLICATION:
(Meaningful activities, interaction, strategies, practice and application, feedback)
We will begin the lesson by showing the student the online interactive Boston Tea Party activity.
After reading and reviewing this activity, we will move on to our vocabulary word review. Then we
will go to our timeline to help clarify the timeline of the Boston Tea Party. Then we will begin the
activity by going over the vocabulary words we reviewed. The definitions will be on the tags of tea
bags and the tea cups will have the vocabulary words on them. The student will place the tea
bags in the correct cups.The student will fill out a graphic organizer about the Boston Tea Party.
After the student is done he will receive an "old" piece of paper that he will use to write a letter to
King George III as if he were a member of the Sons of Liberty who participated in the Boston Tea
Party. The student will explain in the letter who he is, why they dumped the tea into the harbor,
and what they want from the King.

REVIEW AND ASSESSMENT:

(Review objectives and vocabulary, assess learning)
The completed letters can be shared and displayed in the room. Assessment of skills can be
measured by the answers given during the vocabulary activity and response that the student
wrote in the graphic organizer and letter.

EXTENSION:
This lesson can be extended by using a similar lesson format to go over each of the different
factors that contributed to the American Revolution. The students can use similar graphic
organizers and at the end of the unit the students can use these graphic organizers to write an
essay at the end.
(Reproduction of this material is restricted to use with Echevarria, Vogt, and Short, 2008. Making Content
Comprehensible for English Learners: The SIOP Model.)

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