Social Media Lesson Plan: BackChannel and aMap

Title: Whiskey Rebellion Rebels or Tax Resisters?: Where the men involved in the Whiskey Rebellion justified in rebelling against the American Government?

Objectives:
SWBAT

• Summarize the events of the Whiskey Rebellion
• identify the key people involved in the Whiskey Rebellion
• Debate the justification of the actions of the rebels
• Defend their decisions with supporting details.

Unit Lesson Outcome:

• The learner will explain the problems facing the nation during Washington's Administration and how his policies help shape the nation.

Standards:
     Pennsylvania:

Civics & Government
5.1 X 5.2 X 5.3 5.4 X

Communications

1.1 X 1.2 X 1.3 X 1.4 X 1.5 1.6 X 1.7 1.8 X

Mathematics

2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 X 2.7 2.8 X 2.9 2.10 2.11

Common Core:

CC.8.5.6-8.B.

Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.

CC.8.5.6-8.A.

Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.

CC.8.5.6-8.J.

By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 6–8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

CC.8.6.6-8.A.
Write arguments focused on discipline-specific content.

• Introduce claim(s) about a topic or issue, acknowledge and distinguish the claim(s) from alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.

• Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant, accurate data and evidence that demonstrate an understanding of the topic or text, using credible sources.
• Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.

• Establish and maintain a formal style.
• Provide a concluding statement or section
  

CC.8.6.6-8.E.
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and present the relationships between information and ideas clearly and efficiently.

Materials:
20 computers
internet
Play
Readings
Projector and Screen

Students:
20 8th grade students

Procedure:

The class will be divided into 5 groups of 4.

As a class we will be reading a play based on the Whiskey Rebellion. It is a play that follows the trial fo those involved in the Whiskey Rebellion. It asks the students to be the judge and jury.


After the play is read the students will log into a backchannel chat room for their assigned groups.  Each group will have their own backchannel chat.  I will have an initial question pinned to the top of the page:

They are going to post and respond to each other's posts for 5 minutes.  They are going to be discussing whether or not, based on the reading of the play, the rebels were justified in their actions.  I am going to give them an additional reading to help and guide them in their discussion. After the 5 minutes are up, I am going to be asking more specific questions to each group and allow them to discuss and debate their answers to the questions.

These questions will include the following:

They are to continue to answer these questions in their individual groups.  As a group, they are going to  create an aMap that explains and maps out their decision.





Each group is going to present their decisions and aMaps to the class. They should be prepared to be able to summarize the Whiskey Rebellion and be able to state whether or not their actions were justifiable. They should be prepared to defend their decision with at least 4 supporting facts.

They will be graded based on a rubric

BackChannel Chat Participation (each participant will have a different score) ___/10
aMap completion (group) States opinion and provides supporting details        ___/20
Presentation of aMap to class                                                                           ___/10