Last updated: September 24, 2019
Lesson Plan
Celebrate Good Times: Holiday Makeovers
- Grade Level:
- Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
- Subject:
- Literacy and Language Arts,Social Studies
- Lesson Duration:
- 60 Minutes
- State Standards:
- SC 8th grade Social Studies
State Standards 8.2 CO, 8.2 CC, 8.2E - Thinking Skills:
- Remembering: Recalling or recognizing information ideas, and principles. Understanding: Understand the main idea of material heard, viewed, or read. Interpret or summarize the ideas in own words. Applying: Apply an abstract idea in a concrete situation to solve a problem or relate it to a prior experience. Creating: Bring together parts (elements, compounds) of knowledge to form a whole and build relationships for NEW situations.
Essential Question
How can students demonstrate their understanding of the battles of the Southern Campaign by recreating holiday decorations?
Objective
As a result of this lesson plan, students will demonstrate their knowledge of the battles of the Southern Campaign fought in SC by creating holiday pieces through art.
Background
Teacher must have and implemented an understanding of the battles of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.
Preparation
Teacher can use as an assessment tool of understanding of material covered. Lesson requires knowledge of people, places, events relating to the American Revolution and those battles of the Southern Campaign fought in SC.
Materials
Lesson Hook/Preview
Christmas - play short clip from how the Grinch Stole Christmas/or song segment
Halloween - It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
Thanksgiving - Kids can create a Macy’s Thanksgiving Day float - replica possible show most famous floats
Easter - creative eggs “ Hop” Purple Platoon” - squad of ninja rabbits
Lead kids into a discussion as to how they could relate these clips to the Battles in SC
Grinch -Tarleton
“Hop” Squad - militia Overmountain men
Major players - Macy balloons
Procedure
Step One:
Allow students to pick from Holiday list:
- Christmas - Ornament, wreath, recreation of a Christmas song, present
- Halloween - pumpkin, mask, design a new costume
- Thanksgiving - centerpiece, headpiece, Macy’s Balloon or float
- Easter - basket, egg
Teacher will provide materials for students
Step Three:
Allow time for creation
Step Four:
Share ideas and creations.
Step Five:
Throughout the year the teacher could display student work during that holiday season.
Vocabulary
Kings Mountain
Militia
British Legion
Overmountain men
Cowpens
Daniel Morgan
Ninety Six
Star fort
Tarleton’s Quarter
Banastre Tarleton
Nathaniel Greene
Daniel Morgan
Continentals
Andrew Pickens
Patrick Ferguson
Assessment Materials
Objects will be share inside classroom with peersBrief explanation of choice of decoration and topic
Supports for Struggling Learners
This lesson allows for creative choice