This document outlines a lesson plan for teaching 4th grade students about the Boston Tea Party over the course of a week. The plan includes watching a video on Monday to introduce the topic, reading and summarizing an article about the Tea Party in small groups on Tuesday, creating posters about the event on Wednesday and Thursday, and presenting the posters on Friday to demonstrate their understanding. Various technologies like videos, computers, and a smartboard will be used to engage students.

1. The Boston Tea Party
December 16, 1773
Judi Tomblin

2. Analyze the learner
This is a 4th grade class with 18 students, 10 boys and 8 girls. There are 3
students in the class who have mild to severe ADHD. 13 of the students are
White and 5 are African American.

3. Main Objective
The students will be able to briefly explain the Boston Tea Party after watching
a video, summarizing an article, making a poster, and playing an interactive
game with 100% accuracy by the end of the week.

4. Day by Day
• Monday – Introduction to the Boston Tea Party. The students will watch the Schoolhouse
Rock video “Tea Party: No more Kings” and write a paragraph with 5 (accurate) things they
learned from the video.
• Tuesday – The students will get in small groups and read the article from kidspast that I
have printed out. They will then draw a picture and write a short summary of the article.
• Wednesday – Students will start working on their poster and have it completed to present by
Friday.
• Thursday –Students will log onto the computer and play the Boston Tea party game on
www.stencyl.com and complete their posters.
• Friday – Students will present their posters to the class.

5. Use of Technology
• YouTube video
• Poster materials
• Computers / Internet
• Smartboard
• Article printout

6. Works Cited
• Schoolhouse Rock video “Tea Party: No more Kings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-9pDZMRCpQ
• Kidspast Article
http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0361-boston-tea-party.php
• Online Game
http://www.stencyl.com/game/play/21047