Lesson Plan

I’ll take Cowpens for $100.00, Alex

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 8.2CC, 8.2CO, 8.2E
Additional Standards:
English
Communication 8.1
Writing 8.1
Historical Reading 8.1
Reading 8.1
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. Creating: Bring together parts (elements, compounds) of knowledge to form a whole and build relationships for NEW situations. Evaluating: Make informed judgements about the value of ideas or materials. Use standards and criteria to support opinions and views.

Essential Question

How can students review and test their knowledge by creating a popular TV game?

Objective

Students will create a Jeopardy-type game that will test their knowledge of the Revolutionary War battles in SC.

Background

Cowpens is the location of the battle between Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and Lt. Colonel Banastre Tarleton’s British Legion on January 17, 1781. Cowpens is known as the turning point of the revolution in the South because the British turned their attention south in the hopes of benefiting from the number of loyalists in the area. The victory, which was one with a misunderstanding of retreat which led to a battle-winning double envelopment, would set in motion a chain of events that would lead to a patriot victory at Yorktown.

Kings Mountain - a battle where American loyalists led by British Major Patrick Ferguson fought American patriots. As the overmountain men came across the mountains, in effort to avenge the massacre at the Battle of Waxhaws, the patriots caused a devastating blow to Cornwallis’ left wing.

Ninety Six is the location of the first land battle in the South in the American Revolution and also where the longest field siege of the American Revolution took place.
 

Preparation

Students will be grouped to gather information to use to create their Jeopardy-type game.

Materials

Lesson Hook/Preview

Teacher will show a short JEOPARDY! Clip and then allow students to being their creations.  
 

Procedure

Students will gather information from past lessons and work in groups to create their own Jeopardy-type game.
 

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Last updated: September 28, 2019