Jessica Kennedy

Assure Method

Thursday: His Death

A- Teaching about Abraham Lincoln’s death to 22, 5th grade students. The students range from

10 to 11 years in age. The class is comprised of 13 girls, 9 boys, 2 ADHD children, 7 African

Americans, 5 Hispanics, and 8 Caucasians.

S- The 5th grade students will know how, when, and why Abraham Lincoln died by the end of the

day with 100% accuracy. They will be assessed on their knowledge of his assassination through

their participation while using the various materials listed below.

S- The technology that the students will use on Thursday include Voki, Pinterest and a Podcast.

U- The students will watch the Voki as a gentle way of explaining Lincoln’s assassination. Then

they will all get on a computer and listen to the podcast given to them about the assassination.

They will stay on the computers for the remainder of the class period researching and viewing

the pins on Pinterest to see if there is any new information they would like to use.

R- The students will be required to participate during both of the online activities for the day.

They must listen to the podcast and get on to the Pinterest board to read the information about

Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and his similarities to John F. Kennedy.

E- The students will be evaluated based off of their participation in class activities that day. The

final evaluation will show whether or not they did the activities in class that day.