The Life of George Washington

Congruency table

Grade Level: Elementary (k-4)
Learning Standard: Social Studies
Content Strand: World History
Standard 2: Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in world history and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of perspectives.
Key Idea 2: Establishing timeframes, exploring different periodizations, examining themes across time and within cultures, and focusing on important turning points in world history help organize the study of world cultures and civilizations.
Performance Indicator: Develop timelines that display important events and eras from world history.

Instructional Task (What the standard means in your own words)	Learning Objectives	Student Work	Assessment Tools
Independently students develop a timeline by sorting pictures and events in sequential order	Students will be able to glue pictures of events in sequential order.	Students glue five pictures down on their “George Washington Timeline” in sequential order (according to the appearance of George Washington).	Four point “George Washington Timeline Rubric” based on the following will be used to assess the students’ timeline (On pg. 7): Sorting “Events in George Washington’s life” (Found in appendix E) pictures in sequential order Sorting important events from the “Fill in the Blank Washington Events” Worksheet in sequential order Completing the “Fill in the Blank Washington Events” Worksheet matching sentences to pictures
Independently students complete five sentences of five important events in George Washington’s life.	Students will be able to complete George Washington sentences using words given to them.	Students complete the “Fill in the Blank Washington Events” worksheet (Found in Appendix F).
Independently students match events to pictures to develop a timeline of the important events in George Washington’s life.	Students will be able to match the completed sentences to the ordered pictures.	Students match the events to the pictures and develop their “George Washington Timeline” (Example in Appendix G and H).

Instructional Task

(What the standard means in your own words)

Learning Objectives

Student Work

Assessment Tools

Independently students develop a timeline by sorting pictures and events in sequential order

Students will be able to glue pictures of events in sequential order.

Students glue five pictures down on their “George Washington Timeline” in sequential order (according to the appearance of George Washington).

Four point “George Washington Timeline Rubric” based on the following will be used to assess the students’ timeline (On pg. 7):

Sorting “Events in George Washington’s life” (Found in appendix E) pictures in sequential order
Sorting important events from the “Fill in the Blank Washington Events” Worksheet in sequential order
Completing the “Fill in the Blank Washington Events” Worksheet matching sentences to pictures

Independently students complete five sentences of five important events in George Washington’s life.

Students will be able to complete George Washington sentences using words given to them.

Students complete the “Fill in the Blank Washington Events” worksheet (Found in Appendix F).

Independently students match events to pictures to develop a timeline of the important events in George Washington’s life.

Students will be able to match the completed sentences to the ordered pictures.

Students match the events to the pictures and develop their “George Washington Timeline” (Example in Appendix G and H).