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Teacher: Carla ChapinTitle: Oil Refinery in America Subject:
Social StudiesTopic: John D. Rockefeller rade: ! th "esson
Duration: School: #$S
Education Designs Lesson/ Unit Plan
Lesson Summary:(A short 3-5 sentence summary of the lessonand
how it will bedelivered)
The lesson will explore the life of John D !oc"efeller and the
oil refineryindustry during the late #$%&s The teacher will use
a short 'iography (ideoto introduce !oc"efeller)s life and his
connection with the *il !efineryindustry Students will study and
summari+e the ma,or e(ents of!oc"efeller)s life
-ational Standardsfor .istory Era: Lin"
Era 6 The Development of the Industrial United States
(1870-1900Evaluate the !areers of prominent industrial and
finan!ial leaders"#Assess the importance of the individual in
history $
Standard s0:State, Local or National
%. a. &se social studies tools to determine ho' chan(in(
technolo(yhas affected the relationship bet'een people and
places.
Themes/1oncept: Individuals% &roups% and Institutions
Essential 2uestions345 2uestions0
(What you want the students to now)
'o did )o!*efeller influen!e the Industrial )evolution+)o' did
he become so 'ealthy*+hat are products produced from the oil
refinery industry*
Elements (What youwant the students tounderstand)
,hat are The ma or events of .ohn D" )o!*efeller/s life+'o
)o!*efeller !ame from povert as a !hild to e!ome one of theri!hest
men in histor +,hat are some produ!ts the oil refiner industr
!ontri uted to life durin&the 1870 until his death+,h do e need
oil refineries toda +
Launch 6cti(ity.oo"0
www ,ohndroc"efeller org/video !lip
7nowledge 8 S"ills
(!eo"le, !laces, timesand vocabulary-whatthe student should
beable to do# What s illswill they use$)
People:.ohn D" )o!*efeller ,illiam )o!*efeller Samuel
Andre's$aurice Clark Standard 2il 3ompanPlaces:3leveland% 2hio
4ulf of 5e i!oDates:18701876$ay ,- /0-%
9oca'ulary:oil refinin(e1pansione1port
profitancillary products
philanthropist
industrialistcharities
S"ills:Obser2e read 'ritedemonstratesummari3e
Lesson ethodology
Edu!ation Desi&ns
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The tea!her ill as* students to )ead the ell or* uestion from
the oard silentl and rite theest ans er !hoi!e on paper" The
tea!her ill !all on students to &ive their ans er !hoi!e
aloud"e t% the tea!her ill read the uestion aloud and dis!uss the
!orre!t ans er"
4ell 'ork 5uestion: +ho 'as the Richest man in American )istory
durin( the /0 th century*A. Thomas 6dison4. John D. Rockefeller C.
eor(e +ashin(ton Car2er
D. 6li +hitney The teacher 'ill sho' a 2ideo clip to create an
interest in the life of John D. Rockefeller. 7e1t the teacher 'ill
distribute a handout of a short bio(raphy of John D. Rockefeller.
T+ call on students to
read aloud. T+ discuss the different e2ents of Rockefeller8s
life 'hen students pause at the end of eachreadin(.
The teacher 'ill distribute assi(nment handouts to the students
indi2idually. T+ read and e1plain thedirections aloud to each
student as needed. 9The T 'ill ha2e noted the differentiations of
students as she (i2eseach student their acti2ity handout. 61ample:
the abo2e (rade le2el students8 handout 'ill be a rubric of
threeassi(nments the belo' (rade le2el students 'ill create a
poster and the directions for this are 'ritten on theirhandout.
Once assi(nments ha2e been turned in to the teacher and
discussed aloud as a re2ie' a teacher;made test 'ill be (i2en the
follo'in( day.
6ssessment E(idence:Traditional 6ssessment%eacher made test
6uthentic 6ssessment&ral 'uestionin *ssay%eacher observation
%ime line
!oster "ro+ect Student Self46ssessmentBell work
questionsDifferentiation 6ssociated with this unit
6'o(e ;rade Le(el: Given a rubric these students will write a
short essay about John D. Rockefellerslife as a philanthropist,
create a history web of Rockefellers life. Last, these students
will co pare thebe!innin! of the "il refinery industry to the oil
refinery industry of today.*n ;rade Le(el: Students will create a
"oster about the life of ohn # .oc efeller and "resent it to the
class#
