Thread by @Chris_C_Barber

This morning I decided to play around with #ChatGPT and asked it to write a lesson plan. I chose to center the lesson around the first Indiana standard for 8th grade social studies. Here's how it went:🧵
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The standard reads: “Identify the major Native American Indian groups of eastern North America and identify cause and effect relationships between European settlers and these Native American groups that led to conflict and cooperation.”

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I prompted #ChatGPT and in under 30 seconds it gave me the following lesson plan:

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This plan is far from perfect but as a starting point it is incredible, especially to have been generated so fast. It's interesting that #ChatGPT sets aside 80 minutes for this lesson meaning that it would have to be taught over the course of two days in a standard classroom.

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Anyone who knows me knows that I'm also no fan of traditional grading and I think the assessment portion of this lesson plan is especially weak. Even in a traditional grading scheme, I question the value of including this sort of student work in the grade book.

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The lesson also references specific Amerindian groups and events but does not tell us what they are. I asked it to clarify.

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This is okay but in the context of the 8th grade social studies curriculum I wanted to limit the events in this lesson to before the French and Indian War.

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I also asked it to generate the worksheet and chart that the lesson has students using. With a little extra prompting, it even formatted it into a simple table.

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The lesson plan didn't have much detail for the direct instruction portion so I asked it to generate an outline of key points.

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Because the lesson also calls for students to do independent research, I asked what resources teachers could provide.

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The answer was a good starting point but I wanted to see if it could provide specifics. #ChatGPT recommended a series of books and multiple websites that could be helpful in researching this topic.

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All-in-all, #ChatGPT seems to be an amazing resource for teachers. It is far from perfect but we can use it to streamline the planning process and generate new lesson ideas.

What do you think?
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