Amanda High Psiii Lesson Sequencing

Tuesday, September 6
Welcome
Name Tags on desks for seating plan
Introduction video/PowerPoint
Requirements: 3 subject notebook, pencil, eraser, scissors, glue stick
Pod introductions
Wednesday, September 7
Course intro
Expectations PowerPoint
o Cell phone
o Class rules (hashtags)
o Homework policy
o Class website intro
o Student contract
Gallery walk - poster board and markers walk around answering questions
o What do you like about school?
o What do you dislike about school?
o What do you expect from your teacher? What makes a good teacher?
o What makes a good student? How should a student act?
Class discussion
Pod name that tune
Thursday, September 8
Activities:
o Set up interactive notebook
o Appointment clock
o Facebook profile worksheet
o Show how the appointment clock works example with appointment clock
using Facebook profile
o Hand out textbooks
o Textbook inventory
o Begin scavenger hunt
Assessment:
o Formative (observation):
Appointment clock
Appointment clock example
Interactive notebook
Exit slip: What are you nervous about this year? What are you excited
about this year? What do you hope to learn this year?
Friday, September 9
Daily Question (will ask a question on the board each morning for students to
answer as they enter the room will set a 3 min timer once the first student enters
so students have a count down to answer the question and to get settled in and
prepared): Find a doodle and turn it into a masterpiece.
Activities:
o Textbook scavenger hunt cont.
o Review answers in class

o Pod/class discussions/questions
o Textbook jeopardy
Assessment:
o Formative:
Textbook scavenger hunt
Monday, September 12
Daily Question: Happy Monday What about school makes you happy?
Activities:
o Definition of Worldview and Perspective
Term, Information, Picture (TIP Chart)
o Elements of a worldview
Chart
Explanations
Symbol/image creation
o Summarize, Expand, Example, Image (SEE-I) as a class
Assessment:
o Formative:
TIP
SEE-I
Exit Slip: What is a worldview? Is it the same as a perspective?
Daily Question: Tell me something Tuesday What is something that most people
dont know about you?
Activities:
o Definition of Curator (TIP)
o Discussion and explanation of what a curator does
o Pod discussion: write down as many questions as you can about something
you might want to ask a curator? What would you be interested in finding out
or knowing more about?
o Pods will read all of the questions and will determine which question they
think is the best or all want to know.
o Each pod will share their finalized question
o Will record all questions and will submit on Twitter to @askacurator
Assessment:
o Formative:
TIP
Interactive Notebook
Pod Cooperation
Daily Question: What do you think Wednesday what do you think will be the best
thing about grade 8?
Activities:
o Elements of a worldview cont.

o What is our Canadian Worldview?
Brainstorming gallery walk with poster paper each with an element of
worldview and students write their ideas
Pod discussion each pod gets one poster and they summarize the
ideas
Class discussion to put it all together student led
Record in notebook
o Teacher side job: submit previous day curator questions to @askacurator
Assessment:
o Formative:
Observation brainstorming, discussion, interactive notebook
Daily Question: I think I can Thursday what is one goal you plan to accomplish by
the end of the grade?
Activities:
o Discuss answers to curator questions from previous day
o Movie: The Gods Must Be crazy
o Cubing Questions in pods
o Class discussion
Assessment:
o Formative:
Cubing questions
Class discussion
Exit slip: name as many elements of a worldview as you can
Friday, September 16 (Terry Fox Assembly)
Daily Question: strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from
overcoming the things you once thought you couldnt. Who do you know that
embodies the word strength?
Activities:
o Media literacy
o How to appropriately communicate in an online environment
o How to share info and interact with community in a meaningful way
Assessment:
o Formative:
Exit slip: what is the most important rule to remember when it comes
to staying safe online?
Daily Question: Middle school Monday what are you most excited for this year?
Activities:
o Media literacy continued
o Quote analysis group discussion what does this quote mean? Im not
afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels. Im afraid of what real
human beings do to other human beings Walter Jon Williams
o Class discussion how does this relate to media literacy?
o Review SEE-I and what a worldview is

o Students create a SEE-I for Worldview
Assessment:
o Class discussion
o SEE-I
Daily Question: Trivia Tuesday
Activities:
o Worldview Poster Project introduction
o Students will create a poster and visual representation of what makes up
their own personal worldview using the 7 elements
o Brainstorming
o Peer discussion
Assessment:
o Summative:
Brainstorming chart
Daily Question: One wish Wednesday if you could make one wish come true what
would it be?
Activities:
o Worldview poster project cont.
Assessment:
o Formative observation and conversation
Thursday, September 22 (Lock Down Drill)
Daily Question: How do you want to be remembered?
Activities:
o Worldview Poster Project cont.
Assessment:
o Formative: observation and conversation
Friday, September 23
Daily Question: fabulous Friday your sticky note is on your desk. Write a positive
note to ___________ to brighten their day.
Activities:
o Worldview Poster Project final day
o Gallery walk to view their peers and to see how they vary from their
own
o Find similarities/differences
o Class discussion discuss acceptance and how it's okay to be different.
Everyone's background and experiences change and influence how
they view the world.
o Reflection
Assessment:
o Summative
Daily Question: moody Monday what puts you in a good mood when you have a
case of the Mondays?
Activities:
o Timeline
o Setting the stage for the Renaissance the Medieval Times
o Definitions of Hierarchy & Feudal System (TIP)
o Sorting activity pods are given names of levels in the feudal system
hierarchy have to try and put them in the order they think they went in
o Class analogy give each students candy and then show that they own so
much of their candy/earning to each level in the hierarchy did you have
anything left over? Would that be sufficient to live off of? How would you feed
a family? Could you ever get ahead?
o Discuss was it fair?
o Video: Monty Pythons Im being repressed
Assessment:
o Interactive notebook
o TIP
o Timeline
o Discussion
Daily Question: time hop Tuesday if you could travel back in time to any
year/event what would you choose?
Activities:
o Canadian structure vs. Feudalism interactive notebook chart
o What structure would have been better to live in? Pros vs. Cons chart
student led
o Discussion
o Life of a peasant
o Peasant revolt
Assessment:
o Formative:
o Pros vs cones chart
o Observation and conversation
Daily Question: what is one positive thing you plan to do this term?
Activities:
o The Black Death/bubonic plague - images
o Cause and effects, time, money, workforce, religion (thought they were being
punished)
Assessment:
o Formative:
Interactive notebook notes
Cause and effect predictions
Daily Question: thankful Thursday what are you most thankful for today?
Activities:
o Black Death history App for ipad
o Plague video
o Video questions
o Text analysis
Assessment:
o Formative:
o Video questions
o Text analysis interactive notebook
Friday, September 30
Daily Question: future Friday with hard work and determination anything is
possible. What does your future look like? What is something you want to
do/achieve?
Activities:
o Current events
o Understanding primary resources
o Newspaper (primary source) exploration students can explore the topics
included in a newspaper/sections/how to look at the picture and headings for
understanding
o Students will find an article that is interesting to them and will share it with
their pod
o Will have pods share articles that were interesting
o Class discussion
Assessment:
o Formative:
o Exploration, sharing, and discussion
Monday, October 3
Daily Question: marvellous Monday if you could have any superpower what would
it be?
Activities:
o Introduction to the Renaissance
o Define the Renaissance (TIP)
o Video: Renaissance Overview goodbye act academy
o Pods create a history headline newspaper for the Renaissance
o SEE-I
Assessment:
o Formative:
o TIP
o Newspaper headliner
Tuesday, October 4
Daily Question: turn it up Tuesday what is a school appropriate song that puts
you in a good mood?
Activities:
o Crusades video & questions
o Crusades cause and effect chart

o Discussion
Assessment:
o Formative:
o Video questions
o Cause and effect chart
o Discussion
Wednesday, October 5
Daily Question: wannabe Wednesday be a first version of yourself, not a second
rate version of someone else. What do you think you want to be when you grow
up?
Activities:
o Definition of trade (TIP)
o Trade: map analysis
o Predications of geographical implications
o Pod discussion
o Analyze trade routes
o Metaphor (pg. 40 textbook)
Assessment:
o Formative:
Observation
Discussion
TIP
Thursday, October 6
Daily Question: friends are like flowers that never fade. What makes you a good
friend?
Activities:
o Movement of goods/money
o Definition of city-states (TIP)
o Italian city states label map
o Video: 1000 years of European border changes in 3 mins
Assessment:
o Formative:
o TIP
o Label map
Friday, October 6
Daily Question: secret emoji code
Activities:
o Success of city-states
o Geography
o Climate
o Leadership
o Social organizations
o Video: crash course (world history) thought bubble #2 the Renaissance

o Discussion
Assessment:
o Formative:
o Discussion
o Video questions
Monday, October 10 No School

Tuesday, October 11 No School
Daily Question: worldly Wednesday where is your favourite place you have
travelled to?
Activities:
o Major trading centre stations (research)
o Florence
o Venice
o Genoa
Assessment:
o Summative:
o Research
Thursday, October 13
Daily Question: troublesome Thursday is there anything you are struggling with?
Activities:
o Florence
o Venice
o Genoa
Assessment:
o Summative:
o Research
Friday, October 14
Daily Question: What is your favourite App on your devices?
Activities:
o Florence
o Venice
o Genoa
Assessment:
o Summative:
o Research
Monday, October 17
Daily Question: make a word Monday crossword make-up/add a new word
Activities:
o Defence paper project introduction
o Students will write a short paper to answer the question: which city was the
most important/influential trade centre in Renaissance Europe. What made
the city so successful
o Brainstorming/discussion
Assessment:
o Summative:
o Brainstorming and project
Tuesday, October 18
Daily Question: tickle me Tuesday write something on the board that makes you
laugh
Activities:
o Defence paper project cont.
Assessment:
o Summative:
o Project
Daily Question: wacky Wednesday draw a funny face to bring some laughter to
the day.
Activities:
o Defence paper project cont.
Assessment:
o Summative:
Project
Thursday, October 20 (PT Interviews 1-8)
Daily Question: what is one thing that helps you distress?
Activities:
o Debate students who chose the same trading centre would be a group will
come up with their talking point to defend their choice as to why their
chosen centre was the most important. Will debate as a class.
Assessment:
o Formative:
o Debate
Friday, October 21 (No School)
Monday, October 24
Daily Question: How will you be a leader today?
Activities:
o Humanism introduction
o Definition of humanism (TIP)
o SEE-I
o Video
o Big ideas and examples (see textbook)
Assessment:
o Formative:
o SEE-I
o TIP
Tuesday, October 25
Daily Question: travel Tuesday if you could travel anywhere where would you go?
Activities:
o Media literacy
o How to contribute in a meaningful way to create a safe and positive online
community
o Consider and accept differing points of view
o Sorting activity in pods students will sort through a variety of images
(sculpture, art, architecture etc.) and will have to determine which is from
the Middle Ages and which is from the Renaissance student led
o Discussion
Assessment:
o Formative:
o Sorting activity
Daily Question: one word Wednesday. In one word describe what you feel makes
room____________ so absolutely one-derful.
Activities:
o Classical writing/literature
o Text analysis
o Blackout poetry
Assessment:
o Formative:
o Blackout poetry
Thursday, October 27
Daily Question: if you were an emoji what one would you be?
Activities:
o Classical writing/literature
o Text analysis
o Blackout poetry
Assessment:
o Formative:
o Blackout poetry
Friday, October 28
Daily Question: what is your favourite food?
Activities:
o Architecture and sculpture

o Character collage
Assessment:
oFormative:
o Character collage
Monday, October 31
Activities:
o Cleveland Museum of Art Distance Learning Presentation (upon school
approval)
o Alternative: Renaissance art ninja turtles
Assessment:
o Formative:
Tuesday, November 1
Daily Question: technology Tuesday what is the best invention of all time? Past or
present?
Activities:
o Renaissance art ninja turtles
Assessment:
o Formative:
Wednesday, November 2
Daily Question: what's the question Wednesday - __________s the answer, what's
the question?
Activities:
o Astronomy
o Character collage
o Video
Assessment:
o Formative:
o Video questions
o Character collage
Thursday, November 3
Daily Question: tell me a story once upon a time Ina land far, far away (add 3
words to keep the story going)
Activities:
o Renaissance medicine, anatomy, mathematics
o Jigsaw
Assessment:
o Formative:
o Discussion
Friday, November 4
Daily Question: fun fact Friday write a fun or interesting random fact
Activities:
o Media literacy
o Critically analyze information in a media environment
o Search for experts in history field and determine validity and credibility
o Sorting variety of sources sort into credible and not credible and explain
why/why not student led
Assessment:
o Formative:
o Conversation and observation
o Discussion
Monday, November 7
Daily Question: make a change Monday how can you make the world more
awesome? (Kid president)
Activities:
o Religion/church
o Martin Luther
o 95 theses
Assessment:
o Formative:
Tuesday, November 8
Daily Question: terrific choice Tuesday - it's our choices, Harry that show what we
truly are, far more than our abilities JK Rowling what great choice will you make
today?
Activities:
o Great Thinkers Facebook - Chose one great thinker and create a Facebook
page with info about them
o Would you consider them a humanist or not? Why?
Assessment:
o Summative:
o Facebook page
Daily Question: wondering Wednesday what is something you wonder about?
Activities:
o Definition of vernacular (TIP)
o Predict why the printing press was influential and important during this time
o Printing press vs. The Internet
Assessment:
o Formative:
o TIP
o Exit slip how did the printing press help to expand knowledge
Thursday, November 10 (No School)

Friday, November 11 (No School)
Monday, November 14
Daily Question: an inference is an IDEA (your thinking) that is made from
EVIDENCE (things you read or see). Yesterday, I went to my BFFs house. What can
you INFER about my friend based on these items from her house? (Bag with items
in it)
Activities:
o Reformation
o Definitions of indulgences and excommunication
Assessment:
o Formative:
o TIP
Tuesday, November 15
Daily Question: what does it mean to be an awesome student?
Activities:
o Universities characteristics why were they important?
o Are they humanist?
Assessment:
o Formative:
Daily Question: wifi Wednesday what would you do if wifi never existed?
Activities:
o Humanism motivation project
o In small groups students will choose a topic that is important to them and
they will create a motivational message by creating a video, music video, or
a storybook that will represent a humanist movement
o Brainstorming
o What makes someone a humanist?
o What would be important to a humanist?
o Which I celebrities would you consider a humanist?
Assessment:
o Summative:
o Brainstorming
o Group cooperation
o Project
Daily Question: what is one accomplishment that you are proud of?
Activities:
Assessment:
o Summative: project
o Formative: group/teacher conferencing
Friday, November 18
Daily Question: Fri-Yay what is one thing youre really excited about right now and
why?
Activities:
Assessment:
Monday, November 21
Daily Question: kid president video
Activities:
Assessment:
Tuesday, November 22
Daily Question: _____________ is worth more than gold
Activities:
o Humanism Motivation Project Presentations
Assessment:
o Summative:
o Project and presentation
Daily Question: words of wisdom Wednesday share with the class some words of
wisdom whether it's a quote or advicemake it positive
Activities:
o Humanism motivation project presentations
Assessment:
o Summative:
o Project and presentation
Daily Question: who is your positive role model?
Activities:
o Discussion
o Reflection what did you learn?
Assessment:
o Summative:
Project and reflection
Friday, November 25 (No School)
Monday, November 28
Daily Question: the future of the world is in our classroom. How will you affect the
future? What will you do to make it a better place?
Activities:
o Review of the characteristics of the Renaissance
o Pods create their own questions and answers.
o Scoot google drive game or jeopardy
Assessment:
o Formative:
o Discussion
o Review
Tuesday, December 29
Daily Question: if you could eat lunch with anyone in the world who would it be?
Activities:
o Review seven elements of worldview
o Each pod will be given an element and they will fill in what the worldview
was for Renaissance Europe for that element
Assessment:
o Formative:
o Discussion
Daily Question: wordy Wednesday what words do you see in the boggle board
Activities:
o Pods share their element for the Renaissance worldview in a short
presentation
o At the end they put the pieces of the puzzle together to create the worldview
for the Renaissance student led
o Students record in their interactive notebooks
o Class discussion
Assessment:
o Formative:
o Presentation
o Observation
o Discussion
Thursday, December 1
Daily Question: what motivates you?
Activities:
o Comparing worldviews finding connections
o Students will take their individual worldviews from the beginning of the
semester and compare it to the Renaissance worldview. Similarities?
Differences? Do you see a connection with our western worldviews and the
past? How did the Renaissance affect/shape our worldviews today?
o Brainstorming
o Reflection
Assessment:
o Summative:
o Reflection
Friday, December 2
Daily Question: if you won $100 million dollars what would you do with it?
Activities:
o Comparing worldviews reflection
Assessment:
o Reflection
Monday, December 5
Daily Question: mindset Monday what is one challenge that you hope to
overcome this week?
Activities:
o References/bibliography
o Sorting activity given a source have to place the components in the
proper order
Assessment:
o Formative:
o Observation
o Discussion
Tuesday, December 6
Daily Question: what is your favourite book? #wecantputbooksdown
Activities:
o Study tips
Assessment:
o Formative:
o observation
Wednesday, December 7
Daily Question: 1 thing Wednesday name one thing (activity, lesson etc) that
weve done in class that you'd like to do again
Activities:
o Review study guide
Assessment:
o Observation & conversation
Daily Question: throw it out Thursday if you had to throw out all but ONE of your
possessions, which one would you keep?
Activities:
o Review game
Assessment:
o Observation & conversation
Friday, December 9
Daily Question: the greatest barrier between you and success is yourself,
remember that you can do this.
Activities: Exam
Assessment: summative
Monday, December 12
Daily Question: how will you brighten someone else's day today?
Activities:
o Current events
o Exploration of current events, things happening in the community, in justices
o Brainstorming
o Student led discussion
o What topics are important to you?
Assessment:
o Formative:
Daily Question: turn it up Tuesday - what's your favourite song right now?
Activities:
o Current events students will write a letter to their MLA about a cause they
are passionate about and feel needs more support with suggestions for a
solution, why it needs more support, why it is important
Assessment:
o Summative
o MLA letter
Daily Question: write 2 motivating comments/advice you would tell to someone
sad/upset
Activities: MLA letter
Assessment: Summative
Daily Question: sum up everything we have learned so far in 5 words
Activities: MLA letter peer review
Assessment: formative
Friday, December 16
Daily Question:smile. It's Friday. Write what makes you smile about our class.
Activities: MLA Letter reflection
Assessment: summative
Monday, December 19
Daily Question: How do you give back to your community? Do you volunteer?
Activities:
o Random Acts of Kindness Wall students create messages with random acts
of kindness on them for people to take and complete and return to be
entered into a draw
o Students will create inspirational messages to hang around the school
student led
Assessment:
o Summative. Participation and contributions
Daily Question: what are you most looking forward to this holiday break?
Activities:
o Students will create a way to thank the custodians and office staff who are
many times under appreciated.
Assessment:
o Summative: participation and cooperation
Daily Question: warm-hearted Wednesday write one example of a random act of
kindness that you have done
Activities:
o Option 1 students create a new to Lethbridge brochure or pamphlet that
could be given to a new student in the school with fun and interesting things
to do in Lethbridge and places to go. Something to welcome them to the
neighbourhood.
Assessment:
o Summative:
o participation and collaboration
Daily Question: what are you going to do to help someone who is less fortunate
this holiday season?
Activities: Reflection yarn web sharing activity
Assessment: formative
Friday, December 23
Last day games and good-byes

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Tuesday, September 6

o Review answers in class

o Elements of a worldview cont.

o Review SEE-I and what a worldview is

o Crusades cause and effect chart

o Video: crash course (world history) thought bubble #2 the Renaissance

Monday, October 10 No School

o Architecture and sculpture

Thursday, November 10 (No School)

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