Caleb Kigar

Professor Christensen
Social Studies Methods
18 October 2016
Chapter 2 Reading
Summary:
There are two main forms of lessons, the first one is a comprehensive
lesson plan where the lesson is highly detailed and hit every aspect of
the lesson, but are usually not used everyday. On the contrary, an
abbreviated lesson plan is written in an outline form where the teacher
make notes of what they are planning to do, and the key components
of each topic. Furthermore, the lessons that are made should be able
to integrate the arts to one, give the students more of an interest, and
two, be able to hit the ideas of Blooms taxonomy. In addition to that,
the units lessons prepared should have a clearly defined scope
because some standards are taught better through more than one
instructional unit.
Helpful as a Future Teacher:
-Backwards designed units. (39).
- Integration with the arts (40).
-Open-ended journal prompts (42).
Thoughtful Question:
So I just took an exam in another class asking me to write down
Blooms taxonomy. I was given a study guide, which gave me Blooms
taxonomy in the following order: 1. Knowledge 2. Understanding 3.
Applying 4. Analyzing 5. Evaluating 6. Creating. The book explains it as
a different order. Why is there the difference and will that change in
the future again?
Assumptions:
I always thought the teacher made comprehensive lesson plans for
each day, or basically more than the book says. After writing a bunch
of comprehensive lesson plans, I am glad that most teachers do not
write comprehensive lesson plans each day.