Anna, Jess, Alba, Julia

Education Department

Lesson Plan

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Title Brazil Lesson

Subject Area(s) - Brazilian Culture

- Brazlian History
- Education systems in Brazil

Grade Level - College level

Summary of the Lesson Students will learn about the history and background
of Brazil. Students will learn about the education
system in Brazil.

Essential Questions - What is the education system like in Brazil?

- What are the differences between the
education systems in Brazil and the United
States?
- What events lead towards the reformation as
the education reform in Brazil?
Objectives - Prove that the education system in the United
States is more advanced than Brazil’s by
comparing and contrasting.
- Connect the events that led to Brazil’s
education system today.
- Analyze Brazil’s educational system.

Vocabulary: - Tertiary
- Secondary
- Primary
- Compulsory

Estimated Time - 25 minutes

Materials Required - Brazil Powerpoint Handout

Procedure In a succinct way, describe the step by step format for your
lesson. It is not necessary to script the lesson. Demonstrate
Each professor
your knowledge of differentiation and scaffolding. You will
may choose to
use the Before/During/After format. Discuss the following
align this section
components:
to his/her
content areas. BEFORE:

This section will Anticipatory Set:

include
- We will engage the students by doing a pre
anticipated areas
assessment. This pre assessment will be called “Truth
of differentiated
or Myth”. We will be presenting the facts on the
instruction.
board and if the students think it is a myth that they
will put their thumbs up and if they think it's a truth
they will put their thumbs down.

Activating/Assessing Prior
Knowledge

- For this part of the lesson, the teachers will first go

over any vocabulary the students may not know. The
teachers will then present the powerpoint. After
going over the powerpoint, the teachers will ask if
there are any further questions.
Prepare the learner by building
prior knowledge

Statement of Learning

- The students will be able to learn about the history,

education, and other background information about
Brazil.
DURING:

- The teachers will present a powerpoint. As the

teachers are presenting the powerpoint, the students
will follow along and fill out the worksheet about
Brazil. After the presentation is over, the teachers
will go over the answers with the students. First, the
students will be split into two teams. The students
will then play a game of jeopardy, which will review
concepts in the powerpoint. Each jeopardy category
will represent a slide from the powerpoint.

Checking for Understanding

- After the lesson, the teachers and the students will

go over the worksheet handed out to them prior to
the lesson presentation. The students are supposed
to fill this out as the lesson goes along to ensure
understanding.

AFTER:

Closure

- The students will take out a piece of paper and write

down two things they learned about Brazil before
leaving the room after the lesson.
Formative - We will be assessing the students’ prior knowledge
Assessment/ first by doing the “Truth or Myth” activity. The
Assessment assessing will be done by having the students hold
their thumb up or down.
- We will be assessing during our lesson explanation by
having a worksheet that they have to complete while
they follow along us on our powerpoint. After the
lesson is over, we will be going over the answers and
collecting the worksheet.
- After our lesson, we will be playing a game of
jeopardy where we will split the class into two teams
and ask them questions based off of the lesson.

Student Include samples of all graphic organizers or student

Resources handouts you will use during the lesson. Add any websites,
links or pertinent information.