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Secondary Lesson Plan

1. State Standards:
WH.19 Analyze the impact of artistic, architectural, scientific, and technological developments
on events, peoples, and cultures around the world.
WH.20 Investigate the evolutions of belief systems, religions, philosophies, and ideologies
across human societies.
WH.29 Analyze how various political and religious philosophies have influenced government
institutions and policies.
2. Teaching Models:
Direct instruction: the lesson and activities will be introduced directly

3. Objective:
Students will be able to analyze and understand the changes to science and technology following
the renaissance and how those changes influenced society both in the past and present.

Materials and Technology Resources:

Projector, readings on canvas, computer for presenting introduction and readings, worksheet.
4. Instructional procedures:
Students will be given a timeline to be worked on over the course of the class. Readings
will be in canvas for students to access as needed. The timeline will contain eight events
to be discussed and placed by students.
Motivation and engagement: students will be learning about the crusades. We will cover
how the crusades started, what fueled the crusades, and the lasting effects that came with
the many different crusades.
a. Developmental activities and learning experiences: (this is based on an 80 min period)
- (5-8 min) introduction: As students enter the classroom, they will take their seats
and attendance will be taken. Once all students have arrived, a brief introduction
will be given. For this activity, i'd like to start with a short video that covers the
entirety of the crusades in order to get student curiosity flowing and give a good
overview of the crusades as a whole.
- (10-15min): as a class, we will go through the first portion of the worksheet to
make sure everyone is clear on what they need to be doing. This includes reading
the first section to the class, discussing, and answering the question for that
particular section of reading.
- (15-75) Students will work through the different sections of the packet with the
time allotted for each. students will work in their groups to find answers to the
questions and we will regroup periodically to make sure they are getting the
information they need for each section.
- 75 min Wrap up
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Secondary Lesson Plan

6. Accommodations for diverse learners: I will make changes and accommodations based on the
ELL, IEP, and 504 students in my classroom.
7. Assessment and learning evaluation:
a. Formative: Students are making progress towards the goal of gaining a deeper
understanding into how ancient times affected and still affect our modern day societies.
Through roaming the classroom and participating in the discussions of different groups,
the instructor is able to evaluate learning and progress.
b. Summative: By participating actively in the presentation with their group, students will
show that they've achieved the goal.
8. Homework: None needed, assignment should be completed in class