Lesson Plan- Lesson # / Total in Unit Duration of Class: 45 Minutes

Class: Social 8 Unit: Edo Japan: A Closed Society

Date: Nov 28-Dec 2
Task: Art form/ritual research project
Learner Outcomes Plan for Diversity

In what ways did Japan isolate itself from the rest of the world? Cultural/ritual
research project for
kinesthetic
How did isolation during the Edo period lead to changes in Japan?
learners. Allow
plenty of room for
How did the changes resulting from isolation affect Japan economically, questions and
politically, and socially during the Edo period? help. Provide
computers for
students that write
easier through
typing.

Prerequisite Knowledge, Skills, Strategies and Attitudes Preliminary

Matters/Materials
Students will use their knowledge from chapter to 12 and 13 to further expand Needed (MN):
upon their knowledge of Japan and apply it to the people who lived there during
the Edo period. Textbooks

Computers

Ritual/ art form

assignment sheet

Time Teaching Strategy Student Activity Resources/ Materials Needed

Introduction Nov Take Attendance. Sit in assigned seating.

28 Each class should begin
asking if any of the students
have questions from
previous day and answering
them if needed.
Allow students to share
thoughts on the days subject
or what they need
clarification on.
Activity Students will be taken to the
Sequence computer lab to work on
their research project where
they will be given assistance
where needed.
Students will be informed to
pick the most interesting fact
or the craziest picture they
found while researching and
told they will present it to the
class the following Monday.
Students will be reminded to
use the guiding questions
and rubric to ensure they
are finding all the
information required for their
research project.
Closure Allow some time for
questions and discus
potentially what needs to be
done before the next class.
Students will spend their
final week researching and
creating a presentation on
their provided art form/ritual.
Students will be encouraged
to fin d the most interesting
fact or wildest picture they
found while researching and
present for the class the
following Monday.
Students will be encouraged
to think critically about their
given art form and think
about how it had such a
huge impact on an isolated
Edo period.
Students will be expected to
relate the research they find
with the effects it had on the
Edo period and what the
history of their given project
is.
Students will record their
citations on the assignment
sheet provided and use the
spaces provided to organize
their research before putting
it into a presentation.
Ensure students have
everything they need for
next class and ensure all
expectations are clear.
 Time Teaching Strategy Student Activity Resources/ Materials Needed

Introduction Nov Take Attendance. Sit in assigned seating.

29 Each class should begin
asking if any of the students
have questions from
previous day and answering
them if needed.
Allow students to share
thoughts on the days subject
or what they need
clarification on.

Activity Students will be taken to the Students will spend their

Sequence computer lab to work on final week researching and
their research project where creating a presentation on
they will be given assistance their provided art form/ritual.
where needed.
Students will be encouraged
Students will be informed to to fin d the most interesting
pick the most interesting fact fact or wildest picture they
or the craziest picture they found while researching and
found while researching and present for the class the
told they will present it to the following Monday.
class the following Monday.
Students will be encouraged
Students will be reminded to to think critically about their
use the guiding questions given art form and think
and rubric to ensure they about how it had such a
are finding all the huge impact on an isolated
information required for their Edo period.
research project.
Students will be expected to

Closure Allow some time for
questions and discus
potentially what needs to be
done before the next class.
Time Teaching Strategy
Introduction Nov Take Attendance.
30 Each class should begin
asking if any of the students
have questions from
previous day and answering
them if needed.
relate the research they find
with the effects it had on the
Edo period and what the
history of their given project
is.
Students will record their
citations on the assignment
sheet provided and use the
spaces provided to organize
their research before putting
it into a presentation.
Ensure students have
everything they need for
next class and ensure all
expectations are clear.
Student Activity Resources/ Materials Needed
Sit in assigned seating.
Allow students to share
thoughts on the days subject
or what they need
clarification on.
Activity Students will be taken to the Students will spend their
Sequence computer lab to work on final week researching and
their research project where creating a presentation on
they will be given assistance their provided art form/ritual.
where needed.
Students will be encouraged
Students will be informed to to fin d the most interesting
pick the most interesting fact fact or wildest picture they
or the craziest picture they found while researching and
found while researching and present for the class the
told they will present it to the following Monday.
class the following Monday.
Students will be encouraged
Students will be reminded to to think critically about their
use the guiding questions given art form and think
and rubric to ensure they about how it had such a
are finding all the huge impact on an isolated
information required for their Edo period.
research project.
Students will be expected to
relate the research they find
with the effects it had on the
Edo period and what the
history of their given project
is.

Students will record their

citations on the assignment
sheet provided and use the
spaces provided to organize
their research before putting
it into a presentation.

Closure Allow some time for Ensure students have

questions and discus everything they need for
potentially what needs to be next class and ensure all
 done before the next class.
Time Teaching Strategy
Introduction Dec Take Attendance.
1 Each class should begin
asking if any of the students
have questions from
previous day and answering
them if needed.
Activity Students will be taken to the
Sequence computer lab to work on
their research project where
they will be given assistance
where needed.
Students will be informed to
pick the most interesting fact
or the craziest picture they
found while researching and
told they will present it to the
class the following Monday.
Students will be reminded to
use the guiding questions
and rubric to ensure they
expectations are clear.
Student Activity Resources/ Materials Needed
Sit in assigned seating.
Allow students to share
thoughts on the days subject
or what they need
clarification on.
Students will spend their
final week researching and
creating a presentation on
their provided art form/ritual.
Students will be encouraged
to fin d the most interesting
fact or wildest picture they
found while researching and
present for the class the
following Monday.
Students will be encouraged
to think critically about their
given art form and think
about how it had such a
 are finding all the
information required for their
research project.
Closure Allow some time for
questions and discus
potentially what needs to be
done before the next class.
Time Teaching Strategy
Introduction Dec Take Attendance.
2 Each class should begin
asking if any of the students
have questions from
previous day and answering
them if needed.
huge impact on an isolated
Edo period.
Students will be expected to
relate the research they find
with the effects it had on the
Edo period and what the
history of their given project
is.
Students will record their
citations on the assignment
sheet provided and use the
spaces provided to organize
their research before putting
it into a presentation.
Ensure students have
everything they need for
next class and ensure all
expectations are clear.
Student Activity Resources/ Materials Needed
Sit in assigned seating.
Allow students to share
thoughts on the days subject
or what they need
clarification on.
Activity Students will be led through
Sequence another installment of
memes, screams, and
dreams to help deepen their
critical thinking and
analytical skills.
Students will be led through
guided discussion around
an image, text, or
representation that will have
them gradually deepening
their responses to what they
are seeing.
Closure Allow some time for
questions and discus
potentially what needs to be
done before the next class.
Students will achieve their
discussion marks by
engaging in the analytical
approach of deconstruction
a source provided to them.
Students will start off with
the basics merely stating
what they see, eventually
deepening these responses
until they start analyzing the
meaning or message the
author was trying to convey.
This will help students
develop critical thinking skills
and develop a greater
understanding behind what
they are looking at.
Ensure students have
everything they need for
next class and ensure all
expectations are clear.