UMF Unit-Wide Lesson Plan

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Name: Cheyenne Yslava Program: Social Studies Course:
American
Military History

Lesson Topic / Title: Survival

Lesson Date: March 14, 2023 Lesson Length: 45 Minutes Grade/Age: 10th

Learning Objectives & Content Standard Alignment - Selects, creates, and sequences learning
experiences and performance tasks that support learners in reaching rigorous curriculum
goals based on content standards.

Learning Objective(s) Instructional Decisions / Reasoning

Students will be able to recognize the necessary skills to
survive.
Survival skills are fascinating. It is also
a skill they teach you in the military.
Students should have a basic
understanding of surviving if lost
alone in the outside world, specifically
in the wilderness.

Content Standard(s) Instructional Decisions / Reasoning

History The students will be analyzing and

critiquing our military. This standard
(F2) Analyzing and critiquing major historical eras: major fits the overall topic of this unit.
enduring themes, turning points, events, consequences,
and people in the history of the United States and the
implications for the present and future.

Assessment - Uses assessment flexibly to expand and deepen understanding of learner

performance and determines best supports for continued learner growth.

Assessment Instructional Decisions / Reasoning

Journal Entries They will have a journal prompt that

asks what 10 items they would bring if
Class Participation they were being dropped in the forest
alone. This will give them the
opportunity to think about how they
would survive.
Class participation is a way for me to
see if they are following along and
listening.

Instructional Materials and Resources - Stays current in content knowledge and expands expertise
in reviewing instructional materials from the perspectives of both the discipline and individual
learner needs.
 Materials, Resources, and / or Technology Instructional Decisions / Reasoning

Snacks I am bringing snacks for this more

YouTube access video-oriented lesson. I promised
Internet them they could have a more relaxed
Laptop class if they behaved.
Journals I need to be able to access different
Pen/pencils videos from YouTube, and the internet
is required.

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Instructional Methods: Selects, creates, and sequences learning experiences and performance
tasks by using a variety of instructional approaches, strategies, and technologies that make
learning accessible to all learners and support learners in reaching rigorous curriculum goals.

Teaching and Learning Sequence Instructional Decisions / Reasoning

Greet students as they come in, grab their journals, and
allow time to settle (2-3 minutes).
Journal entries (3-5 minutes).
Journal discussion (5-7 minutes).
Snack distribution (3-4 minutes).
Videos (20 minutes).
I always allow for a few minutes of
social interaction and settling as
students enter class. They usually
need a moment to talk to one another
or get the sillies out.
This is more of a relaxed day, and the
lesson is a treat for the students. I
promised to bring in some snacks for
them, and I stuck to it. They were able
to eat some food as they watched
various videos on survival skills and
the tools needed.

Meeting students’ needs (differentiation, Instructional Decisions / Reasoning

extensions, modifications, accommodations)

All videos played during class have an option for If students like to have subtitles while
subtitles. watching videos, it is always an
option. I ask before playing any
videos; most of the time, at least one
person wants them. If students are
hard of hearing, it also helps them if
they can read along.

Field Courses Only – Post lesson

Reflection

12/13 students meet the objective.

One student was absent.

It was a very relaxed day that I was able to share with the students. I had the
opportunity to share some of my interests and passions with them. They were very
interested in learning survival skills and discussing the different aspects of the
videos we watched as a class. I was able to pause every now and again and explain
what they were doing in the video. Even though some students decided to make
commentary or small talk during the video, it was all relevant to survival. I shared
with them some stories from the show “Alone” and the different things the
contestants accomplished or suffered through.
I would definitely love to do something like this again in future classes. We plan on
doing some outdoor survival training in the spring when it is warm enough for us
to be outside.

Teaching Standards and Rationale

Standard 7 Planning for Instruction 7(q)

I understand that any lesson must always be open to adjustment. There are several factors
that go into planning any lesson, time, learners' needs and interests, and outside factors. This
lesson was never intended to be, but I created it for the students. They had been promised a
break/reward for the work they had been doing and the project that would soon be introduced. I
will always be open to changing lesson plans if my students show different interests or needs.

Revised 07/19/2018