L3+Towle,Matthew+Raymond


 * UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON**
 * COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, HEALTH AND REHABILITATION**
 * LESSON PLAN FORMAT**


 * Teacher’s Name:** Mr. Towle **Lesson:** 3 **Facet:** Explain
 * Grade Level:** 11 **Topic:** Korean War **Product:** Wiki page

__**Objectives**__

 * Student will understand that** **that the Cold War/Post-War U.S. affected other political powers throughout the world.**
 * Students will know about important events and people that affected the time period. **
 * Students will be able to exhibit how history includes studying the past based on a variety of sources. **

__**Maine Learning Results Alignment**__
Maine Learning Results: Social Studies - E. History. E1 Historical Knowledge, concepts, themes and patterns. Grade 9-Diploma "World War II and Post-War U.S. 1931-1961." Students understand major eras, major enduring themes and historic influences in the U.S. and world history, including the roots of democratic philosophy, ideals and institutions in the world.


 * Rationale:** Students will exhibit how history includes studying the past based on a variety of sources.

__**Assessment**__
Throughout instruction I will be engaging students in discussion to make sure they are understanding the topic. In addition, while students are working on their projects I will be available for assistance and will be checking with students to make sure they are on the right track.
 * Formative (Assessment for Learning)**

For this lesson, students will be choosing an important event from the lesson activity posted below and creating a wiki page for their final product. Students will be graded based on a checklist that will outline the major ideas students must demonstrate. Wiki pages will be required to answer the following questions: //What happened? Who was there? Why did it happen? When did it happen? Where did it happen?// Answering these questions will allow students to demonstrate that they understand key concepts relating to important events. Students will also briefly present their topic to the class in order to share what they have learned.
 * Summative (Assessment of Learning)**

__**Integration**__
Technology: In order to create their product, students will be creating a Wiki page using their laptop computers. A wiki page offers a variety of ways for students to demonstrate understanding. Web pages will be based on the following graphic organizer. This graphic organizer will also serve as a checklist for the information students must share on their wiki page. http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/5Ws.pdf


 * Art, English:** Students will be able to use a variety of creative tools to create their page and students will need to use correct grammar and mechanics usage on their web page descriptions.

__Groupings__
Students will be placed in groups of 2-3 for this project based on individual strengths and understandings of the unit thus far. Students will be assigned a specific role within their group to ensure each student is pulling their weight. For example, students will need to make sure that they are sharing time on the computer and doing adequate planning before putting the site together.

__**Differentiated Instruction**__

 * Strategies**

**Linguistic:** Students will be using written material or speeches to narrate their cartoon. **Logical:** Students can reference statistics to get a point across in their cartoon. **Spatial:** Students will be using images and drawings in their ComicLife product. **Musical:** Students can reference themes in musical pieces that support their theme. **Interpersonal:** Students are working co-operatively in groups to design their products. **Intrapersonal:** Students can relate events to their personal lives.

(//I will review student’s IEP, 504 or ELLIDEP and make appropriate modifications and accommodations.//)
 * Modifications/Accommodations**

Students will learn how to create a wiki page as well as how to express their findings in a logical and creative way. Students' experience with this performance task can carry over to a number of other situations in todays world where information is more and more likely to be displayed on the internet.
 * Extensions**

__**Materials, Resources and Technology**__

 * Student laptops
 * Projector/Screen for sharing student products
 * Textbook
 * Chalkboard
 * Graphic Organizer
 * Grading Checklist

__Source for Lesson Plan and Research__
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=684#02

We will be completing Activity One and Activity Two of this lesson in order to introduce students to important events that occurred throughout the Korean War. Student groups will then be choosing one of these events to base their wiki page on.

__**Maine Standards for Initial Teacher Certification and Rationale**__

 * //Standard 3 - Demonstrates a knowledge of the diverse ways in which students learn and develop by providing learning opportunities that support their intellectual, physical, emotional, social, and cultural development.//**
 * Rationale:** This lesson demonstrates my competency with this standard because I am allowing students to learn in different ways based on their learning styles. For example, students who prefer organization and set procedures will be able to follow the outline for the project created by me. The study of multiple sources in the lesson activities will provide for those who learn through analysis. Students will be working in groups with students who they are (hopefully) comfortable with, this will also offer a number of choices when it comes to dividing up the work within groups.


 * //Standard 4 - Plans instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, students, curriculum goals, and learning and development theory.//**
 * Rationale:** This lesson demonstrates my competency in this standard because I have focused my lesson around one of the six facets of understanding. This lesson will be focused on the facet "explain." Students will demonstrate their knowledge of this understanding by creating a wiki page that demonstrates their ability to explain the different aspects of a given event. Students will know about important events and people that affected the time period and will be able to exhibit how history includes studying the past based on a variety of sources


 * //Standard 5 - Understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies and appropriate technology to meet students’ needs.//**
 * Rationale:** This lesson demonstrates my competency in this standard because I will be using a variety of instructional strategies in order to accommodate for as many intelligences as possible. Firstly, students will be creating a wiki page as a part of this lesson's assessment. This Type II technology allows students to interact with and create a web page of their own. This can be used as real world experience in a variety of ways. In addition, this lesson is flexible in that it allows for the use of a number of the multiple intelligences (see "Differentiated Instruction" above).


 * //Standard 8 - Understands and uses a variety of formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and support the development of the learner.//**
 * Rationale:** This lesson demonstrates my competency in this standard because I will be utilizing both formative and summative assessment throughout to determine whether or not students are gaining an understanding of the topic. Students will be engaged in group/class discussions throughout the lecture portion of the lesson. In addition, I will be meeting with groups during the activities and while they are working on their projects. Finally, students will be graded on their final products (wiki page) based on a checklist that we will go over as a class.

__Teaching and Learning Sequence__
Day 1: Introduction of topic (5 minutes) Hook (5 minutes) Discussion following hook to pre-assess (5 minutes) Introduction of final project as well as an introduction to the material that will be covered and the expectations for the lesson (10 minutes) Lecture to cover background information (15 minutes) Activity 1+Discussion (http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=684#02) (40 minutes)

Homework: Read section on Korean War in textbook. Begin research on event for project.

Day 2: Students begin working on their wiki pages (30 mintues) Activity 4+Discussion of Outcomes of the war (http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=684#02) (30 minutes) Work time (20 minutes)

Homework: Continue work on project.

Day 3: Last minute work time to finish up projects (20 minutes) Present wiki pages (60 minutes)

My classroom will be arranged with groups of two to three desks in order to facilitate students working in groups. The intent of this lesson is for students to understand the the Cold War/Post-War U.S. affected other political powers throughout the world. The reason this is important is because the actions our country takes in our own lifetime greatly impacts the rest of the world. In creating their final products, students will exhibit how history includes studying the past based on a variety of sources. For the hook I will be showing students an old video that explains what began happening in Korea following World War II. Followed by class discussions, this video will introduce the Korean War in a way that explains what was going on before it broke out. MIs used in this lesson: Logical (analysis of events, sequence of events), Visual (hook video).
 * Where, Why, What, Hook Tailors.**

In order to complete the final product, students will need to understand how important events and people affected the time period. This will be accomplished through the detailed study of one particular event that occurred during the Korean War. Students will also need to learn how to create a wiki page in order to share their findings on a chosen event. This can be applied to life outside school as well as students will greatly benefit from know how to create an online web page. Students will be filling in a graphic organizer in order to help them explore the content of this lesson. This graphic organizer will also serve as a good way for students to organizer their wiki pages. I will check for understanding throughout the lesson by assessing the results of both activities that are part of this lesson. I will also be meeting with groups throughout their work time to make sure they are working towards the proper goals. For more information, see "Content Notes." MIs used in this lesson: Logical (sequencing of events), Spatial (creation of web page, graphic organizer), Interpersonal (working in groups).
 * Equip, Explore, Rethink, Revise, Tailors.**

Students will explore the content using high-order thinking by analyzing an event and becoming familiar with what needed to happen for that particular event to occur as well as the repercussions of this event. Following this lesson s tudents will be able to exhibit how history includes studying the past based on a variety of sources. They will do this by investigating the event of their choice. Students will be working in groups of three to create their wiki page. Students will need to rotate through roles in order to ensure that they are all getting an opportunity to use the computers. One student could be working with the computer, another could be recording notes on the graphic organizer and the other could be making sure they are all staying on task. Students will show what they have learned through the creation of their wiki page by demonstrating their ability to use multiple sources to research a single event. While students are presenting I will be making comments along with their grades so that they will have the opportunity to revise them for a better grade if they so choose. MIs used in this lesson: Logical (analysis of events), Interpersonal (working in groups).
 * Explore, Experience, Revise, Refine, Tailors.**

Students will be given a self-assessment form on the back of their checklist grading paper. I will be grading the students' products while they are presenting so they will have their feedback as soon as they are done. This lesson will connect to the others because they are all about the same time period and specific events within it. MIs used in this lesson: The nature of creating one's own website allows the use of all intelligences.
 * Evaluate, Tailors.**

I will follow the schedule listed in the "Sequence" section above. Along with that, the activities listed can be found from this source: http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=684#02.
 * Content Notes**

In addition, students will use this graphic organizer in order to organize their ideas for their wiki page: http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/5Ws.pdf


 * Handouts**
 * Graphic organizer
 * Homework readings
 * In-Class discussion based readings
 * Grading checklist