Designing social studies instruction that integrates the arts provides a unique opportunity to align content standards to more creative demonstrations of knowledge and skills. Designing robust, standards-based lesson plans that practice this integration helps teachers to become well-versed in their content area. In addition, lessons that integrate technology provide opportunities for teachers to introduce real-world applications into social studies instruction.
Select a grade level 1-8 world history standard and an arts standard. Using the “Class Profile” and the “COE Lesson Plan Template,” write a complete lesson plan that includes:
Classroom and Student Factors/Grouping: Use the “Class Profile” to inform this section, and to differentiate for the needs of students throughout the lesson plan.
National/State Learning Standards: Identify one world history standard and one arts standard for your selected grade level.
Specific Learning Target(s)/Objectives: Create at least one specific learning objective that includes both standards.
Academic Language: List relevant academic language and how it will be modeled.
Resources, Materials, Equipment, and Technology: Incorporate at least one media or technology resource that supports real-world applications and scaffolding of social studies standards-based instruction.
Multiple Means of Representation: Explain how knowledge and skills will be presented, and how the selected technology supports real-world applications and scaffolding of social studies standards-based instruction.
Multiple Means of Engagement: Include at least one learning activity that utilized a technology resource to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
Multiple Means of Expression: Formative assessments are designed to provide data on student performance for monitoring and adjusting instruction and provide students feedback so they can evaluate and adjust their own learning. Summative assessment is comprehensive and cohesive in form and function.
In a 100-250-word reflection, explain how your selected instructional strategies help to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills and meet the needs of all students.
Designing social studies instruction that integrates the arts provides a unique opportunity to align content standards to more creative demonstrations of knowledge and skills. Designing robust, standa
Class Profile Student Name ELL/ Proficiency Level Socioeconomic Status Race/ Ethnicity Native Language Gender IEP/ 504 Other Age Reading Performance Level/Score* Math Performance Level/Score* Arturo Yes – 4 Low Mexican Spanish Male No Glasses Grade level One year below grade level/98 At grade level/151 Bertie Yes – 5 Low Vietnamese Vietnamese Female No None Grade level One year above grade level/210 At grade level/108 Beryl No Mid White English Female No None Grade level Two years above grade level/268 At grade level/163 Brandie Yes – 4 Low Liberian Liberian English Female No None Grade level At grade level/178 One year below grade level/79 Dessie Yes – 4 Mid Russian Russian Female No None Grade level At grade level/113 One year below grade level/65 Diana Yes – 4 Low Mexican Spanish Female No None Grade level One year below grade level/79 At grade level/198 Donnie No Mid African American English Female Yes Hearing Aids Grade level At grade level/150 At grade level/124 Eduardo Yes – 5 Low Puerto Riccan Spanish Male No Glasses Grade level One year below grade level/88 At grade level/101 Emma No Mid White English Female No None Grade level At grade level/124 At grade level/135 Enrique No Low Mexican English Male ADHD None One year above grade level One year below grade level/45 At grade level/163 Fatma Yes – 5 Low Mexican Spanish Female No Glasses Grade level One year below grade level/21 One year above grade level/289 Frances No Mid Mexican English Female No DiabeticGlasses Grade level At grade level/116 At grade level/114 Francesca Yes – 5 Low Mexican Spanish Female No None Grade level At grade level/162 At grade level/178 Fredrick No Low White English Male Learning Disabled None One year above grade level Two years below grade level/285 Two years below grade level/15 Ines Yes – 4 Low Mexican Spanish Female Learning Disabled Glasses Grade level One year below grade level/50 One year below grade level/55 Jade No Mid African American English Female No None Grade level At grade level/183 One year above grade level/224 Kent No High White English Male ADHD Glasses Grade level At grade level/178 One year above grade level/208 Lolita Yes – 5 Low Navajo Navajo Female No None Grade level At grade level/110 At grade level/141 Maria No Mid Mexican Spanish Female No NOTE: School does not have gifted program Grade level At grade level/139 Two years above grade level/296 Mason Yes – 4 Low Vietnamese Vietnamese Male Yes High Func-tioning Autism Grade level At grade level/154 At grade level/138 Nick No Low White English Male No None Grade level One year above grade level/205 At grade level/180 Noah No Low African American English Male No Glasses Grade level At grade level/193 At grade level/177 Sharlene No Mid White English Female No None Grade level One year above grade level/110 At grade level/125 Sophia Yes – 5 Mid Guatamalan Spanish Female No None Grade level At grade level/129 At grade level/152 Stuart No Mid White English Male No Allergic to peanuts Grade level One year above grade level/231 At grade level/116 Terrence No Mid African American English Male No None Grade level At grade level/189 At grade level/192 Wade No Mid White English Male No Glasses Grade level At grade level/179 One year above grade level/223 Welington Yes – 3 Low Cuban Spanish Male Learning Disabled Glasses Grade level One year below grade level/82 Two years below grade level/24 Wendell Yes – 2 Low Somalian Refugee Somali Male No None Grade level One year below grade level/51 Two years below grade level/45 Yung Yes – 4 Low Burmese Burmese Male No None One year below grade level One year below grade level/98 Two years below grade level/65 *Scaled Scores Key: Above Grade Level = 200 +, At Grade Level = 100-199, Below Grade Level = 0-99 © 2018. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
Designing social studies instruction that integrates the arts provides a unique opportunity to align content standards to more creative demonstrations of knowledge and skills. Designing robust, standa
GCU College of Education LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE Section 1: Lesson Preparation Teacher Candidate Name: Grade Level: Date: Unit/Subject: Instructional Plan Title: Lesson Summary and Focus: In 2-3 sentences, summarize the lesson, identifying the central focus based on the content and skills you are teaching. Classroom and Student Factors/Grouping: Describe the important classroom factors (demographics and environment) and student factors (IEPs, 504s, ELLs, students with behavior concerns, gifted learners), and the effect of those factors on planning, teaching, and assessing students to facilitate learning for all students. This should be limited to 2-3 sentences and the information should inform the differentiation components of the lesson. National/State Learning Standards: Review national and state standards to become familiar with the standards you will be working with in the classroom environment. Your goal in this section is to identify the standards that are the focus of the lesson being presented. Standards must address learning initiatives from one or more content areas, as well as align with the lesson’s learning targets/objectives and assessments. Include the standards with the performance indicators and the standard language in its entirety. Specific Learning Target(s)/Objectives: Learning objectives are designed to identify what the teacher intends to measure in learning. These must be aligned with the standards. When creating objectives, a learner must consider the following: Who is the audience What action verb will be measured during instruction/assessment What tools or conditions are being used to meet the learning What is being assessed in the lesson must align directly to the objective created. This should not be a summary of the lesson, but a measurable statement demonstrating what the student will be assessed on at the completion of the lesson. For instance, “understand” is not measureable, but “describe” and “identify” are. For example: Given an unlabeled map outlining the 50 states, students will accurately label all state names. Academic Language In this section, include a bulleted list of the general academic vocabulary and content-specific vocabulary you need to teach. In a few sentences, describe how you will teach students those terms in the lesson. Resources, Materials, Equipment, and Technology: List all resources, materials, equipment, and technology you and the students will use during the lesson. As required by your instructor, add or attach copies of ALL printed and online materials at the end of this template. Include links needed for online resources. Section 2: Instructional Planning Anticipatory Set Your goal in this section is to open the lesson by activating students’ prior knowledge, linking previous learning with what they will be learning in this lesson and gaining student interest for the lesson. Consider various learning preferences (movement, music, visuals) as a tool to engage interest and motivate learners for the lesson. In a bulleted list, describe the materials and activities you will use to open the lesson. Bold any materials you will need to prepare for the lesson. For example: I will use a visual of the planet Earth and ask students to describe what Earth looks like. I will record their ideas on the white board and ask more questions about the amount of water they think is on planet Earth and where the water is located. Time Needed Multiple Means of Representation Learners perceive and comprehend information differently. Your goal in this section is to explain how you would present content in various ways to meet the needs of different learners. For example, you may present the material using guided notes, graphic organizers, video or other visual media, annotation tools, anchor charts, hands-on manipulatives, adaptive technologies, etc. In a bulleted list, describe the materials you will use to differentiate instruction and how you will use these materials throughout the lesson to support learning. Bold any materials you will need to prepare for the lesson. For example: I will use a Venn diagram graphic organizer to teach students how to compare and contrast the two main characters in the read-aloud story. I will model one example on the white board before allowing students to work on the Venn diagram graphic organizer with their elbow partner. Explain how you will differentiate materials for each of the following groups: English language learners (ELL): Students with special needs: Students with gifted abilities: Early finishers (those students who finish early and may need additional resources/support): Time Needed Multiple Means of Engagement Your goal for this section is to outline how you will engage students in interacting with the content and academic language. How will students explore, practice, and apply the content? For example, you may engage students through collaborative group work, Kagan cooperative learning structures, hands-on activities, structured discussions, reading and writing activities, experiments, problem solving, etc. In a bulleted list, describe the activities you will engage students in to allow them to explore, practice, and apply the content and academic language. Bold any activities you will use in the lesson. Also, include formative questioning strategies and higher order thinking questions you might pose. For example: I will use a matching card activity where students will need to find a partner with a card that has an answer that matches their number sentence. I will model one example of solving a number sentence on the white board before having students search for the matching card. I will then have the partner who has the number sentence explain to their partner how they got the answer. Explain how you will differentiate activities for each of the following groups: English language learners (ELL): Students with special needs: Students with gifted abilities: Early finishers (those students who finish early and may need additional resources/support): Time Needed Multiple Means of Expression Learners differ in the ways they navigate a learning environment and express what they know. Your goal in this section is to explain the various ways in which your students will demonstrate what they have learned. Explain how you will provide alternative means for response, selection, and composition to accommodate all learners. Will you tier any of these products? Will you offer students choices to demonstrate mastery? This section is essentially differentiated assessment. In a bulleted list, explain the options you will provide for your students to express their knowledge about the topic. For example, students may demonstrate their knowledge in more summative ways through a short answer or multiple-choice test, multimedia presentation, video, speech to text, website, written sentence, paragraph, essay, poster, portfolio, hands-on project, experiment, reflection, blog post, or skit. Bold the names of any summative assessments. Students may also demonstrate their knowledge in ways that are more formative. For example, students may take part in thumbs up-thumbs middle-thumbs down, a short essay or drawing, an entrance slip or exit ticket, mini-whiteboard answers, fist to five, electronic quiz games, running records, four corners, or hand raising. Underline the names of any formative assessments. For example: Students will complete a one-paragraph reflection on the in-class simulation they experienced. They will be expected to write the reflection using complete sentences, proper capitalization and punctuation, and utilize an example from the simulation to demonstrate their understanding. Students will also take part in formative assessments throughout the lesson, such as thumbs up-thumbs middle-thumbs down and pair-share discussions, where you will determine if you need to re-teach or re-direct learning. Explain how you will differentiate assessments for each of the following groups: English language learners (ELL): Students with special needs: Students with gifted abilities: Early finishers (those students who finish early and may need additional resources/support): Time Needed Extension Activity and/or Homework Identify and describe any extension activities or homework tasks as appropriate. Explain how the extension activity or homework assignment supports the learning targets/objectives. As required by your instructor, attach any copies of homework at the end of this template. Time Needed © 2019. Grand Canyon University. All Rights Reserved.
Designing social studies instruction that integrates the arts provides a unique opportunity to align content standards to more creative demonstrations of knowledge and skills. Designing robust, standa
Classroom and Student Factors/Grouping 10.0 Classroom and student factors and their effect on planning, teaching, and assessing students are meaningful for the development of the lesson and skillfully described. Learning Standards and Target/Objectives 5.0 Lesson plan includes quality, engaging integration of social studies and the arts. Chosen learning objective thoroughly aligns with both standards. Academic Language 5.0 Academic language is listed along with innovative and engaging strategies for teaching the new terms. Resources, Materials, Equipment, and Technology 10.0 Resources, materials, equipment, and technology are innovative and enhance the lesson. Technology innovatively supports real-world application and scaffolding of instruction. Lesson Plan: Multiple Means of Representation 10.0 The means of representation creatively presents knowledge and skills will be presented, and how the selected technology supports real-world applications and scaffolding of social studies standards-based instruction Lesson Plan: Multiple Means of Engagement 10.0 The means of engagement innovatively utilizes a technology resource to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Lesson Plan: Multiple Means of Expression 10.0 Planned formative and summative assessments are well-aligned to the stated learning objectives and standards, and they effectively and creatively identify multiple means for response, selection, and composition to accommodate all learners. Well-crafted formative assessments are designed to provide data on student performance for monitoring and adjusting instruction, and provide students feedback so they can evaluate and adjust their own learning. Summative assessment is comprehensive and cohesive in form and function. Rationale/Reflection 10.0 Includes thoughtful rationale for specific selected instructional strategies help to develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills and meet the needs of all students Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use) 30.0 Submission is virtually free of mechanical errors. Word choice reflects well-developed use of practice and content-related language. Total Percentage 100