Day Objective (s) DOK LEVEL Activities / Teaching Strategies Materials / Resources Assessment of Objective (s) 1 Students will be introduced to teacher and when presented with artifacts ,be able to analyze evidence about the teacher. 1,2 3,4 Share 5 artifacts with students from life to help them answer the questions. Explain the importance of evidence Go over their answers and share the real ones with a few more video clips. Talk about how their first impressions of me were probably way off and how the evidence is what drove their answers. Then discuss and tell them that tomorrow will be their day to start sharing their lives with me. Assign their first homework of the year (which is actually for their parents to do) and tell them that homework, while rare in my class, is very important. W I W/S-Who is this Teacher? Artifact 1: Tickets -Admission ticket from Longwood Gardens. Artifact 2:Pictures of my children on my desk Artifact 3: NYYankee items on my desk. Artifact 4: Pandora - Two plays of songs that randomly come up on my personal Pandora station. Artifact 5: Plants from the window. Formative- Summative- Student Self - Assessment-HW “Tell me about your kid” 2 and 3 Students will complete a basic inventory of their own interests. Students will then set up their interactive notebooks. 1,2,3 4 Who Are You? A basic inventory of student interests and background, utilizing a centric graphic organizer. I smartboard, notebook, pencils, crayons. Formative- Summative- Student Self - Assessment-graphic organizer 4 Students will be introduced to the concept of why we study history. 1,2 3,4 In this fun and highly interactive presentation students are introduced to why we study history. Students take Cornell notes during the presentation. W, I PPT-Why History? Summative- Student Self - Assessment- G g i
5 Students will be able to describe a skill of historians. Students will read the directions on the notes section below each slide. Cornell notes. Module 1-PPT -Historians Collect Formative-Cornell notes Summative- Student Self - Assessment-exit ticket 6 Students will be able to describe a skill of historians. Students will read the directions on the notes section below each slide, and take Cornell notes. Module 2-PPT -Historians Consider. Formative-Discussion Questions Summative- Student Self - Assessment- Exit ticket 7 Remembering 9/11 Students will cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources. -View a Nick News video about 9/11. -Then, read about how America has changed since 9/11. -After reading individually, work as a class to ‘’ the article. Start with the topic (the attacks of 9/11), move to the main idea (the attacks on 9/11 changed America), and focus on the key details the article used to support the main idea. -Use Google Earth and view live images of the Twin Towers Memorial, as well as, the Pentagon Memorial. Copies of Article “How 9/11 Changed America” for each group of students. (CC aligned) Organization map for each student. Formative-Questions from article. Summative- Student Self - Assessment- 8 Students will be able to describe a skill of historians. 1,2,3 4 Students will read the directions on the notes section below each slide, and take Cornell notes. w, Module 3-PPT -Historians Communicate. Formative-Discussion questions, graphic organizers. Summative- Student Self - Assessment Exit ticket 9 Students will be able to describe a skill of historians. Students will read the directions on the notes section below each slide, and take Cornell notes. Module 4-PPT -Historians Cooperate Formative-Discussion questions, graphic organizers. Summative- Student Self - Assessment Exit ticket