Iteachaz Lesson Plan Template (Direct Instruction) : V 9Ljbwhpkwwc
Iteachaz Lesson Plan Template (Direct Instruction) : V 9Ljbwhpkwwc
Iteachaz Lesson Plan Template (Direct Instruction) : V 9Ljbwhpkwwc
Subject:
7th Grade-Social Studies (Mother Jones: DAY 2)
To show evidence of mastery, students will participate in class discussions about child laborers and create a poem
from the point of view of a child laborer as a protest to the treatment of the young workers.
Sub-objectives, SWBAT (Sequenced from basic to complex):
How will you review past learning and make connections to previous lessons?
What skills and content are needed to ultimately master this lesson objective?
How is this objective relevant to students, their lives, and/or the real world?
Students will use knowledge from the previous days lesson to scaffold learning about the treatment of
child laborers.
Students will use prior knowledge of poetry to write a poem from the point of view of a child laborer in the
late 1800s.
Key vocabulary:
Materials:
Child laborer: a worker under the age of 14
YouTube video:
employed for a business (usually a factory)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
making minimal amounts of money, doing
v=9LJBWhPKWWc
dangerous work
Assembly line: a method of building an item in
Class Computers
which a series of machines or people
progressively build parts of the item
Pencils, markers, and colored pencils
Petition: a formal request or appeal
Protest: a statement or action that shows
Poster paper
disapproval of something
Advocate: a person who stands up for the rights
of another
Human rights: the rights that concern treatment
and freedoms of people that we receive simply
by being human
Opening (state objectives, connect to previous learning, and make relevant to real life)
How will you activate student interest?
How will you connect to past learning?
How will you present the objective in an engaging and student-friendly way?
How will you communicate its importance and make the content relevant to your students?
Teacher will begin by asking the students to recall what they learned from the previous lesson in the Mother Jones
unit. Once the students have given me some information they remember, teacher will show them the video that
depicts Mother Jones fight for child laborers rights.
Teacher Will:
Student Will:
Instructional Input
Co-Teaching Strategy
If there is more than one teacher, they will also help facilitate the class discussion and make sure that all
students are on task.
Differentiation Strategy
Guided Practice
For a student who may struggle to participate in a group discussion, they may be given a small whiteboard to
write their thoughts down on to help them share their ideas with the class. For a student who needs an
additional challenge, they can be given a higher level thinking question to consider and give an answer to at
the end of the discussion.
Teacher Will:
Student Will:
If there is more than one teacher, they may circulate together to answer questions and keep students on task.
Differentiation Strategy
Independent Practice
For a student who has difficulties with researching, a list of three helpful websites can be given to narrow the
field of options. Or, they may be assigned a peer buddy to complete the research with, if this is deemed
beneficial for the students.
Teacher Will:
Student Will:
If there is more than one teacher, they may also hand out materials and circulate the classroom.
Differentiation Strategy
For students who struggle with writing, they may type their poem and glue the poem to the picket sign. If a
student is overwhelmed by the options for style of poem, the teacher may help the student narrow it to two to
choose between. For a student who is in need of an additional challenge, they may write a second poem on
How will students summarize and state the significance of what they learned?
Why will students be engaged?
Once students complete their poems, they will share them with their classmates. Once the class has shared them,
they will hang the Picket Poems on the wall. The class will discuss how it would have felt to protest for your rights
as a child laborer.