Lesson Plan
Changes of planes over time
Contextual Details
NAME: Alycia Roling
YEAR LEVEL: Year 3
SCHOOL: Munno Para Primary School
DURATION: 1 hour
DATE : 25/8/2015
AREA OF LEARNING: History
TOPIC: How transport has changed
Australian curriculum strand: Humanities and Social Sciences
Content Description ONE important example of change and ONE important example of
continuity over time in the local community, region or state/territory; for example, in relation to
the areas of transport, work, education, natural and built environments, entertainment, daily life
(ACHHK061)
BROAD OUTCOME:
To develop children’s awareness of the changes that planes have made overtime and pose
questions about them.
SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOMES: For each student to recognize the differences between old
and new planes by drawing pictures and posing questions.
PREPERATION / ORGANIZATION
Make the PowerPoint,
Organise and print the work sheets,
check the you-tube video is working
RESOURCES:
You-Tube video
Laptop
worksheets
ASSESSMENT:
Assessment will be made by the drawing the students have made on the worksheet.
PROCESS
RESOURCES
INTRODUCTION (20 mins)
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Read through the PowerPoint
Allow time for students to ask questions or make comments
Ask students questions such as what would we use to make
planes today?
Show the class a video that explores the topic further to engage
the students and help the students make sense of it better
EXPLORATION (20 mins)
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PowerPoint
Laptop
You-tube video
Worksheets
Send off the students by table numbers and let the ‘handout
monitors’ hand the worksheets out
Students are to write the date at the top of their page and write
the year planes were introduced (1900’s)
Students must draw a plane from the past, a plane from the
present and a plane of the future
Students will then colour their pictures in
Students will then stick their sheets in their books
CONCLUDE (10 mins)
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Get the students to put their books away and come and sit on
the floor
Make a reflective discussion on what differences planes have
made over time
Pictures of planes
EVALUATION:
1. Evaluation of the planned activity and student’s learning
This lesson went a lot better than I expected it to be. The students were reasonably well
behaved and followed my instructions when they were instructed. The students were
engaged and looked interested when going through the PowerPoint. Students asked a lot of
questions which helped them understand the differences between the old and the new
planes. They enjoyed drawing their pictures and were proud when they finished they forgot
their rules and got off their chair to show myself and the teacher. Students got stickers who
made great drawings and didn’t put down their own work. Most students responded
positively to their own learning and their drawings and some put down their drawings and
said it was wrong or bad. I ensured them that they weren’t.
2. Evaluation and reflection on my own teaching and learning
I felt a lot more confident than I did in my first prac where I was always nervous and felt like
I didn’t know what I was doing. I think History was a good first lesson for me as it was
something easy to make a lesson on. I felt that I was more in control of the class and I
wasn’t afraid to manage behaviour and ‘tell students off’ when they were off task or
interrupting the class or not following instructions. I managed time better than my last prac
as I planned my lesson better to fit the time frame. At first I was afraid when the students
were asking ME questions about the planes but the questions they asked me I could
answer with confidence. I got to know the student’s ability’s a lot better because I was the
one in control. I allowed time for students to ask questions and make comments as we went
through the PowerPoint. This game the student’s time to discuss the topic further. Some of
the questions were really good questions and I’m glad I was able to answer them with
confidence. As the class went on to do their worksheets that’s when I felt a little lost
because I wasn’t sure what to do but then I realised what I needed to do and I was fine. I
rang a handbell to get the students attention which worked really well. They responded
quite quickly and then followed my instructions to pack up.
3. Aspects for discussion
My voice is a really quite voice and I am worried my voice isn’t going to be loud enough or I
will try too hard and break my voice. It was a little hard to tell if I was talking too quietly as I
had a blocked ear and couldn’t hear to my full hearing. I also feel that my management of
behaviour needs some work. I tend to just ignore bad behaviour sometimes. It works
sometimes but sometimes you still have to confront them and tell them off for doing the
wrong thing.