Subject of Lesson: Social Studies
Grade Level: 9-10
Time Estimate: 45 minutes
I.
Objective(s)
 Students will analyze pictures/ artifacts of the Pompeii site using the Edmodo
website.
II. NYS Learning Standard(s)
- NYSS #2 (World History)
III. Common Core State Standards
- Reading Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 9-10.1: Cite specific textual evidence
to support analysis of primary and secondary sources, attending to such features as the date
and origin of the information.
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Writing Standards for Literacy in History/Social Studies 9-10.6: Use technology, including the
Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products, taking
advantage of technology’s capacity to link to other information and to display information
flexibly and dynamically.
IV. Materials
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Computers
SMART Board
White Board
Writing utensil
NYT article: Pompeii’s preserved bodies tell their story
V. Anticipatory Set
Step(s)
Have a writing prompt on the board for the
students to complete as they walk into class.
Key Questions, Comments, Directions
Directive Writing Prompt: If you had only a
short amount of time to gather items from
your house before you were forced to leave,
what would you bring?
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List the items (Top 10)
VI. Body
Step(s)
Discuss the items the students said they
would gather from their homes.
Move the discussion into what the students
think a person living in Pompeii would bring.
Key Questions, Comments, Directions
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What would you bring?
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Why?
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Any Mementos?
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Would it help you to survive?
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What would a resident of Pompeii
bring?
Teacher reads the NYT article to class
Students move to a computer with a partner
and sign on EdModo
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Why
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Could it tell us something about their
life?
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Read aloud
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Frequent pauses to assess students
understanding
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Article shows us that we can learn about
the residents of Pompeii from artifacts
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They will analyze pictures of the
Pompeii sight today and draw their own
inferences into what the picture can tell
them about life in Pompeii.
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They can post on each picture; like
Facebook
VII. Closure:
Steps
Ask a few students to share what they
inferred
VIII.
Key Questions, Comments, Directions
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The pictures with the running posts can
be viewed on the classroom smartBoard
Follow-Up:
Students will compare the items they listed at the beginning of class to the ones they saw in
the Pompeii site pictures. Will they have some commonality?
IX. Evaluation:
Students will be evaluated on if their inference has supporting details to back up their claim
about life in Pompeii.