Westside High School Lesson Plan
Tuesday
Monday
Teacher Name:
Course:
Kindred
US History
Unit Name and #:
Dates:
Unit 9: ESP Change
March 23 - 27, 2015
What are we learning?
Daily Objective:
I can explain the effects of electric power, telephone, plastics and other petroleum-based products, steel,
computers, transportation, communication and other innovations on economic development and the
standard of living.
I can analyze how specific needs in the economy or society drive discovery and technologic innovation
such as advanced fertilizers to improve crop yield in agriculture, new weapons for the military, new
vaccines and other medical breakthroughs and consumer products such as cell phones, personal
computers or GPS devices.
TEKS/AP/Standards:
ⓇUSH.27A Explain the effects of scientific discoveries and technological innovations such as electric
power, telephone and satellite communications, petroleum-based products, steel production, and
computers on the economic development of the United States.
ⓇUSH.28A Analyze how scientific discoveries, technological innovations, and the application of these by
the free enterprise system, including those in transportation and communication, improve the standard of
living in the United States.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Do Now: List 3 pieces of technology you use every day.
2. Cellphone Comparison
3. Group Discussion: How does new technology impact the environment, geography, economy
and society?
4. Technology Chart
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Technology Chart
Checks for Understanding: Class Discussion
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Laptops
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW:
What are we learning?
Daily Objective:
I can identify the characteristics of the free-enterprise system and describe how this economic system
supports entrepreneurship and innovation.
TEKS/AP/Standards:
ⓈUSH.28C Understand how the free enterprise system drives technological innovation and its application
in the marketplace such as cell phones, inexpensive personal computers, and global positioning products.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Do Now: What type of economic system does the United States have?
2. Guided Notes: The Free Enterprise System
3. Cooperative Learning: Factors of Production
4. Quick Write: Describe the relationship between new technology and the free enterprise system.
Wed/Thur
Friday
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Quick write
Checks for Understanding: Randomized Questioning
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Laptops
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW:
What are we learning?
Daily Objective:
I can define entrepreneur and tell how American entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates, Sam Walton, Estee
Lauder, Robert Johnson, Lionel Sosa and others prospered.
TEKS/AP/Standards:
ⓈUSH.18A Discuss the role of American entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates, Sam Walton, Estée Lauder,
Robert Johnson, Lionel Sosa, and millions of small business entrepreneurs who achieved the American
dream.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Do Now: Name one successful entrepreneur of your lifetime.
2. Cooperative Learning: The Rise of Entrepreneurs
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Entrepreneur Presentations
Checks for Understanding: Fist to Five
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Laptop, notebook
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW:
What are we learning?
Daily Objective:
I can analyze the causes and effects [push/pull factors] of internal migrations in the United States
including a review of westward expansion, the rural to urban migration of the early 20 th century, the
Great Migration of African-Americans North and West, and the Rust to Sun Belt migrations of the late 20 th
century.
TEKS/AP/Standards:
ⓇUSH.13A Analyze the causes and effects of changing demographic patterns resulting from migration
within the United States, including western expansion, rural to urban, the Great Migration, and the Rust
Belt to the Sun Belt.
How will we learn it?
Learning Activities:
1. Do Now: Explain one reason why people move to a different city? Or a different country?
2. Graphic Organizer: Migrations in US History
How will we tell if we’re learning it correctly?
Assessment Methods: Graphic Organizer
Checks for Understanding: Class Discussion
What do I need to be successful?
Materials: Laptop, notebook
What do I need to before next class?
Follow Up/HW: