WOODLAND HILLS HIGH SCHOOL LESSON PLAN
SAS and Understanding By Design Template
Name Matt Rodrigues
History
Date 2 December 12
Length of Lesson 2 Weeks Content Area AP European
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STAGE I – DESIRED RESULTS
LESSON TOPIC:Absolutism East and West
BIG IDEAS:
(Content standards, assessment anchors, eligible content, objectives and skill
focus)
Historical context is needed to comprehend time and space.
Historical interpretation involves an analysis of cause and
result.
Perspective helps to define the attributes of historical
comprehension.
The history of the Commonwealth continues to influence
Pennsylvanians today, and has impacted the United States and the
rest of the world.
The history of the United States continues to influence its
citizens and has impacted the rest of the world.
World History continues to influence Pennsylvanians, citizens
of the United States and individuals throughout the world today.
UNDERSTANDING GOALS (CONCEPTS):
Students will understand: Students will understand the
basic tenents of Absolutism as well as its development
in the three great Eastern European Monarchies.
Students will compare its development there to its
development in Westen Europe. Students will also
understand the social movement of the
Enlightenenment and its social implications on
society.
VOCABULARY: Junkers, Boyars, Hohenzollerns,
Romanovs, Czar, Czarina, enlightenemnt, Despot,
and other vocabulary over the next 3 weeks.
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: How does eastern
absolutism differ form its western cousin. How did
the Enlightemnet affect European social and political
life?
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
(COMPETENCIES/OUTCOMES):
Students will be able to:
draw conclusions about cases of historical events
and their overall effects on European history.
STAGE II – ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE
PERFORMANCE TASK:Read Chapter 16,
complete the reading guide, prepare for a quiz the
week of Novemebr 20.
STAGE III: LEARNING PLAN
INSTRUCTIONAL
MATERIALS AND
PROCEDURES:
RESOURCES:
(Active Engagement,
Explicit Instruction,
Textbooks
Metacognition,
Notes
Modeling, Scaffolding)
Lecture
Discussion
Presnetation
scaffolding
Active engagements
MINI LESSON:
12/3 - Analye the great
thinkers of the
Enlightenment by way of
presentation
12/4- Analyze the wars of
Louis XIV
12/5 - Analyze the rule of
Fredrick the Great in
Prussia
12/5 Analyze the rules of
Maria Theresa and
Catherine the Great.
12/6 - Discuss the seven
years war.
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS:
#1. Pre-Assessment
#2. Open Ended Questions
#3. Brief in Class Writing Promp
#4. Choose assessments:
Others:
INTERVENTIONS:
ASSIGNMENTS:
As needed
Chapter 14 reading and
guide.