Name: Truckley
Woodland Hills High School
Lesson Plans
Date: 2/16/2015
Content Area: World Cultures
Length of Lesson: 3 Weeks
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Lesson Topic (Standard/Anchor): Japan
Stage I – Desired Results
Big Ideas: BIG IDEAS:
What role do multiple causations play
in describing a historic event?
What role does analysis have in
historical construction?
Understanding Goals (Concepts): The
geography of East Asia
The traditional and modern history of Japan
How religion has played a role in Japan’s
history
The effects of WWII and the attack on Pearl
Harbor
How the bombings of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki effected Japanese culture and
relations with the US
How family and cultural values effect Japan’s
culture
How Japan’s education system is different
from that of the US
Student Objectives (Competencies/Outcomes):
Students will be able to: --Compare and contrast
levels of Japanese feudalism
-Identify achievements of early civilizations of Japan
Essential Questions: What role do
multiple causations play in describing a
historic event?
Vocabulary: samurai, feudalism, shogun,
daimyo, bushido, Shinto, zaibatsu, militarism,
atomic bomb, occupation, westernization,
juku, pacifism, trade imbalance, reparations,
-Evaluate the impact of isolation on Japan
-Compare and contrast the roles of Japan and other
world powers during WWII
haiku, kabuki
What role does analysis have in
historical construction?
-Compare and contrast family life in Japan and the US
-Compare and contrast the Japanese education
system with that of the US
-Evaluate the impact of family traditions on education
-Analyze the cause and effects of the attack on Pear
Harbor and the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
-Discuss how Japan has evolved since WWII
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Performance Task: China Unit Exam
Stage II – Assessment Evidence
Other Evidence: Students will continually be evaluated based on
their: participation, behavior, through formative and summative
assessment, discussion, and peer interaction
Stage III – Learning Plan
Materials & Resources: text
#1. Open Ended Questions
#2. Brief in Class Writing Promp
#3. Summarizing Main Ideas
Others:
lcd projector
notebooks
CONTENT AREA READING:
Formative Assessment(s):
Text
Instructional Procedures*: (includes mini-lessons) lecture, reading, vocabulary writing
Active Engagements used:
#1. Note-Taking
#2. Whole Class Response
Others:
Scaffolding used:
#1. Build Vocabulary
#2 . Teacher Promping
Others:
Describe usage:
Describe usage:
Assignments
Procedures
Monday
2/16
No School
Tuesday
2/17
T
Wednesday
2/18
W
Thursday
2/19
Friday
R
2/20
F
 Geography/Culture
 Warm Up
 Early History of Japan
Warm Up
Study of Shinto
and Buddhism
 Warm up
 Early Japanese
traditions
 Warn-Up
 18.1 The Geography
of Japan
 PowerPoint - Guided
Reading

 Warm Up
 18.2 Early History of
Japan
 Guided Reading

Warm Up
18.2 Study of
Shinto and
Buddhism
Outside reading
and discussion
 Warm up
 Early Japanese
traditions
 reading, summary,
reaction
 Collins writing
* Include Active Engagement, Explicit Instruction, Metacognition, Modeling, & Scaffolding