Name: Barnett
Date: 11/24/2014
Woodland Hills High School
Lesson Plans
Content Area: World Cultures
Length of Lesson: 3 Weeks
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Lesson Topic (Standard/Anchor): Middle East
Stage I – Desired Results
Big Ideas: BIG IDEAS:
Historical interpretation involves an
analysis of cause and result.
Perspective helps to define the
attributes of historical comprehension.
Understanding Goals (Concepts): The
physical and political geography of the region
and how geography affects culture.
The three main religions of the Middle East
and the role religion has played in the history
of the Middle East.
The history and importance of early
civilizations.
The types of governments and economies
the Middle East has developed.
Misconceptions about Middle Eastern
culture
Cultural characteristics of the Middle East
Student Objectives (Competencies/Outcomes):
Students will be able to: Identify physical and political
features of the Middle East
Essential Questions: What role do
multiple causations play in describing a
historic event?
Explain the main teachings of Judaism, Islam, and
Christianity and their impact on Middle Easter culture
What role does analysis have in
Vocabulary: Fertile Crescent, scarcity,
ziggurat, scribe, cuneiform, satrap, Judaism,
Islam, Christianity, hajj, caliph, crusade,
millet, shah, mandate, anti-Semitism, PanArabism, Islamic fundamentalism, theocracy,
superpower, OPEC, rebels, NATO, refugees,
Explain how religion has both strengthened and
destabilized Middle Eastern culture
historical construction?
occupied territory, reprisal, intifada, ceasefire
Identify the impact of early civilizations on the Middle
East
Compare and contrast traditional and modern Middle
East
Identify and explain significant cultural characteristics
Explain how governments and economies function in
the Middle East
Identify turmoil and major conflicts of the Middle East
Explain why the Middle East is important to the
global community
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Stage II – Assessment Evidence
Performance Task: Unit quiz
Other Evidence: Students will continually be evaluated based on
Students are expected to demonstrate his or her understanding of the
their: participation, behavior, through formative and summative
culture and history of Europe
assessment, discussion, and peer interaction
Stage III – Learning Plan
Materials & Resources: ext
lcd projector
notebooks
poster paper
Formative Assessment(s):
#1. Open Ended Questions
#2. Brief in Class Writing Promp
#3. Summarizing Main Ideas
Others:
composition paper
handouts
CONTENT AREA READING:
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
11/24
•25.3 Guided
Reading
Power Point and
discussion
Guided notes, for
use with text
Tuesday
11/25
T
 Centuries of Turmoil
 continue guided
notes
Wednesday
11/26
Thursday
11/27
R
 Religions of the Middle
East
 Judaism Graphic
Organizer
 Sunni vs Shiite
* Include Active Engagement, Explicit Instruction, Metacognition, Modeling, & Scaffolding
Thanksgiving
Break
Friday
11/28
F
 Thanksgiving Break
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