Name: Brown
Date: 3/16/2015
Woodland Hills High School
Lesson Plans
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?
Understanding Goals (Concepts): TThe
geography of East Asia
The traditional and modern history of Japan
How Japan modernized
What role does analysis have in
historical construction?
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
Essential Questions: What role do
multiple causations play in describing a
Vocabulary: samurai, feudalism, shogun,
daimyo, bushido, Shinto, zaibatsu,
militarism, atomic bomb, occupation,
-Identify achievements of early civilizations of Japan
westernization, juku, pacifism, trade
imbalance, reparations, haiku, kabuki
historic event?
-Evaluate the impact of isolation on Japan
-Identify ways Japan modernized
-Compare and contrast the roles of Japan and other
world powers during WWII
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
lcd projector
notebooks
Formative Assessment(s):
#1. Open Ended Questions
#2. Brief in Class Writing Promp
#3. Summarizing Main Ideas
Others:
Week in Rap video from www.flocabulary.com
CNN Student News
Upfront Magazine from NYTIMES
Globetrekker Video
Japan Related videos from safari.com and snap.com
Last Samurai movie
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:
Procedures
Monday
3/16
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Warm Up
Japan Becomes
Modern Nation
Tuesday
3/17
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Warm Up
Japan Becomes
Modern Nation
Wednesday
3/18
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 VISIT FROM GUIDANCE
MR. ARNOLD
Thursday
3/19
Friday
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NO SCHOOL
3/20
 NO SCHOOL
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Assignments
Warm Up
Guided Notes
Video about Japan
Modernizing
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m Up
Guided Notes
Video about
Japan
Modernizing
* Include Active Engagement, Explicit Instruction, Metacognition, Modeling, & Scaffolding
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