WOODLAND HILLS HIGH SCHOOL LESSON PLAN
SAS and Understanding By Design Template
Name Matt Rodrigues
Date 10 September 12
Length of Lesson Week Content Area Humanities
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STAGE I – DESIRED RESULTS
LESSON TOPIC:The Great peoples and Cultures
of Mesopotamia
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):
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS: How do these ancient
peoples affect us and western culture still today?.
Students will understand: The essentials of the
Summerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, and their great
contributions to the western world.
VOCABULARY: Epic, Ziggurat, Commendable
and the words of the week.
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
(COMPETENCIES/OUTCOMES):
Students will be able to:
draw conclusions about cases of historical events
and their overall effects on the developemnet of
western Civilization.
STAGE II – ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE
PERFORMANCE TASK:Presentation about
Mesopotamian peoples
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS:
#1. Pre-Assessment
#2. Open Ended Questions
#3. Brief in Class Writing Promp
#4. Choose assessments:
Others:
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:
9/10 -Epic of Gilgamesh
9/11-Persia
9/12-review/overview
9/13 Quiz
9/14 - Review quiz Egypt
INTERVENTIONS:
ASSIGNMENTS:
As needed
Read the Epic of
Gilgamesh