WOODLAND HILLS HIGH SCHOOL LESSON PLAN
SAS and Understanding By Design Template
Name Matt Rodrigues
Date 15 October 12
Length of Lesson 5 Weeks Content Area Humanities
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STAGE I – DESIRED RESULTS
LESSON TOPIC:Ancient Greece
Contributions of the ancient Greeks on modern
western culture.
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: What connections can we
see between this culture and the great cultures we have
Students will understand: Major gods and goddesses in studied befor them.
the Greek pantheon and some of the mythology behind How do these ancient peoples affect us and western
the figures, the orders of colums and some high
culture still today?
achievemnts of Greek architecture, Greek art and epic
poetry, some historical high points such as the battle
of Marathon and Thermopole. Compare and comtrast
the Greeks with the Egyptians.
VOCABULARY: Antropomorphic, Demos, Oligos,
Doric, Ionic, Cortinthian, Freize, Lintel,
Draconian, Platonic.
STUDENT OBJECTIVES
(COMPETENCIES/OUTCOMES):
Students will be able to:
draw conclusions about causes of historical events
and their overall effects on the developmentt of
western Civilization.
STAGE II – ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE
PERFORMANCE TASK:presentation about Gods
and Goddesses, presentation activity about the
aspects of Mycenean culture, Read sections of the
illiud, Discuss the Greeks and the Persians,
complete a geography activity.
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:
10/22 - Minoan
Civilization
10/23 - Quiz Greek
mythology and theology
10/24 - Epic poetry
10/25 - sections from the
Illiad and Oddessy
10/26 - Oddessy
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS:
#1. Pre-Assessment
#2. Open Ended Questions
#3. Brief in Class Writing Promp
#4. Exit Tickets
Others:
INTERVENTIONS:
ASSIGNMENTS:
As needed
Read Plato "Crito" and
Pheodo,as well as the
Allegory of the Cave.
Read secdtions of the
Illiud
Prepare the
presentations.