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Ms. Wells - History Lesson Plans – 6th Grade
Week: March 24-28, 2014
1. Common Core Learning Standards Addressed:
RH.8.3: Identify key steps in a text’s description of a process related to history/social studies.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in maps, charts) with other information in print.
RH.8.4: Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to
history/social studies.
CC.6-8.R.H.2. Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2d Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the
topic.
2. Illinois State Standards Addressed:
17.C.3a Explain how human activity is affected by geographic factors.
17.A.2b Use maps and other geographic representations and instruments to gather information about people and places.
2. Learning Targets:
Essential Questions:
2a. I can statements:
*work with new terms that will
*I can work with new terms
*How did geography influence
develop the vocabulary needed
while studying the medieval
where the Europeans settled?
while studying the medieval
Europe unit.
Europe unit
*I can explain why the Franks,
*explain why the Franks, Angles, *How did work and social roles
Angles, and Saxons of Western
affect people in medieval Europe?
and Saxons of Western Europe
Europe built new societies.
built new societies
*I can describe how the
*How did Christianity spread
*understand how these groups
Catholic Church spread
throughout
medieval
Europe
and
defended their societies against
Christianity through Western
what role did it play in society?
the Muslims, Magyars, and
Europe.
Vikings
*I can describe feudalism.
*How was the feudal system of
*describe how the Catholic
* I can tell the levels of
medieval
Europe
organized?
Church spread Christianity
feudalism and the role of each.
through Western Europe
*I can describe a manor.
*explain what feudalism was
*I can compare the life of a
*tell the levels of feudalism and
noble to the life of a peasant.
the role of each
*I can create a graphic web
*describe a manor
showing what monks did.
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*compare the life of a noble to
the life of a peasant
DIFFERENTIATION
3. Formative Assessment Criteria for Success:
Monday-Friday
Comments:
Monday-Friday
Comments:
Formative
Summative
 Teacher observation
 Vocabulary Quiz
 graphic organizer
 History Short (Feudal System)
4. Gradual Release of Learning: (What learning experiences will students engage in? How will you use these learning
experiences or their student products as formative assessment opportunities? How and where will you differentiate?) Focus
Lesson, Guided Instruction, Collaborative Instruction, Independent Tasks
Components of
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Gradual Release:
Rise of the
Feudalism
Life in Feudal
Focus Lesson
Catholic Church
Europe
(I do)
Guided
Instruction
(We do)
We will read and
discuss the rise of
the Catholic
Church in
medieval Europe.
We will review
15:1 by using
notes in a PP
presentation. We
will begin reading
and discussing the
feudal system of
medieval Europe.
We will read and
discuss life in
feudal Europe in
15:1.
We will go over our
lists we wrote while
watching yesterday’s
video: Feudalism in
Europe
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Collaborative
(We do together)
We will summarize
the contributions
of the monks by
completing a
graphic web.
Independent
(You do)
Geography:
Activity 109
(Europe capitals)
We will read and
discuss the Feudal
System History
Short article.
Geography
Activity 110
(Europe countries)
Video: Feudalism
in Europe
Students will
write a list of
things that each
level of the manor
did in a feudal
system.
Vocabulary
Activity 15:1
Partners will be given
a list of things done in
a feudal system (in
random order) and
identify which is
nobles and which is
peasants.
Complete
Chapter 15 (1-10)
comprehension
Vocabulary Quiz
activities with the
Feudal System
History Short
5. Resources/Materials: (What texts, digital resources, & materials will be used in this lesson?)
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
Day 4
Day 5
Journey Across Time
Journey Across Time
Journey Across Time
Journey Across Time
Nobles/Peasants facts
textbook, graphic web, textbook, Geography
textbook, the Feudal
textbook, Vocabulary
sheet, Chapter 15 (1-10)
Geography Activity
Activity 110
System History Short
Activity 15:1
Vocabulary Quiz
109
Family Connection (How will you communicate with and extend into the home?) Make phone calls home for behavior and
academic concerns when needed.