CMS Lesson Plan Template
Week of: February 23, 2015
Focused Standard/Element(s)
Essential Question(s)
Opening (5-10 min)
Work-Time Activities (40 min)
Teacher: Carter/Wright/D. Robinson Course/Level: 6th Grade Social Studies
Monday ____________
Tuesday____________
Wednesday____________
SS6E5 The student will analyze
different economic systems.
c. Compare the basic types of
economic systems found in the
United Kingdom, Germany, and
Russia.
How are the economic systems found
in the United Kingdom, Germany,
and Russia alike and how are they
different?
SS6E5 The student will analyze
different economic systems.
c. Compare the basic types of
economic systems found in the
United Kingdom, Germany, and
Russia.
How are the economic systems found
in the United Kingdom, Germany,
and Russia alike and how are they
different?
SS6E5 The student will analyze
different economic systems.
c. Compare the basic types of
economic systems found in the
United Kingdom, Germany, and
Russia.
How are the economic systems found
in the United Kingdom, Germany,
and Russia alike and how are they
different?
GoFar Review Question:
A book about the history of Latijn
America during the 1800s featuring
Toussaint L’Ouverture, Simon bolivar
and Miguel Hidalgo, would most
likely have which title?
A. The Rise of Communism in
Latin America
B. Independence Movements in
Latin America
C. United States colonies in
Latin America
D. The Rise of the Slave Trade
in Latin America
Students will finish the worksheet
they started from Friday concerning
European economics.
Russia has a type of government in
which power is formally divided
between one central authority and
several regional authorities. Name
the type of government.
A. Federation
B. Dictatorship
C. Oligarchy
D. Constitutional Monarchy
In the 1800s, Miguel Hidalgo helped
to inspire the People of Mexico to rise
up against which country to
eventually gain independence?
A. England
B. France
C. Russia
D. Spain
Students will complete the lesson,
play in game mode and practice mode
for European economics in study
island.
Students will participate in a class
discussion and fill out a graphic
organizer with the European
economics powerpoint.
Review of the three basic economic
questions and systems.
One minute essay
Ticket out the door
Fist of Five
One minute essay
Study Island
Guided notes
Fist of five
Closure Activity (10 min)
Differentiation Strategies
(targeting student growth)
Focused Standard/Element(s)
Essential Question(s)
Thursday ____________
SS6E5 The student will analyze
different economic systems.
c. Compare the basic types of
economic systems found in the
United Kingdom, Germany, and
Russia.
How are the economic systems found
in the United Kingdom, Germany,
and Russia alike and how are they
different?
Friday ____________
SS6E6 The student will analyze
the benefits of barriers to
voluntary trade in Europe.
SS6E7 The student will describe
factors that influence economic
growth and examine their
presence or absence in Europe.
What factors influence economic
growth in Europe?
Additional Notes
Writing prompt-Students will read a
short text and write a response.
The European Union was established
in the 1990s. Which of the following
is a goal of the EU?
A. to create a single European
currency
B. to endorse a single European
language
C. to provide military aid to
European countries
experiencing civil war
D. to protect western European
countries from formerly
communist countries
Students will participate in a class
discussion and fill out a graphic
organizer with the European
economics powerpoint.
Students will complete a station
activity by going around to different
groups to fill in charts and answer
questions through scenarios presented
comparing the GDP and economies of
various countries.
Important thing
Ticket out the door drawing
Guided notes
Peer teaching
Opening (5-10 min)
Work-Time Activities (40 min)
Closure Activity (10 min)
Differentiation Strategies
(targeting student growth)