Wilmington University
Pathwise Lesson Plan Format
Teacher/Student
Teacher
Grade:
Subject:
Date:
Link:
Devon Jones, Jenn Dermott, Joseph Lynch, Amanda Breger
8
Social Studies
December 2, 2009
http://www.usmint.gov/kids/teachers/lessonPlans/viewLP.cfm?less
onPlanId=179
1. Briefly describe the students in this class.
There are 27 students in my class. 15 are females and 12 are males. There are 17 Caucasian students,
8 African American Students, and 2 Asian American Students. No students have special needs or
IEPs.
2. What are your goals for the lesson? What do you want the students to learn?
1. The students will compare and contrast characteristics of war veterans.
2. The students will utilize internet resources and multimedia devices.
3. The students will develop a multimedia presentation which will be presented to the class.
3. Why are these goals suitable for this group of students?
The goals set for this group of students are developmentally appropriate because this group of
students have shown the ability of critical thinking through past lessons taught. This lesson
combines both individual and group thinking to allow students to learn on many different levels.
This lesson will challenge students to brainstorm without the comfort of using a textbook.
4. How do these goals support the district’s curriculum, state frameworks, and/or content
standards?
1.History Standard 1: Students will examine historical materials relating to a particular region,
society, or theme; analyze change over time, and make logical inferences concerning cause and
effect.
2. History Standard 2: Students will master the basic research skills necessary to conduct an
independent investigation of historical phenomena.
3. History Standard 2: Students will examine historical documents, artifacts, and other materials, and
analyze them in terms of credibility, as well as the purpose, perspective, or point of view for which
they were constructed.
5. How do these goals relate to broader curriculum goals in the discipline as a whole or in other
disciplines?
The goals set for this group of students are developmentally appropriate because this group of
students have shown the ability of critical thinking through past lessons taught. This lesson
combines both individual and group thinking to allow students to learn on many different levels.
This lesson will challenge students to brainstorm without the comfort of using a textbook.
6. How do you plan to engage students in the content? What will you do? What will the
students do? (include time estimates).
Mindset or “Warm-Up” Activity
Select one or two coins/medals listed under materials and display enlarged versions for
your students to see. These coins/medals should represent those who fought in two
different wars.
Ask the students why they believe that these coins/medals were created? Who were they
meant to honor? Answers should relate to the idea that these coins/medals were created to
honor people who served in the military.
State objective or purpose of the lesson
The students will compare and contrast characteristics of war veterans.
The students will utilize internet resources and multimedia devices.
The students will develop a multimedia presentation which will be presented to the class.
3. As a class, discuss and define the word veteran. Ask students to explain why the
United States Mint would decide to produce such coins, rather than ones honoring a different
segment of the population?
4. Split the students into five groups representing different wars that the United States participated in.
5. As a member of the group, each student will use either the United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket
Change™ Web site or UD LIBsearch to find a coin or medal that was created to honor the service of
someone (or several people) who participated in that war.
6. Independently, the students will research why that coin was created. Who did it honor? They will
also need to research some biographical information about the person/people that this mint product
honors. Students will need to determine what in which branch of the military that individual served,
and what event or behavior made them particularly memorable.
7. After completing this independent research, one student representing each of the five groups will
assemble into a new group.
8. In these new groups, the students will create a multi media presentation of their choice listing the
name of the war, the name of the coin/medal selected, the name of the veteran commemorated, the
branch of the military in which that individual served, and the event or behavior that made that
individual memorable.
9. In these groups, discuss what are some common characteristics of military veterans that transcend
the particular war in which they fought.
10. Instruct each of these groups to incorporate into their presentation an illustration of what it means
to be a military veteran and should include illustrations as well as written words.
11. The group should present the multi media presentation to the class and explain why the images
and words were selected.
12. Create a web page entitled “Those Who Served to Keep Us Free” to be shared with the school.
7. What difficulties do students typically experience in this area, and how do you
plan to anticipate these difficulties?
Research – limit to UD Libsearch
Staying on task
Facilitating the integration of multimedia devices into group projects
8. What instructional materials or other resources, if any, will you use?
List all equipment and materials needed. Include:
 Appropriate technology (video camera, software, smartboards, computers)
 The United States Mint H.I.P. Pocket Change™ Web site (www.usmint.gov/kids)
 The United States Mint Web site (www.usmint.gov)
 Appropriate websites for researching coin histories or biographical information about
military veterans
 Pencils
 Paper
 coins
9. How did you plan to assess student achievement of the goals? What procedures
will you use? (Attached any tests or performance tasks, with accompanying scoring
guides or rubrics.)
Students will be grades with a rubric based on content, presentation, groupwork
10. How do you plan to use the results of the assessment?
I will use the results of the assessment to gauge how well students compare and contrast the
characteristics of war veterans and how well students integrate technology. This will help me plan
for future lessons. Through the assessments made, I will be able to see how open and willing
students are to be creative and learn about new concepts that are not described in the textbook.
Grades will be given for in class participation and for the assignment given outside of class.