[E-[portfolio]Competency 5.A.

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History of Ancient China
Jingwei L.
After-school program
educator
World Wide Education
MY GRADES
K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
9, 10, 11, 12
MY SUBJECTS
Math, Social Studies, Arts,
World Languages
LESSON FLOW
1 HOOK
I will use video of the ancient China to grasp the attention and raise the interests of students. And then using
game-based pre-course questions to check the students' history knowledge, and decide the difficulty level of the
course and the extra reading and materials usage.
STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS
Lesson Flow History of Ancient China has been created.
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In this course, students will learn with apps to etablish a new way
for history learning. More virual and more interactive with the
ancient history.
OBJECTIVES
Students will be able to...
Identify the dynasty names and its emperor
Describe the human civil development of certain period
Generalize the achievement of every dynasty
Apply the observations of history to current daily life
Analyze the factors of a successful dynasty
Explain the reason of the dynasty shift
Evaluate a dynasty or an organization with knowledge have
learned
SUBJECTS
Social Studies
GRADES
8 - 11
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2. Student will have their iPads ready for the course. They will watch the video together with the screen in the
classroom. And they will finish their pre-course quetions by their iPads.
2 DIRECT INSTRUCTION
Using Nearpod app to guide students learn about the order of the dynasty and the topics as following for each
dynasty:
What happen in this dynasty (achievements, big events)
How the emperor in charge of this dynasty (right & wrong actions)
Why this dynasty is a flourishing time, or a declining time
Important people and time points
STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS
Students will follow the instructor's guidance to read the materials, watch the videos, and take notes if necessary.
3 GUIDED PRACTICE
Help students thinking about the factors of a successful dynasty. They could collaboratively creating the factors on
Padlet, and we will discuss after everyone finish typing.
STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS
Think about the materials just learned, pick up and summarize the factors that will affect the dynasty's fate. And
write on the Padlet with classmates and share the factors and discussion.
YouTube
Free
Kahoot!
Free
Nearpod
Free
Padlet
Free

3. 4 INDEPENDENT PRACTICE
In this session, I will direct students using storytelling method to integrate the knowledge of the course, and
connect the knowledge with their personal experiences to create their story about an organization or a company
that maybe successful or not. Or using the knowledge to create a story of their daily life that might change with the
knowledge we just learned.
STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS
Using the StoryBuilder app to create a short story, using the knowledge of the course, such as factors of succeed,
what quality will be beneficial for a person, etc.
5 WRAP-UP
Using the quiz and poll functions of Nearpod, to wrap up the knowledge points and check the learning outcomes
for students. And will have some reading and writing assignments on Showbie app after class.
STUDENT INSTRUCTIONS
Following the steps on Nearpod to finish the quiz and poll, and finish the assignment after school.
StoryBuilder
$3.99
Nearpod
Free
Showbie
Free, Paid