1. Agenda - Session 3
Last week: Curriculum review /Lesson
Planning
Set, Development, Closure
Creating Unit Plans
Activity: Brainstorm unit plan ideas
Activity: IRC visit for unit plan resources
Sunday, September 19, 2010
8. Instructional Sequence:
Example
1) Set
2) Read
3) Discussion
4) Seatwork / Homework
5) Research
6) Assignment/Test
7) Closure
Sunday, September 19, 2010
9. Set, Development, Closure
Set
Focuses attention
Provides organizational framework
Provides examples for understanding
Promotes interest & involvement
Bridge from past lessons (prior knowledge)
Development
Closure
Sunday, September 19, 2010
10. Set Example:
First Contact Role Play
Sunday, September 19, 2010
13. Memorable Sets
Grade 4 Medieval Times: Lego castle
Grade 5 Early Civilizations: Archeological dig
Sunday, September 19, 2010
14. Memorable Sets
Grade 4 Medieval Times: Lego castle
Grade 5 Early Civilizations: Archeological dig
Grade 6 Canada’s Link to the World: Grocery store trip
Sunday, September 19, 2010
15. Memorable Sets
Grade 4 Medieval Times: Lego castle
Grade 5 Early Civilizations: Archeological dig
Grade 6 Canada’s Link to the World: Grocery store trip
Grade 7 Physical Geography: Cross Country Canada
Computer game
Sunday, September 19, 2010
16. Memorable Sets
Grade 4 Medieval Times: Lego castle
Grade 5 Early Civilizations: Archeological dig
Grade 6 Canada’s Link to the World: Grocery store trip
Grade 7 Physical Geography: Cross Country Canada
Computer game
Grade 8 Migration: Map ancestor nationality
Sunday, September 19, 2010
18. Memorable Sets
Your unit plan should include
a memorable set
Sunday, September 19, 2010
19. Memorable Sets
Your unit plan should include
a memorable set
Sunday, September 19, 2010
20. Instructional Sequence:
with Bloom’s Taxonomy
1) Set
2) Read - Knowledge
3) Discussion - Comprehension
4) Seatwork / Homework - Application
5) Research - Analysis
6) Assignment/Test -Synthesis / Evaluation
7) Closure
Sunday, September 19, 2010
21. First Nations Peoples &
European Explorers
Overall Expectation:
Describe characteristics of pre-contact First
Nation cultures across Canada, including their
close relationship with the natural environment;
the motivations and attitudes of the European
explorers; and the effects of contact on both the
receiving and the incoming groups.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
22. First Nations Peoples &
European Explorers: Task
Specific Expectation:
Identify one present-day
concern of an Aboriginal
community related to
how changes resulting
from European contact
affected the aboriginal
community’s lifestyle.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
23. First Nations Peoples &
European Explorers
KNOW: How changes resulting from European
contact affected the Aboriginal community’s
current lifestyle.
DO: Write an article suitable for publishing that
describes a present day concern, the historical
background, and the effects on the Aboriginal
community.
BE: Empathetic to the Aboriginal perspective
Sunday, September 19, 2010
24. First Nations Peoples: &
European Explorers: Task
Write an article suitable
for publishing that
describes the concern,
the historical
background, and the
effects on the aboriginal
community.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
25. First Nations Peoples &
European Explorers
• Set: First contact role play
• Read (Knowledge): Canada Revisited 6 p 242 -245
• Discussion (Comprehension): Treaties & Land Claims
• Seatwork/Homework (Application): Define key terms-
treaty, reserves, land claims, self government
• Research (Analysis): Webquest; newspaper clippings
• Test /Assignment (Synthesis / Evaluation): Present Day
Aboriginal Concerns
• Closure: Attend a Pow Wow /Guest speaker
Sunday, September 19, 2010
26. Unit Plan- Requirements
1. BIG IDEA
2. Culminating Activity Description
3. Lesson Sequence
4. Checklist
5. 12 Lesson Descriptions
6. Unit plan display board/ e-book
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31. Unit Plan- Presentation
1. Demonstrate knowledge of topic (informative).
2. Demonstrate ability to create a sustained and
engaging education experience for your students
3. Presentation & activity are engaging
4. Display board/e-book is attractive, professional in
appearance and highlights main features of unit.
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36. Unit Planning Assignment
Authentic task
Exemplar of your
work
Some time will be provided
to work on unit plan during
next four sessions
Sunday, September 19, 2010
37. Tips for Creating a Unit Plan
Backward Design: Begin with the end in mind
(What do you want the students to KNOW - DO - BE)
Create a compelling & engaging
culminating activity (Check out the Historica Fair &
Project Based Learning videos on Sakai)
Scaffold Learning
Sunday, September 19, 2010
38. Next Week
1. Cross Curricular Connections
2. Create a draft of you Lesson Plan Description
3. Think about your unit plan.
4. Read Chapter 21: Writing a Unit Plan.
5. Contribute to the online discussions.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
