This lesson plan outlines a World War I lesson for 9th grade students. Students will research the causes and consequences of WWI, including the rise of communism in Russia, military technology used, problems created by the Treaty of Versailles, and alliances and boundary changes. Students will work in groups to research these topics and create a presentation to upload to a class website. Formative assessments include group work and a Kahoot quiz, while the presentation serves as a summative assessment.

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Teacher Candidate:
Andrew Howard
Lesson Title:
World War I
Course/Section/ Date
ED 300 / April 27, 2018
Grade Level:
Ninth
Instructional Focus included in this lesson: Class/group_____ small group_______ one-on-one_____ Learning Segment 1 2
Classroom: General Education__x____ Inclusion Class______ Resource Room_________ Self-contained class _________
Indicate # of students: w/IEP/504______ ELL students__x____ gifted students_____ other _____ boys__11___ girls_13_
CCRS/ALSDE Standard(s)
Explain causes and consequences of World War I, including
imperialism, militarism, nationalism, and the alliance system.
Central Focus
• Describing the rise of Communism in Russia during World War
I
Examples: return of Vladimir Lenin, rise of the Bolsheviks
• Describing military technology used during World War I
• Identifying problems created by the Treaty of Versailles of
1919
Examples: Germany’s reparations and war guilt, international
controversy over the League of Nations
• Identifying alliances during World War I and boundary
changes after World War I
Objective/Outcomes
● I can describe the rise of Communism in Russia during
World War I
● I can describe military technology used during World
War I
● I can identify problems created by the Treaty of
Versailles of 1919
● I can identify alliances during World War I and
boundary changes after World War I
Academic Language/Key Vocabulary
Communism - a system of government in which everything
includingcommerce, business,property, etc belongs to the

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people through the government and is entirely controlled by the
government
Militarism- Governmental use of the media to promote
enlistment in the military to advancea political ideology or
agenda
Bolsheviks - people who rebelled againstthe authority of the
Russian monarchy
Alliance- a partnership between two or more countries
League of Nations - An international organization established
after World War I to promote peace and unity among the world
powers and force Germany to pay reparations to the countries
that were at war with
Instructional Support/Resources
YouTube
Kahoot
Laptop
Text
Edublogs
Wix
PowerPoint/Prezi
Language and Syntax Strategy
Group participation in Kahoot quizzes will help to increase the
students vocabulary and understanding of historical
terminology.
Introduction to Lesson
I would use a rap video that educates people about the start of
World War I has actors pretending to be the major players in it.
I will follow it with the question, “What just happened, there?”
and let the students answer
Warm-Up or Bell Ringer:
Quote of the day from a significant or famous individual on th
classroom website
Before Strategy: Promote thinking beyond what is in the text
Purpose:
Promote learning beyond the classroom
Modification(s):
I will modify the lesson by having the students answer the
question on the classroom website before they come to class.

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Differentiation
I will highlight context clues in the quote to encourage studen
to think about what those words mean so that they can
think more deeply about the quotes meaning
Body of Lesson
Students will research the causes and consequences of World
War I, includingimperialism,militarism,nationalism,and the
alliancesystem.
In their research they will
● describe the rise of Communism in Russia during
World War I
● describe military technology used during World War I
● identify problems created by the Treaty of Versailles of
1919
● identify alliances during World War I and boundary
changes after World War I
Afterward they will give a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation,
which will be uploaded to a group website that will need to be
finished by the end of the term
During Strategy:
The students will be placed in groups of four to do their researc
and delegate tasks.
Purpose: Promote teamwork and teach students how to use
technology as a research tool.
Accommodation(s): Lower,middle and higher performing
students will all be placed together because each student may
be able to contribute in a way that the others cannot
Modification(s): I will give individual grades as opposed to
group grades so that students will not have to worry about
receive unsatisfactory grades on the account of students who
have not put in the time and effort that the project requires
Differentiation:
I will switch students from one group to another, if problems
arisebetween collaborators
Closure
Students will
● describe the rise of Communism in Russia during
World War I
● describe military technology used during World War I
● identify problems created by the Treaty of Versailles of
1919
● identify alliances during World War I and boundary
changes after World War I
Afterward they will give a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation,
which will be uploaded to a group website that will need to be
finished by the end of the term
After Strategy:
Purpose: Students will be able to explain the history of World
War I with the use of multimedia
Accommodation(s):
I will teach students how to use Edublogs, Wix, PowerPoint,
and Prezi in order to do their projects
Modification(s):
I will give a class tutorial on how to use different types of
software to do research

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Differentiation:
I will have those who understand how to use the technology
more quickly than their classmates to show the rest of the clas
how to use it.
Assessment/Evaluation
I will use a Kahoot interactive game to in which students will be
required a blended quiz which includes questions about the
technology that theyhave been using as well as the learning
content,
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