This unit plan outlines a lesson on how different countries celebrate Halloween. The unit goals are for students to compare and contrast Halloween traditions in different cultures and learn how to cite sources online. Students will research traditions, take a quiz, and create flashcards. They will also work in groups to generate questions about readings on posters and present to the class. The unit assessments include an entry-level writing, formative quiz and discussion, and a summative multiple choice exam and poster presentation. Lessons include activities where students research specific websites, fill out a graphic organizer on their learning, and generate questions for their group posters.

1. Digital Unit Plan Template
Unit Title: How Do Different Countries Around the World Celebrate
Halloween
Name: Linh Huynh
Content Area: English Grade Level: 9th Grade
CA Content Standard(s)/Common CoreStandard(s):
Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
Big Ideas:
What are some Halloween traditions?
How do different countries around the world celebrate Halloween?
What is the American tradition of celebrating Halloween?
Unit Goals and Objectives:
By the end of this unit, students will be able to compare and contrast about how different cultures celebrate and value Halloween.
Students will be able to research information on the internet and cite their sources while providing factual evidence to support their
answers.
Unit Summary:
This unit is for 9th grade English Language Arts students that are ready to learn! Students will compare and contrast about how different
cultures celebrate Halloween. Students will learn that each culture celebrates Halloween differently than others and that there are some
cultures who value this holiday more than others. Students will be able to learn how to research information on the web and learn how to
provide factual evidence. Students will also learn how to properly cite information they receive from a website or any other resources.
AssessmentPlan:

2. Entry-Level:
Students will writea quick write to assess their
prior knowledge about how different countries
around the world celebrate Halloween.
Formative:
Students will completea quiz about different
Halloween traditions. Students will writea quick
writeof what they have learned so far inthe lesson.
The teacher will hold a discussiononcea week
discussingwhatstudents have learned. Students
will create flashcards about different themes and
beliefs about Halloweenfor each individual
country.
Summative:
Students will be given a multiple choicequestion
exam about all the countries they researched about.
Students will present their posters boards to the
class with their group.
Lesson1
Student Learning Objective:
Students will be able to
compareand contrast
about how different
countries around the world
celebrate Halloween.
Acceptable Evidence:
Students will generate
relevant questions about
the readings and videos
discussed about Halloween
on their poster board.
Instructional Strategies:
-Communication
- Collection
- Collaboration
- Presentation
- Organization
- Interaction
Lesson Activities:
Students are grouped in pairs of up to five people. Students should have
questions on their poster boards with answers that include evidence from
different sources. Students will present their poster boards at the end of the
class with their groups. They will discuss to the class about their questions
that they came up with from the readings and videos about how different
countries around the world celebrate Halloween. Students who are
presenting will interact with their classmates by sharing their answers and
opinions. They will also give positive feedback to their classmates when
their classmates express their opinions and knowledge.
Lesson2
Student Learning Objective:
Students will learnhow to
research and collect
informationon a specific
website that is printed on
the assignment.
Acceptable Evidence:
Students will fill inthe
answers for the blank
spaces for questions one
through eight.
Instructional Strategies:
- Collection
-Organization
Lesson Activities:
Students are given eight questions about three different topics to research
about. There are three topics that each includes a specific website. Students
will research on the specific website for each topic in order to find specific
answers for each question.
Lesson3
Student Learning Objective:
Students will be able to
compareand contrast
about how different
countries around the world
celebrate Halloween.
Students will be able to fill
out what they have learned
on a graphic organizer.
Acceptable Evidence:
Students will fill outall
three sections of the
graphic organizer. The
sections are “What I Know”,
”What I Want to Know”, and
“What I Learned”.
Instructional Strategies
-Collection
-Organization
Lesson Activities:
Five bullet points is required for “What I Know” section of graphic organizer.
Three bullet points is required for the “What I Want to Know” section of the
graphic organizer. Five bullet points is required for “What I Learned” section
of graphic organizer.
Unit Resources:

3. Useful Websites:
1. Google.com- Use this website to research information about Halloween.
2. http://www.halloweenhistory.org/- View this website to learn about the history of Halloween.
3. Lycos.com- Use this website to research information about Halloween.
4. Bing.com- Use this website to research information about Halloween.
5. Dogpile.com- Use this website to research information about Halloween.
6. www.stumbleupon.com- Use this website to research information about Halloween.
7.
http://www.readwritethink.org/professional-development/strategy-guides/teaching-with-blogs-30108.html- Click on this link towrite a
blog about how your family celebrates Halloween. For those who do not celebrate Halloween, write a short summary of why your family
does not celebrate Halloween.
8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rw4bwtwu40o- View this video “Origin of Halloween" to get a brief history of Halloween.
9. https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/- Use this resource to learn how to cite information.
10. http://www.history.com/topics/halloween/halloween-around-the-world- View this website to learn more about the history of
Halloween.
11. http://www.novareinna.com/festive/world.html- View this website to learn about how different countries around the world celebrate
Halloween.