Name:Truckley / Woodland Hills High School / Content Area:World Cultures
Date:3/23/2015 / Lesson Plans
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/ Length of Lesson:3 Weeks
Stage I – Desired Results
Lesson Topic (Standard/Anchor):Africa / Big Ideas:BIG IDEAS:
Historical interpretation involves an analysis of cause and result.
Perspective helps to define the attributes of historical comprehension / Understanding Goals (Concepts):The geography of Africa
The traditional and modern history of Africa
How religion has played a role in African culture
The effects of imperialism on Africa
How the scramble for Africa effected WWI
How family and cultural values effect African culture
How apartheid effected South Africa
The conflict in Darfur
The problem with conflict diamonds
Student Objectives (Competencies/Outcomes):
Students will be able to:--Compare and contrast geographic zones of Africa
-Identify achievements of early civilizations of Africa
-Evaluate the impact of ineffective use of resources on Africa
-Compare and contrast the roles Africa versus other world powers during WWI
-Compare and contrast family life in Africa and the US
-Compare and contrast the African education system with that of the US
-Evaluate the impact of family traditions on education
-Analyze the cause and effects of apartheid
-Discuss the impact of conflict diamonds
- Evaluate the conflict in Darfur / Essential Questions:What role do multiple causations play in describing a historic event?
What role does analysis have in historical construction? / Vocabulary:escarpment, cataract, hydroelectric power, tropics, leaching, drought, desertification, pharoh, hieroglyphics, mosque, city-state, lineage, consensus, subsistence farmer, polygamy, age grade, abolition, diaspora, elite, boycott, guerilla warfare, secede, democratization, socialism, multinational corporation, ethnicity, economic sanctions, nonalignment, apartheid, griot, conflict diamonds, genocide
Stage II – Assessment Evidence
Performance Task:Africa Unit Exam / Other Evidence:Students will continually be evaluated based on their: participation, behavior, through formative and summative assessment, discussion, and peer interaction
Stage III – Learning Plan
Materials & Resources:text
lcd projector
notebooks
CONTENT AREA READING: Text / Formative Assessment(s):
#1. Choose assessments:Graphic OrganizersExit TicketsSummarizing Main IdeasPre-AssessmentOpen Ended QuestionsThink-Pair-ShareThumbs UpResponse CardsBrief in Class Writing PrompPortfolios
#2.Choose assessments:Graphic OrganizersExit TicketsSummarizing Main IdeasPre-AssessmentOpen Ended QuestionsThink-Pair-ShareThumbs UpResponse CardsBrief in Class Writing PrompPortfolios
#3.Choose assessments:Graphic OrganizersExit TicketsSummarizing Main IdeasPre-AssessmentOpen Ended QuestionsThink-Pair-ShareThumbs UpResponse CardsBrief in Class Writing PrompPortfolios
Others:
Instructional Procedures*: (includes mini-lessons)lecture, reading, vocabulary writing
Active Engagements used:
#1. Choose Active EngagementsNote-TakingGraphic OrganizersSummarizingHigher Level Thinking SkillsCooperative EducationPartneringWhole Class ResponseThink-Pair-ShareCompare & ContrastRandom Reporter
#2. Choose Active EngagementsNote-TakingGraphic OrganizersSummarizingHigher Level Thinking SkillsCooperative EducationPartneringWhole Class ResponseThink-Pair-ShareCompare & ContrastRandom Reporter
Others:
Describe usage: / Scaffolding used:
#1. Choose Technique:Graphic OrganizersGuided NotesBuild VocabularyBuild on Prior KnowledgeChunkingProvide Visual SupportTeacher PrompingK-W-L
#2 .Choose Technique:Graphic OrganizersGuided NotesBuild VocabularyBuild on Prior KnowledgeChunkingProvide Visual SupportTeacher PrompingK-W-L
Others:
Describe usage:
Procedures / Monday / Tuesday / Wednesday / Thursday / Friday
3/23 / 3/24 / T / 3/25 / W / 3/26 / R / 3/27 / F
warm up
Class Scheduling /
  • warm up
  • Africa Map
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  • Warm Up
  • Africa Map
/ Warm up
Vocabulary for Africa Unit /
  • warm up
  • Geography and Climate of Africa

Assignments / Class Scheduling /
  • Africa Map - Label countries and physical features
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  • Africa map - Label countries and physical features
/ Warm-Up
Vocabulary for Africa Unit /
  • Warm-Up
  • Geography and Climate of Africa

* Include Active Engagement, Explicit Instruction, Metacognition, Modeling, & Scaffolding