Lesson Plans for the Week of November 26, 2012
Monday, 11-26-12
GPS: SS6H7 The student will explain conflict and change in Europe to the 21st century.
CC: CC: LITCC6-8RHSS10 By the end of 8th grade, students will be able to independently and proficiently read and comprehend history/social studies texts.
CC: ELACC6-8RH7: The student will be able to identify visual information (in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
E.Q. How is the cost of living in France, Germany, and the London similar and different?
Warm-up:
Activities: Germany was blamed for WWI because______
In the Treaty of Versailles, France was most concerned about the restrictions placed on Germany. Why?
Learning Activities: 1. Finish video of the House Hunters International: France, Germany, and London 2. Discussion cost of living in each country 3. Germany Facts Paragraph Writing
Differentiation: Video=listening skills and visual learning
Assessment: Comparison Chart and Paragraph Writing
Tuesday, 11-27-12
GPS:SS6H7 The student will explain conflict and change in Europe to the 21st century.
CC: CC: LITCC6-8RHSS10 By the end of 8th grade, students will be able to independently and proficiently read and comprehend history/social studies texts.
CC: ELACC6-8RH7: The student will be able to identify visual information (in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
E.Q. What was the Great Depression
Warm-up: Define stock market crash and economic depression
Questions: 425-427
Activities:
Read CRCT Coach Pages 164-165 The Great Depression
Brain Pop: The Great Depression and Causes of the Great Depression
Learning Activities:
1. Cloze Reading CRCT Coach Pages 164-165
Assessment: Warm-up, Brain Pop questions, and Cloze Reading
Differentiation: Brain Pop with questions (Listening Skills)
Wednesday, 11-28-12
GPS: SS6H7 The student will explain conflict and change in Europe to the 21st century.
CC: CC: LITCC6-8RHSS10 By the end of 8th grade, students will be able to independently and proficiently read and comprehend history/social studies texts.
CC: ELACC6-8RH7: The student will be able to identify visual information (in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
E.Q. What was the Great Depression?
Warm-up:
What was life like for people living during “the Roaring Twenties?” Why did factories close during the Great Depression?
Activities:
Brain Pop: Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt
Learning Activities:
1. Cloze Reading CRCT Coach Pages 164-165
2. Timeline of the Great Depression
3. Internet Search: The New Deal Program
4. Test Review Practice
Assessment: Activities
Differentiation: Graphic Organizer for the time line
Group 1: Scrapbook
Group 2: Poster Project
Thursday, 11-29-12
GPS: SS6H7 The student will explain conflict and change in Europe to the 21st century.
CC: CC: LITCC6-8RHSS10 By the end of 8th grade, students will be able to independently and proficiently read and comprehend history/social studies texts.
CC: ELACC6-8RH7: The student will be able to identify visual information (in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
E.Q. What was the Great Depression?
Warm-up: What world event helped to get the United States out of the Great Depression?
Activities:
Brain Pop:
Learning Activities:
1. Cloze Reading CRCT Coach Pages 164-165
2. Timeline of the Great Depression
3. Internet Search: The New Deal Program
4. Test Review Practice
Assessment: Activities
Differentiation: Graphic Organizer for the time line
Group 1: Scrapbook
Group 2: Poster Project
Friday, 11-30-12
GPS: SS6H7 The student will explain conflict and change in Europe to the 21st century.
CC: ELACC6-8RH7: The student will be able to identify visual information (in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
E.Q. What was it like for children living during the Great Depression?
Activities: Movie: The Homecoming
A true television classic,The Homecomingwas the second movie (after 1963'sSpencer's Mountain) based on Earl Hamner's autobiographical writings about love, pride, faith, and survival in rural America during the Great Depression.
The Homecomingreveals, though ironically, much about the pain of poverty even as the family draws strength and closeness through endurance.--Tom Keogh
Set on a Depression Christmas Eve in 1933, this heart-tugging story centers around the Walton. They’re a rural American family preparing to celebrate Christmas together. Though times are tough, love and sharing are abundant in this family. An inspiring tale of love, hope and spirit, this deeply moving story goes far beyond the boundaries of time and place to reach out and touch everyone, everywhere.