Lesson Plan Guide

Teacher Candidate: Leon Gbee Date:07/22/2014

Grade and Topic:6ESL, Social Study Length of Lesson:60 Minutes
Mentor Teacher: School: SCS Middle

UNIT/CHAPTER OBJECTIVE/GENERALIZATION/BIG IDEA:
Geography and Map Skills: Students will use the knowledge, skills, and understanding of concepts
within the essential elements of geography.
LESSON OBJECTIVE:
Given an access to a picture of a world map, TSW create a Spreadsheet detailing the continents and oceans of the
world.

Problem statement:
Your boss wants to you use your newly acquired skill of maps to create a document that will make it easy
for anyone walking in the office to know where the oceans and continents of the world are. Following the
care directions given by your boss to create a document that will help the travel agency sign more people
up to see the world!

STANDARDS ADDRESSED:
--6.3.1-Identify the basic components of a world map (compass rose, cardinal direction, map key, scale, latitude,
longitude, continents, oceans). Note any goals or expectations related to student participation in the lesson.

--Creativity and innovation Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop
innovative products and processes using technology.
a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes
MATERIALS:
Computer and appropriate software.

BACKGROUND and RATIONALE:
--The overarching concept of this lesson is to allow students to use their knowledge and understanding of maps
and directions to create a Spreadsheet document. Students will identify the continents and oceans of the world
and use knowledge of compact rose to identify their locations. This activity builds on students knowledge of
geographical concepts, and prepares them for subsequent lesson on early human civilizations. Finally, this
lesson will provide differentiated activities to facilitating learners of multiple learning styles.

PROCEDURES AND TIMELINE:
Introduction: 5 minutes--Students will work silently in pairs to list the continents and oceans of the
word discussed in previous lesson in a T-chart format.


Procedures:
5 minutes-Introduction discussion-Pairs will discuss their chart and teacher will recreate the chart
on the board as students contribute to discussion.
15 minutes-Teacher display Performance Think Sheet demonstrating what students work might
look like at the end of the exercise. Class will restart lessons objective and discuss the Sheets content
and layout. Teacher will answer students questions.
15 minutesActivitiesstudents work on creating their Spreadsheet, following the Performance
Think Sheet display.

Closure: 20 minutesClass reassembles, restart lesson objective, discuss their work briefly and the
locations of the continents and oceans, and take a 3 question, multiple choice quiz.



ASSESSMENT EVIDENCE:

CATEGORY 4 3

2 1
Accuracy All facts on the
Spreadsheet are
accurate.
99-90% of the facts
on the Spreadsheet
are accurate.
89-80% of the facts
on the Spreadsheet
are accurate.
Fewer than 80% of
the facts on the
Spreadsheet are
accurate.
Organization The entire
Spreadsheet is clearly
organized.
Almost all sections of
the Spreadsheet is
clearly organized.
Most sections of the
Spreadsheet is clearly
organized.
Less than half of the
sections of the
Spreadsheet is clearly
organized.
Grammar There are no
grammatical
mistakes on the
Spreadsheet.
There are no
grammatical
mistakes on the
Spreadsheet after
feedback from an
adult.
There are 1-2
grammatical mistakes
on the Spreadsheet
even after feedback
from an adult.
There are several
grammatical mistakes
on the Spreadsheet
even after feedback
from an adult.
Knowledge Gained You can accurately
answer all questions
related to facts on the
Spreadsheet.
You can accurately
answer most
questions related to
facts on the
Spreadsheet.
You can accurately
answer some
questions related to
facts on the
Spreadsheet.
You can accurately
answer just a few
questions related to
facts on the
Spreadsheet.