YEAR 10 HISTORY LESSON PLAN 18

Date : 22 September 2015 (Tuesday)

Class/Group : 10.1/Higher Ability Group

Room : H-1

Time : 11:50-12:45

Topic : Rights and freedoms- Pre-UDHR USA

Outcomes/Aspects/Levels

Specific objectives

The US civil rights movement and its influence on

Australia (ACDSEH105)

At the end of the lesson, students will be able to:

Historical Concept
Change and continuity
Significance
Historical Skill
Analysis and use of sources
Perspective and interpretations
General capabilities
Literacy
Intercultural understanding
Critical and creative thinking
Personal and social capability
Previous learning/knowledge
Knowledge and Understanding
Students researched the American Civil War and
created a timeline on events related to race treatment
in the US prior to the UDHR
Skills
Explanation and communication

Time

11:50-12:05
(15 mins)
Entering the
classroom/
Activating
prior
knowledge
12:05-12:10
(5 mins)

1. Explain who were the groups of people who

were discriminated against in the US
2. Explain significant events and laws that
highlighted the discrimination faced by the
African Americans in US
- Jim Crow Laws
- KKK
- Montgomery Bus Boycott
- Brown V. Board
3. Evaluate if African Americans had hope for a
better future

Resources/materials needed

Timeline
A3 sheets on significant events
Padlet:
http://padlet.com/melindabegum/59k51yrmx
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Teaching/learning activities
Teacher to prepare A3 sheets and put them up at significant
locations in the classroom.
Teacher will greet students at the door and give instructions
that students are expected to enter the classroom quietly.
When they are seated, the teacher will ask students to
continue on with the gallery walk. Teacher to take
attendance as students are working.

Teacher to give instructions on the main activity for this

lesson. Students are to go onto Padlet and work on the

Comments

Classroom Management
Setting up a routine

Closing gaps

Scaffolding

Instructions

essay question.

12:10-12:40
(30 mins)
Collaborative
work
12:30-12:45
(5 min)
Dismissal

As students are working, teacher to walk around to make

sure that students are on task and to answer any questions.

Self directed learning

Teacher to ask students to stand by their chairs and to ask

students what they had learnt from this lesson before
dismissing students.

Classroom Management
Checking for learning

Evaluation :
Lesson went relatively well. Students became over-excited about Padlet but after they calmed down,
they were able to work well.

Reflection :
Before getting students to work on Padlet, I should review how students should behave when they are
on Padlet. Some students were deleting other students post and typing in nonsensical comments
before I intervened and explained how they should be behaving. I could have pre-empted such
behaviour.