Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template

Teachers: Brittany Atkinson Subject: High School Social Studies, World History,
Grade 10

Common Core State Standards:

Strand 2: World History, Concept 8: World at War, P.O. 5, B. Military Strategies (air warfare, atomic bomb, Russian
front, concentration camps)

Objective (Explicit):
The students will understand why the United States was able to defeat the axis powers by describing the
events that occurred and explaining why they happened.
Evidence of Mastery (Measurable):
Include a copy of the lesson assessment.
Provide exemplar student responses with the level of detail you expect to see.
Assign value to each portion of the response.
Assessment: The students will display mastery of the topic by completing a written response reflection responding
to the following prompt: How did the United States defeat the axis during WWII?

Sub-objectives, SWBAT (Sequenced from basic to complex):

How will you review past learning and make connections to previous lessons?
What skills and content are needed to ultimately master this lesson objective?
How is this objective relevant to students, their lives, and/or the real world?
SWBAT
- Recall information from the previous lesson and identify relevant facts.
- Analyze the information presented and take relevant notes.
- Analyze information presented in the text and make predictions.
- Understand the information being presented and identify cause and effects resulting from various events.

Key vocabulary: Materials:

- Allies -SmartBoard
- Axis - Google Chromebooks
- Military strategies - article handout
- Soviet Union transformation
- paper
- Political ideologies
- sticky notes
- writing utensils
- whiteboards
Opening (state objectives, connect to previous learning, and make relevant to real life)
How will you activate student interest?
How will you connect to past learning?
How will you present the objective in an engaging and student-friendly way?
How will you communicate its importance and make the content relevant to your students?

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Think back to what we learned yesterday about the political ideologies of the axis during WWII. Today we will
continue learning about the axis and how the United States and the allies were able to defeat the axis during WWII.
Turn to your shoulder partner and share one thing that you learned about the political ideologies of the axis during
WWII. Both partners will have 20 seconds each to share. After both partners have shared, I will call on a few
students to share their answers with the whole class.
Instructional Input
Teacher Will:
How will you model/explain/demonstrate
all knowledge/skills required of the
objective?
What types of visuals will you use?
How will you address misunderstandings
or common student errors?
How will you check for understanding?
How will you explain and model behavioral
expectations?
Is there enough detail in this section so
that another person could teach it?
I will provide the article handout and the link to the
Google document that is needed for the
assignment. The students will be using prewrite
questions as a strategy for this portion of the
assignment. The students will be given 10 minutes
for this portion of the assignment. The students will
be given notification when they only have 2-3
minutes remaining. If needed, 1-2 additional
minutes will be given to students who are still
working.
Article Link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/how
_the_allies_won_01.shtml
Student Will:
What will students be doing to actively capture
and process the new material?
How will students be engaged?
Think back to what we learned yesterday about the
political ideologies of the axis during WWII. Today we
will continue learning about the axis and how the
United States and the allies were able to defeat the
axis during WWII. You will survey the provided article
handout and then generate two questions that you
think the text was designed to answer. We will be using
the provided Google document to list our questions.
You will have 10 minutes to complete this activity.
When you have completed the activity, please put
down your Chromebook so that I know you are done
working. When everyone has completed the activity I
will go around the room and call on students to share
one of their answers with the class. I would like each of
you to open the Google document and begin.
- Article link is attached at the end of the lesson
plan (World War II: How the Allies Won)
- Prompt: Survey the provided text and
create two questions that you think that the
text is designed to answer. Please provide
your name at the end of the sample so that
you may receive full points for the
assignment.
- Example Responses:
1.What military strategies used by the
axis made them unsuccessful?
2.How could the axis have changed
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Co-Teaching Strategy
Which co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?

No co- teacher(s) present for lesson.

Differentiation Strategy
What accommodations/modifications will you include for specific students?
Do you anticipate any students who will need an additional challenge?
The lesson will be presented in a way that best accommodates all students IEP plans and individual
learning needs. The classroom includes a variety of learners, from gifted students to students
requiring an IEP plan. Gifted students are frequently put in roles that allow them to thrive in the
classroom and keep them engaged in the learning. Students requiring IEP plans are provided with
the necessary accommodations and modifications needed to meet their needs and help them to
excel in their learning. The students with physical or other conditions that require careful placement
have been seated in a way that best fits their needs. This includes having students with visual or
audio impairments to sit near the front of the classroom. One students with a more severe visual
impairment has been provided with modified texts when needed. This student will be provided with a
text that can be read. I would also make sure that the student is able to read the text before having
them read aloud to the class.
Guided Practice

Teacher Will: Student Will:

How will you ensure that all students have
multiple opportunities to practice new
content and skills?
What types of questions can you ask
students as you are observing them
practice?
How/when will you check for
understanding?
How will you provide guidance to all
students as they practice?
How will you explain and model behavioral
expectations?
Is there enough detail in this section so
that another person could facilitate this
practice?
The students will still have the provided article
handout. I will pass out two sticky notes to each
student. The sticky notes and prewrite questions
strategies will be used for this portion of the
assignment. I will provide the students with
instructions for completing this strategy as they
read the article text.
How will students practice all knowledge/skills
required of the objective, with your support,
such that they continue to internalize the sub-
objectives?
How will students be engaged?
How will you elicit student-to-student
interaction?
How are students practicing in ways that align
to independent practice?
Prior to starting the activity, students will relay
understanding of the activity back to the instructor. The
students will use the sticky notes that are provided to
complete this portion of the assignment by answering
their original prewrite questions and taking note of
additional thoughts.
Instructions: Using the provided sticky notes, answer
your original prewrite questions listed in the Google
document as you read the article text. You may also
note any additional thoughts that you have. You will
have 10 minutes to complete this portion of the
assignment.

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 Co-Teaching Strategy
Which co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?

No co- teacher(s) present for lesson.

Differentiation Strategy
What accommodations/modifications will you include for specific students?
Do you anticipate any students who will need an additional challenge?
How can you utilize grouping strategies?
I would have my visually impaired student requiring an IEP again use a modified worksheet that will
be easier for the student to read. I will also make sure that any student requiring modifications are
being accommodated.
Teacher Will: Student Will:
How will you plan to coach and correct during How will students independently practice the
this practice? knowledge and skills required by the objective?
How will you provide opportunities for How will students be engaged?
remediation and extension? How are students practicing in ways that align to
How will you clearly state and model academic assessment?
and behavioral expectations? How are students using self-assessment to guide
Did you provide enough detail so that another their own learning?
person could facilitate the practice? How are you supporting students giving feedback
to one another?
The students will be given a writing prompt that The students will relay understanding of the
they will respond to in 4-6 sentences. The students assignment prior to completing the written response.
will be instructed to use complete sentences and The students will independently work to complete the
respond to the prompt using evidence from the written response. The students will have the remaining
text. The students will complete this reflection of class period to work on this assignment up until the last
Independent Practice

the text by writing about the new content that they eight minutes of class. The students will complete the
have learned. assessment as homework and return the worksheet
the following day if they need additional time to finish
the assignment.

Prompt: How did the United States and the allies

defeat the axis during WWII? Respond to this prompt in
4-6 complete sentences by using evidence from the
text.

Co-Teaching Strategy
Which co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?

No co- teacher(s) present for lesson.

Differentiation Strategy
What accommodations/modifications will you include for specific students?
Do you anticipate any students who will need an additional challenge?
My visually impaired student with an IEP will be provided with the appropriate worksheet. I also have
a set of provided notes that I will give to the student at this time in case any information was missed
during note- taking. I can also have this student verbally complete the assignment with me if needed.

Closing/Student Reflection/Real-life connections:

How will students summarize and state the significance of what they learned?
Why will students be engaged?

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 Using the provided white boards, students will individually answer the question listed below. After 1 minute has
passed, I will have students show their answers by holding their boards up. The question will be written on the
board for modeling and students have been instructed to flip their boards over after they have written their
answers.
- What event do you believe had the most significant impact upon the axis and led to their loss of the war?

Article Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwtwo/how_the_allies_won_01.shtml

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