ESSENTIAL

LEARNING

OUTCOMES

What will the students know or be able to do at the end of the lesson?

ASSESSMENT

How will the students demonstrate that they have accomplished the desired outcome?

STRATEGIES

In what activities will the students be engaged to accomplish the desired outcome?

3 HOTS QUESTIONS

e.g. one should be on knowledge, one on application, and one on synthesis or evaluation.

Mon

6/4

Page 

To teach the students the significance of the explorers and what they accomplished 

he students will list their prior knowledge of exploration.

The students will be introduced to important people and events during this time period.

1.  What personal characteristics did the people who chose a life of exploration share?

2. Which of the explorers you studied do you most admire? Why?

3.  Which do you least admire? Why?

Tues

 6/5

Page 

To teach the students the major powers involved; Spain, France, England. 

The students will learn from a timeline of early American Explorers.

The students will locate England, France, and Spain on a map and then locate and trace exploration routes on their individual maps 

1.  How difficult it was for explorers to sketch a map without any references or prior knowledge.

2. How  people may interpret maps differently?

3. What  hardships and difficulties the explorers encountered.

Wed

 6/6

Page

 ART CLasses

Homework on Blog

Thurs

 6/7

Page

 To help students learn more about available technology for research.

Students will demonstrate what they have learned in class about early explorers.

Students will focus on one early explorer and research detailed information about that explorer. 

1.  Describe the entrepreneurial characteristics of early explorers.

2.  Explain the aims, obstacles, and accomplishments of the explorers, sponsors, and leaders of key European expeditions and the reasons Europeans chose to explore and colonize the world  

Fri

6/8 

Page

12:00 Dismissal

Bloom’s Taxonomy

 (HOTS Questions)

-Knowledge

-Comprehension

-Application

-Analysis

-Synthesis

-Evaluation

School Grade Weighting Scale:

Tests and Quizzes (50%):

Classwork/ Participation (20%):

Homework (15%):

Projects/ Portfolios (15%):

Multiple Intelligences/ Differentiated Instruction:

Use of Technology:

   ____ Smartboard

   ____ Student Response System