Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template

Teachers: Subject:

Jacob White 8th Grade Social Studies

AZ State Standards:

● HS.H3.2 Analyze how ideologies, religion, and belief systems have influenced economic, political, and social
institutions over time.
● HS.C1.4 Analyze the evolution of civic virtues, democratic principles, constitutional rights, and human rights.

Learning Objective:

● Student will be able to identify and explain the importance of ancient Greece on the modern world using a
graphic organizer.

● Student will be able to explain at least 3 different characteristics of ancient Greek life in their exit ticket.

● Student will be able to make at least one connection between ancient Greece and one other content area they
have a course in.

Evidence of Mastery (Measurable):

◻ How will you assess if your student achieved mastery of the lesson objective?

◻ Determine the type of demonstration/activity the student will use to demonstrate mastery of the objective.

◻ What is the condition and degree, the setting or situation in which the student will be able to express the depth and extent of
learning?

◻ What is an exemplar student response with the level of detail you expect to see?

Students will show mastery through completion of the graphic organizer and exit ticket. The graphic organizer will
show their ability to identify the similarities between ancient Greece and the modern day. They must structure their
findings, clearly representing the modern-day idea/activity that correlates with an ancient Greek one. Each
student’s graphic organizer must contain at least 5 different examples, with 1 relating to a different content area.
Examples can be written or drawn out. Students will also complete a paragraph exit ticket detailing what they
believe to be the most lasting impact from ancient Greece and why. Students will be graded on their ability to relate
past events and societies to our current ones.

Key Academic Vocabulary: Materials Needed:

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  Legacy Videos - Ancient Greece for Kids
 Culture
History 101: Ancient Greece
 Social Structure
 Democracy
 Philosophy
 Astronomy Articles - History for Kids
 Architecture
10 Ways Ancient Greece Changed the World
 Mythology

Handout - Graphic Organizer

Form – Exit Ticket

Pencil

Opening Activity
◻ How will you activate student interest?

◻ How will you connect and uncover prior knowledge?

◻ How will you present the lesson objective in an engaging and student-friendly way?

Teacher will show students a quick video as an introduction to Ancient Greece. The video gives a great summary
into the highlights and influences of ancient Greek culture. This will help to connect the student’s prior knowledge
and generate their interest in the topic.

Instructional Input “I do”

Teacher Will: Student Will:

◻ How will you model/explain/demonstrate all ◻ What will students be doing to actively capture and
knowledge/skills required of the objective? process the new material and connect to their prior
knowledge?
◻ What types of visuals will you use?
◻ How will students be engaged?
◻ How will you address misunderstandings or
common student errors that may be uncovered
within prior knowledge?

◻ How will you explain and model behavioral

expectations?

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◻ Is there enough detail in this section so that
another person could teach it?

 Teacher will present students with the  Student will begin to grapple with the essential
essential question “How has ancient question as they prepare to begin the lesson.
Greece (and/or Greek mythology)
influenced modern society?”

 Students will discuss with their groups about

what legacy means to them.
 Teacher will have students discuss the
meaning of the word legacy.

 Students will identify what important influence

they hope to leave behind.
 Teacher will ask students to describe what
legacy they would like to leave behind.

 Students will discuss with their groups the

connections between ancient Greece and
 Teacher will replay the video and then modern society.
have students discuss ideas and activities
from ancient Greece and how they are
reflected in our modern world.
 Students will complete the graphic organizer
with their partner utilizing the given sources.

 Teacher will pair students, having them

use their laptops to access the other
 Student will share their findings with the entire
videos and articles to complete the graphic
class.
organizer. Graphic organizer can be
completed using words or pictures.

 Student will make at least one connection

between ancient Greece and another one of
 Teacher will allow students to share some
their courses.
of their findings with the class after the
activity.

 Student will fill out the exit ticket before leaving

class.
 Teacher will then have students identify at
least one connection between ancient
Greece and another subject besides
history.

 Teacher will prompt students to fill out an

exit ticket detailing what they believe to be
the greatest lasting impact of ancient
Greece on modern society in one
paragraph.

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Guided Practice “We do”

Teacher Will: Student Will:

◻ How will you provide guidance to all students as

they practice?
◻ How will students be engaged?
◻ How will you ensure that all students have multiple
opportunities to practice new content and skills ◻ How will students practice all knowledge/skills required
with your support? of the objective, with your support?

◻ How will you utilize the support of peers within this ◻ How will you elicit student-to-student interaction?
practice?
◻ How are students practicing in ways that align to
◻ Is there enough detail in this section so that independent practice?
another person could facilitate this practice?

 Teacher will provide students with a  Students will be allowed to explore the various
variety of resources to complete the resources in whichever way they see fit.
activity. These resources are offered in
different modalities, allowing students the  Students will be encouraged to explore the
choice to gather information in whichever legacy of ancient Greece and identify which
way they prefer. influences they believe to be the most
important.
 Teacher will offer guidance by helping
students access and navigate the  Students will be encouraged to work together
resources provided for gathering to gather information and share ideas.
information.

 Teacher will pair students up in groups so

that they may help each other gather and
organize information.

Independent Practice “You do”

Teacher Will: Student Will:

◻ How will you plan to coach and correct during this ◻ How will students be engaged?
practice?
◻ How will students independently practice the knowledge and
◻ How will you provide opportunities for remediation and skills required by the objective?
extension?
◻ How are students practicing in ways that align to
◻ How will you clearly state and model academic and assessment of collection of evidence of mastery?
behavioral expectations within the collection of
evidence of mastery? ◻ How are students using self-assessment to guide their own
learning?

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 ◻ Did you provide enough detail so that another person ◻ How are you supporting students giving feedback to one
could facilitate the practice? another?

 Teacher will guide students during their  Student will explore the impact of ancient
research and help to keep them on task. Greece using multiple sources and modalities.

 Teacher will help guide group discussion.  Student will make connections between history
and their everyday life.

 Teacher will help students reflect on what

they know and how it applies to new  Student will be asked to identify what is
content. important to them and what kind of legacy they
would like to leave behind.

 Teacher will encourage students to make

connections to their daily lives and other  Student will be asked to describe how past
school courses. events and actions can have lasting influences.

 Teacher will model historical connection  Student will discuss with peers about why they
examples and effective discussion for believe some impacts are greater than others.
students.

Closing Activity:
◻ How will students reflect on learning?

◻ Summarizing and stating the significance of what they learned.

◻ Acknowledge the new information that was added/developed within their schema.

To conclude the lesson, students will be asked to fill out an exit ticket on their laptop detailing what they believe to
be the greatest lasting influence of ancient Greece on their own personal lives and why. This writing prompt will act
as a formative assessment of what the students have learned and their progress thus far. This will also help
assess how well the students are connecting the content to their lives outside the classroom.