Week 9: Assignment 3

Candidate’s Name: Fabian Escobedo

Grade Level: 6^th Grade

Title of the lesson: Greek Gods

Length of the lesson: 45 minutes (two days)

Greek Gods!. Students will explore the many gods that the Greeks worshipped and be able to create a connection on the difference beliefs back then to now! They will explore information about the gods through several resources and create their own book on UDL Bookmaker! Key questions: What is Polytheism? What is Monotheism?  Who was Zeus? Is Monotheism or Polytheism common during the present time?

Knowledge of students to inform teaching (prior knowledge/prerequisite skills and personal/cultural/community assets) Students will have prior knowledge on note taking and #CUBA skills Students will have Ipad & Computer skills Students will have prior knowledge on the geography of Greece Students will have prior knowledge of city-states and government of Greece

Common Core State Standards (List the number and text of the standard. If only a portion of a standard is being addressed, then only list the relevant part[s].) Common Core Learning Standards for ELA and Literacy) CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.3 Identify key steps in a text's description of a process related to history/social studies CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RH.6-8.7 Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.1.b Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant, accurate data and evidence that demonstrate an understanding of the topic or text, using credible sources. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.WHST.6-8.2 Write informative/explanatory texts, including the narration of historical events, scientific procedures/ experiments, or technical processes.

Support literacy development through language (academic language) Students will interpret multiple resources to write a claim and select a god in which they will argue why that specific god is important. Student’s learning task will be to write out a collection of facts and images onto UDL Bookmaker and begin to create in full sentences information about their chosen gods. Vocabulary Monotheism, Polytheism, Zeus, Hercules, Apollo, Hermes, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, polis, agora,

Learning objectives ·       Students will advocate in creating their own individual online book about information on their selected Greek gods and have a three-minute presentation to their class!

Formal and informal assessment (including type[s] of assessment and what is being assessed) Students will be assessed on their collection of notes and on how much information they write in their task sheet. The task sheet is a guide with an attached rubric of what is expected of the child and where to look for certain information about their Greek gods.

Instructional procedure: Instructional strategies and learning tasks (including what you and the students will be doing) that support diverse student needs. Your design should be based on the following: The teacher will open up discussion by asking the following: 1.     Has anyone seen Disney Hercules? 2.     Can someone read our history wall terms of the week? A selected student will begin by reading the learning objectives and follow by reading the weeks history terms, which would be monotheism and polytheism. The teacher will instruct students to begin getting their Ipads and opening up OneNote. Students will open up Mr. Escobedo’s Social Studies class and this week’s task sheet. The students will have 20 minutes to begin with their work on researching information about their Greek gods. The teacher will follow by having students watch BrainPop The teacher will demonstrate what a UDL Book Builder example should look like once drafting is finished. http://bookbuilder.cast.org/view.php?op=share&book=b07dc37ba4a23b19eaeef63019499316&sid=23920 Students will work in small-groups discussion and the teacher will have feedback about basic questioning about Greek gods. Students will debate for a few minutes on which god has a great amount of history and detail. Students will have 3 minutes to present on the Smartboard what they constructed and present Student’s exit ticket will be a multiple choice question: The Greeks believed in what? a)     Monotheism b)    Cheeseburgers c)     Polytheism d)    Christianity Accommodations and modifications: ELLs/struggling readers: Visual and technology The accommodations and modifications that will be provided for students is a task sheet guiding certain students with needs to follow and check off what is required. The video introduced will help students produce visuals and engage them to their activity. An accommodation that will follow will be the mini-group discussion before presenting the three-minute class presentation.

Instructional resources and materials used to engage students in learning. ·       Ipads: OneNote ·       BrainPop: https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/ancientcultures/greekgods/ ·       UDL Book Builder ·       Task Sheet ·       Prezi: Greek Gods ·       Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swpN-h5tkPc

Reflection Were accommodations and modifications fully provided for students with disabilities? Were students comprehensive on the research topic of Greek Gods and can they create connections? When were students most engaged?