Lesson Name >>

Charlemagne Unifier and father of Europe

Collaborator(s) / Teacher(s) >>
Shadrack Gore/Caleb Barker
Lesson Name >>
Charlemagne Unifier and father of Europe

Number Event Media Prescription / Process
1 Gain learner attention.

Caleb will share his genealogy with students and tell a cool story. We will ask
students to identify a leader in their life that they can specifically list.
2 Inform students of lesson
objective (s).

-Understand who Charlemagne was and family background.
-How he unified Europe and his people.
3 Stimulate pre-requisite recall.

-Pair share things we already know about Charlemagne/
4 Present the stimulus material.

-Students will watch a video of Charlemagne. Students will identify why
Charlemagne is considered the Father of Europe, and leadership qualities he
had. Students will read text and circle things that illustrate Charlemagne as a
leader or attributes that show he was a leader.
5 Provide learner guidance.

Students will do the fishbowl activity. They will discuss if Charlemagne was
really a good leader or not compared to the leaders they know in their life.
They will discuss why or why not. If needed we will identify people today
and ask if they are a good leader. Students will decide if they think
Charlemagne was a good leader or not.
6 Elicit performance.

Students performance will be analyzed on a few points. 1. Participation. This
will be taken care of by everyone being able to go into the fish bowl at some
point. Those who are watching the fishbowl are taking notes or asking
questions in anticipation to going into the fish bowl. 2. Their note taking of
Charlemagne.
7 Provide feedback.

Students will receive feedback as they enter into a conversation. They will
learn that everyone needs a turn and every idea taken into consideration
throughout conversation.
8 Assess performance.

Students will build up a list of reasons dealing with Charlemagnes leadership
(not if he is a good person or not) just on leadership qualities.
9 Enhance retention.

Students will do a Venn diagram of Charlemagne and the person they picked
and compare and contrast leadership techniques of both Charlemagne and the
person they see as a leader.
State standards, goals, and objectives this lesson is designed to meet >> Idaho State Goal 1.9 identifying world
religion. Section 2 geography

My goals for this lesson >> Students will identify be able to identify leadership qualities of Charlemagne. They will
also be able to identify how he was a unifier of people. Students will also identify why Charlemagne is considered
the Father of Europe.
Think about:
Throughlines
Modeling Goals
Retention Goals
Enabling Objectives
Essential Questions

What support materials will this lesson require? >> Copies of Charlemagne information. Map of Tribes and nations
at the time of the late 8
th
and early 9
th
centuries. Venn Diagrams.



-Note paper, look text shrink it or break it up.