Hannah Collison

SPE417

Direct Instruction Lesson Plan: War of 1812

Teachers: Subject:
Hannah Collison US History
Common Core State Standards:
Concept 5, PO 2
o Analyze how the following events affected the political transformation of the developing nation:
Jeffersons Presidency
War of 1812
Jacksons Presidency
Objective (Explicit):
Each student will independently complete a graphic organizer identifying the causes and effects of the War of
1812
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

Students will include at least three causes and at least three effects of the War of 1812 in their graphic organizer.
Each cause and effect should include a brief explanation (1-2 sentences). Students will receive 1 point for each
cause and effect they include and 1 point for each explanation.

I.E.: A response such as A cause of the War of 1812 was impressment. This refers to the action in which the
British took American sailors and forced them to serve in the British navy would receive two points

85% of students will receive an A on this assignment in order to move on to the next lesson. Students will hand in
their graphic organizers at the end of class as an exit ticket
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?
Students will be able to identify causes and effects of the War of 1812
o Say: One cause of the War of 1812 was ________________.
One effect of the War of 1812 was ________________.
o Write: A cause of the War of 1812 was __________________.
An effect of the War of 1812 was _________________.
Key vocabulary: Materials:
Impressment PowerPoint
Embargo Fill-in-the-blank notes
Neutrality Graphic organizer
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?
Teacher will explain to students that they will be learning about the causes and effects of the War of 1812, as well
as several important events that occurred before and during the war. Teacher will then tell students that they will
complete a graphic organizer at the end of the lesson. The teacher will then ask students what they remember about
westward expansion and conflict with the Native Americans, as these concepts will figure into the lesson.
Instructional Input

Teacher Will: Student Will:

How will you model/explain/demonstrate What will students be doing to actively capture
all knowledge/skills required of the and process the new material?
objective? How will students be engaged?
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?

Hand out the fill-in-the-blank notes to those who Fill out/take notes
need them (students with IEPs)
Put pencils in the air when finished copying the
Tell students w/out fill-in-the-blank notes that the information
important information is highlighted/in a different
color Ask questions

Instruct students to put their pencils in the air when Make connections
finished copying down the information so the
teacher can determine when everyone is ready to
move on

Ask students to raise their hands if they have a

question/need clarification

Ask students to share any connections they may

have to previous lessons

Begin the PowerPoint

Explain the information on the slides
Explain the visuals
o I.e.: presidential election maps,
map of the invasion into Canada

Ask if there are any questions/if students need

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

Differentiation Strategy
What accommodations/modifications will you include for specific students?
Do you anticipate any students who will need an additional challenge?

Provide fill-in-the-blank notes for students with IEPs

Highlight important information on slides so students w/out fill-in notes will know what to write down
Visuals for visual learners
Allow them to visualize the information
Before explaining any visuals, ask students if they would like to try to explain the visuals themselves (ie:
maps, what different parts of the map mean)
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?
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?

At the end of the lesson, teacher will put students
into groups of three and assign each group a
number (ie: Group 1, Group 2, etc.)
Ask students to identify one cause and one effect
of the War of 1812
Work in groups of three to identify one cause and one
effect of the War of 1812
Assign roles to each person in the group
Explain the cause and effect their group came up with

Have the students assign roles: one student writes

ideas down, one student presents their cause and
effect to the class, and the other student identifies
causes and effects using their notes

Give students five minutes, then have one person

from each group explain the cause and effect their
group came up with
 Co-Teaching Strategy
Which co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?

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?

Assign roles so that every student participates

Allow students to use their notes to guide the brainstorming process
Allow any students with anxiety to present first
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 assessment?
academic 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?
Put the graphic organizer on the doc cam and Fill out graphic organizer
explain to the students are to write at least three
causes of the war and at least three ways in which Provide three causes and three effects
Independent Practice

the War affected the US in the graphic organizers

Provide brief explanation of each cause and effect
Explain that students will be working
independently and that they will be handing the Turn in graphic organizer at the end of class
organizer in at the end of class for a grade

Hand out graphic organizers

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

Differentiation Strategy
What accommodations/modifications will you include for specific students?
Do you anticipate any students who will need an additional challenge?

Allow students to use notes

Provide extra assistance to students who need it
For any students who need an additional challenge, have them write a sentence or two discussing how the
events leading up to the War of 1812 affected Americas foreign policy
Allow students who need extra time to hand it in next class

Closing/Student Reflection/Real-life connections:

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

Have students think about how the outcome of the war will affect America in the future. Have students bring at
least one idea with them next class period