LESSONPLANTEMPLATE

YourName:ErinFlores
TitleofLesson:MonocultureFarmingUrbanFarmingResearch
Grade:6thGrade

STANDARDS
6.RL.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text
says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
6.RI.2 Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed
through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct
from personal opinions or judgments.
6.W.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question,
drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when
appropriate.
6.W.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital
sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or
paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding
plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for
sources.

LESSONSUMMARY/OVERVIEW
Thestudentswillberesearchingmonoculturefarmingandurbanfarming.Thiswillincludewhattheyareas
wellashowtheyareimplementedintherealworld.Studentswill

OBJECTIVES
Studentswillbeabletoresearchsourcesandmaterialsandwellasassessthecredibilityofsource.

ASSESSMENT/EVALUATION
Thestudentswilldigitalsubmittheirfindingsbeforetheendofclass.Thiswillincludeallinformation
acquiredbythestudentaswellasthesourcesusedbythestudent.Theinformationthatwillbeturnedinby
thestudentmustanswerthequestionsprovided;aswellasdemonstrateandunderstandingandnotjust
copiedtextfromsources.

PREREQUISITEKNOWLEDGE
ThestudentswillneedtoknowwhatSustainabilityis.Aswellaswhatitmeanstobesustainable.

MATERIALS

Laptop
Paper
Writingutensil

VOCABULARY/KEYWORDS
Sustainability
MonocultureFarming
UrbanFarming
 TEACHINGPROCEDURES
Day one will begin with the students being introduced to the topic of
Sustainability. To start off the class the students will first research What is
Sustainability? This will be the bell work for the class. This should take no more
than ten minutes. Websites for students will be posted as a starting off point.
Once the bell work is done the students will conduct a think pair share, this is so
ideas can be shared. Once this is done the teacher will move on the main activity.
The teacher will then introduce the main topic, farming.

The students will use computers to research two different farming practices. The
two farming techniques that will be researched by students will be Urban Farming
and Monoculture Farming. By the end of class students will be able to explain
what monoculture farming is as well was what urban farming is. The students will
also be able to compare and contrast the two.

The students will need to be able to answer:

"What is Monoculture Farming?"
"What is Urban Farming?"
"Find a real word example of each farming technique."
"What are positives and negatives of each farming practices that you can find in
the research or think of?"

RESOURCES
http://www.sustainabilitydegrees.com/whatissustainability/
http://www.environmentalscience.org/sustainability

WAYSOFTHINKINGCONNECTION
DuringthislessonstudentswillutilizeStrategicThinkingtounderstandtheideaofSustainablefarmingand
howitaffectstheenvironment.Thestudentswillneedtoassesshowthedifferentmovingpartsofthefarming
industryaffecttheenvironmentaswellashowitcanchangetohavealesserimpact.