Lesson Plan

Date: Class/Group: Time: P5 & 6

12 June 2017 HASS History - Year 9 (3/11) Room: 115
Subject: The making of the modern world.
Topic: Depth study 2: Investigating World War I (19141918).
Lesson content: Christmas Truce of 1914
Curriculum links: Specific Objectives/Learning Goals:
The causes of World War I and the Students will:
reasons that men enlisted to fight in the Understand the significance of the The
war (ACDSEH021). Christmas Truce of 2014
General Capabilities:
Literacy
Critical and creative thinking
Ethical Understanding

Cross-curriculum priorities:

Skills Student Diversity:

Questioning and Researching
Analysing
Evaluating
Communicating and Reflecting
Prior Learning:
Students have spent the previous 6
weeks of Term 2 learning about
World War 1 and have completed 2
Summative Assessments (CATs).
Each class of Year 9s (3 & 11) have students with
learning and/or behavioral difficulties. The implication
of this is that more attention and scaffolding is required
for these students. The teacher must be careful not to
pay too much attention to the detriment of the other
students.
Resources/Materials required:
BYOD laptops
My Laptop and wireless mouse
Internet via WIFI

Teacher resources:
YouTube video
Worksheets

Student resources:

www.firstworldwar.com

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Lesson Steps
Time: Procedure Comment
Pre- Turn on projector
lesson Plug in laptop
Arrange desks as needed
Lay out resources as needed

5 mins Welcome and Roll Wait until there is quiet

Discuss learning objectives Remind students of the

Class rules. Emphasise
that no one has the right to
5 mins Hook Video The Christmas Truce stop you from learning.

Teacher input Review the learning so far on the war and

introduce the activity.
20
mins Activity Hand out Worksheet 1 on the Christmas Truce.
Match concepts/paragraphs and answer the questions. Walk around the class and
check on progress and
Review the worksheet with Students. give help where required.

15 Activity Hand out Worksheet 2 on Sergeant Brookes.

mins Students to cut out the paragraphs and match them to the
images on the A3 sheet.

5 mins Review the work

Evaluation of Student Learning:

1. Were the students engaged during the lesson?
2. Were the objectives met? If not, why not?
3. Were they able to successfully create their own Excel spreadsheet?
4. Was there sufficient scaffolding leading up to the lesson, i.e. were the students in the ZPD?
5. What was the feedback from the students? Did they enjoy it - was it fun?

Self-Evaluation/Reflection:
1. How did the overall lesson seem to go?
2. Did I stay on time?
3. What was the feedback from the students? Did they enjoy it - was it fun?
4. Did any students struggle to meet the objectives?
5. What would I do differently next time?

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