Teaching Team: Lesson Topic/Title:

Tanner DeLaCruz Palestine and Israeli Conflict

Kelsey Stromberg
Troy Abbott
Grace Levatino Date(s):
Friday, May 18th
Subject Area/Grade Level:
ELA/Social Studies
6th-8th

Objectives/Standards (refer to specific TEKS):

Social Studies
● 1a) analyze the historical background of various contemporary societies to evaluate
relationships between past conflicts and current conditions.
● 3a) pose and answer geographic questions, including: Where is it located? Why is it there?
What is significant about its location? How is its location related to the location of other
people, places, and environments?
● 15f) identify and explain examples of conflict and cooperation between and among cultures.
English
● 2d) explain the meaning of foreign words and phrases commonly used in written English
● 6a) describe personal connections to a variety of sources, including self-selected texts
● 13b) recognize how various techniques influence viewers' emotions
● Analyze different forms of point of view
● explain how the values and beliefs of particular characters are affected by the historical and
cultural setting of the literary work

Essential Learnings (What do you want the students to learn about your culture?)

We want for them to understand the causes of the conflict and how World War II affected the country. Also
we would like for them to understand the conditions that are currently taking place for Palestinians and
Israelis.

Activities:
What will the students be doing? Create a step by step list What will the teachers be doing? How will
of activities that will appeal to a variety of learners: you check for understanding or assess
learning?
● Give them name tags as they walk in
● Class Activities (4:00) 1. Hand students a number as they walk
○ -pre quiz on powerpoint in to show what group they will be in.
● Stations (8:00 for each station) (Stamp Sheet) 2. Give them name tags and have them
○ causes of war-Tanner write their names on them.
○ 6 Day War, excerpt from book, and other 3. Give an intro as a class and quick
violence- Troy overview of topic
○ food and culture- Kelsey 4. Split into smaller groups to go over
○ effects of war- Grace specifics
● Closure: kahoot follow up questions (7:00) - Tanner a. Tanner- World War II causes,
(makes the Kahoot) how the US is related to the
conflict, and other
connections.
b. Troy- Background of 6 day
war, show excerpt from
 book/kitchen hole, and other
violence
c. Kelsey- food and why it is
significant in the culture and
other traditional foods. Talk
about wedding traditions,
arranged marriages. Students
will fill out culture part of
worksheet.
d. Grace- print out a passage
from the book (how mama is
affected by the war page 86)
and have the students read
and analyse. Show a map of
how Palestine has changed in
size. Ask students to do a
quick write in the perspective
of a Palestinian.
5. End as a group have an overview
kahoot as a class.
Interdisciplinary Connections: (What part of your lesson involves English? What types of activities relate
to Social Studies?)
The english portion of the lesson involves analyzing texts from our book.
The social studies portion involves history of the war, causes and effects, culture and food, and also the
importance of location.

Levels of Thinking in Lesson: Closure:

We will end with a Kahoot to assess their knowledge
__+___ Knowledge (Remember) they gained from our lesson.
__+___ Comprehension (Understand) We want them to understand this is an ongoing
__+___ Application conflict, everything that you do has potential of
__+__ Analysis influencing someone. However there is stuff you can
_____ Evaluation (Critique)
do about it such as donating to relief efforts and
_____ Synthesis (Create)
educating those around you and yourself.
Teaching Team Roles and Responsibilities: (Who will teach which aspect of the lesson? What is each
person responsible for preparing/bringing/researching/creating?)

Tanner: causes of conflict (World War II background)

● computer
Grace: effects of the war
● book
Kelsey: culture and food with text from book
● traditional dish
● pictures
● stamps
Troy: 6 Days War and incorporate texts from the book
● computer
● pictures

Everyone will bring 16 copies.