Name: Jonathan Brown

9-weeks
Date: 9/29/14
LEARNING
TAGETS:
-Students will be
introduced to the
Allegheny Plateau and
Ohio River Valley
geographical regions
of West Virginia.
-Students will
analyze various
texts to discover
and collect
information
about a specific
region of West
Virginia.
-Students will work

collaboratively to
produce a visual
storyboard/poster that
relates to a particular
geographical region of
West Virginia.

Grade: 8th
21st CENTURY
LEARNING
OBJECTIVES

Subject: WV History

ACTIVITIES
-Students will be recording their brain and trivia in
their journals.

PresentationSS.8.E.4
SS.8.G.6
SS.6-8.L.7

-I will be giving a PowerPoint presentation covering

the Allegheny Plateau and Ohio River Valley.

Group ProjectSS.6-8.L.15
SS.6-8.L.17

-If there is time left, students will be working on

finishing their regions posters.

-Students will be taking notes from the presentation on

the graphic organizer provided.

VOCABULARY

Chapter 2 Terms:
Rural
Urban
Immigrant
Plateau

STRATEGIES
Attention Differences Guided Instruction
Physical Differences- Extended Time, Group
Collaboration
Communication Differences- Guided Instruction
Sensory Differences- Graphic Organizer
Multiple Intelligences Addressed:
-Verbal
-Spatial
-Logical
-Bodily

ASSESSMENTS
-Assessments will be based off of students
completion of graphic organizers.
-Assessments of group projects will be made
using the provided rubric.

HOMEWORK
NONE