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Lesson Plan Template

TOPIC
Name
Subject
Grade Level
Date/Duration
Big Ideas
Essential
Questions
PA/Common
Core/Standards
Objectives

DETAILS
Olivia Mills
PA Geography
4th
40
We use geographic tools to get us from one place to
another.
How do we use geographic tools to get us from one
place to another?
What are the various types of tools we can use?
7.1.4.A.
Describehowcommongeographictoolsareusedtoorganizeandinterpretinformation
aboutpeople,places,andenvironment.

Students will individually correctly follow the directions

and draw trails from one place to another 4/5 times.

Formative: As students are completing the activity,

they will be assessed on completion.
Summative: Students will be given a quiz on the
various geographic tools that can be used for
navigation.
ISTE: Research & Information Fluency: Students will
have to be fluent in the directional terms in order to
determine what direction they are traveling in.
ISTE: Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, & Decision
Making: Students will have to critical think by deciding
what direction they are going. Because some directions
could be borderline, for example, going south versus
southeast, students will have to decide if the direction
they are traveling is moving up/down and/or side to
side.

Bloom's
Taxonomy
Webb's Depth of
Knowledge
(DOK)
Formative &
Summative
Assessment
Evidence

ISTE Standards
for Students

Framework for
21st Century
Learning

Accommodation
s, Modifications

SUPERVISING
TEACHERS
SIGNATURE

Student with a mild visual impairment: This student will

be given larger paper clips to make it easier for him/her
to see the measurements.

CK

Seton Hill University Lesson Plan Template Step-by-Step

Procedures
RATIONALE for
the Learning
Plan
Introduction

Explicit
Instructions

Lesson
Procedure
Must include
adaptations &
accommodation
s for students
with special
needs

CK
Activating Prior Knowledge
https://s.nearpod.com/sp/2d637a5cbd4d2e904780
ac2d304d91ca This Nearpod lesson is about the
back roads of Pennsylvania. Because it is often
assumed that Pennsylvania is mostly an urban
state, it may be a surprise to students and a
learning experience to find out more about the
back roads of rural PA.
Hook/Lead-In/Anticipatory Set
Ask students to reminisce (and share if they feel
compelled) about a time they took a trip just in
Pennsylvania.
Big Idea Statement
We use geographic tools to get us from one place to
another.
Essential Questions Statement
What are the various types of tools we can use?
Objective Statement
Students will individually correctly follow the directions
and draw trails from one place to another 4/5 times.
Transition

Key Vocabulary
Geographic, geographic tools, compass
PreAssessment of Students

Modeling of the Concept

I will demonstrate using the paperclips how to
measure from given points A & B and what
direction Im going in, in a different state as to
not give away any PA travel point pairs.
Guiding the Practice
We will complete one together on the PA map.
Providing the Independent Practice
Students will be given a 24x12 map of Pennsylvania.
They will also be given a list of pairs of places in PA.
They will have to measure, using paperclips, the
distance between point A and point B. They will record
the distance between the points in how many paperclips
it took to get from each point. They will also record the
direction (N, E, S, W, NE, SE, NW, & SW) using the
compass provided. They will be given 5 different

traveling point pairs.

Transition

Adaptations/Accommodations for Students with Special

Needs
Student with a mild visual impairment: This student will
be given larger paper clips to make it easier for him/her
to see the measurements.
Evaluation of
Formal Evaluation
the
Students will be graded on the completion and
Learning/Master
correctness of the activity.
y of the
Informal Evaluation
Concept
Students will be informally evaluated by whether they
are focused and are completing the activity correctly.
Closure
Summary & Review of the Learning

Homework/Assignments

Reading
Paperclips
Materials
Large PA maps
Technology
Highlighters to draw the trails
Equipment
Pencils to record the data
Supplies
Teacher
Self-reflection