Lesson Plan

Date: Class/Group: Time: P2 & 3

6 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: WWI The Red Baron and the Battle for the Skies
Curriculum links: Specific Objectives/Learning Goals:
The causes of World War I and the Students will:
reasons that men enlisted to fight in the
war (ACDSEH021). Discover the role that the new technology of
General Capabilities: flight played in WWI
Literacy Research the Red Baron
Numeracy Reflect on the Legacy left by the pilots who
ICT fought in WWI
Critical and creative thinking
Personal and social capability
Ethical Understanding
Intercultural 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
PowerPoint

Teacher resources:
Kahoot Quiz
PowerPoint slides
Edited Video on the fight in the skies during WWI

Student resources:
iPads for research.

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Lesson Steps
Time: Procedure Comment

Pre- Projector on, laptop on and plugged in, website loaded.

lesson Remind students of the
Class is ready to come in and quiet before entry. Classroom rules.

2 mins Welcome & roll Speak to Haylen (9-11)

before lesson to gage his
Discuss the learning objectives attitude and if he wants to
go straight to Buddy or if
8 mins Lesson Hook - Video WWI Battle for the Skies 6 he wants to do some
minutes. Handout Out mind map Worksheet 1. learning today.
https://youtu.be/8RFC-7JZUCs
Hand out Post-it notes
Activity 2 What do you know and what would you like to
know about the Red Baron? Working in Pairs -
Complete the first two sections using Post-it notes
and three separate butchers paper sheets.
30 mins Hand out worksheet 3
Hand out Worksheet 3 for the video and PowerPoint.

Teacher input and concurrent activity. PowerPoint on The

Red Baron.
5 mins
Students to fill out key information on their Worksheets 3

Activity In pairs complete the last section of

Worksheet 2 using Post-it notes.
10 mins

Lesson review & Kahoot Quiz on the Red Baron

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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 Worksheet 1 Video notes

WWI in
the air

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 Worksheet 2 using three separate butchers paper sheets
What I know about the Red Baron: What I would like to know about the Red
Baron:

What I have learnt about the Red

Baron:

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 Worksheet 3
The Red Baron
Who?

What?

Where?

When?

Why?

How?

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