Lesson Plan:

Date: 30th October Term: 4 Week: 14 Level: A

Time/Length: 60M
Topic/Focus: Documentary

Preplanning Considerations:

Context:
Students will continue exploration of key writers and explore the state of preservation of the papyrus
scrolls from the Villa of the Papyri.

Learners Prior Knowledge:

Students have extensive knowledge of Pompeii and Herculaneum including the context of its rise and
the fate of its fall. Students have begun learning about major writers of the period.

Differentiation & Literacy Considerations:

Allowances may need to be given considering the diverse range of learners and capabilities;
- Repetitive Explanation
- Modelling
- Additional Explanations of Vocabulary
- Visual Aids
- Altered Tasks

(Blue Paper/Enlarged Images)

Resources & Equipment

Technological
Student Devices
PowerPoint
Computer
USB Drive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98W-j545-0Y

Other
Work Booklets
Hand Out

Lesson Outcomes Assessment of Lesson Outcomes

- Evaluate the usefulness of papyrus for - Discussion

understanding P & H (and the impact of technology). - Completion/Discussion of Film
Analysis Worksheet
 Procedure

Steps Key Questions/Resource/Provisions for

Extension

Getting Focused - During this time the computer is

to be set up, the video ready to
- Settling Time (5M) play and students collecting
- Welcome/Introduction film worksheet as they enter.

Beginning

- Discussion (5M)
- Prior Knowledge
- Lesson Outcomes

Middle
- Activity One (25M)
- Students to watch documentary, utilizing
their own knowledge to record relevant
information.
- Activity Two (15M)
- Students to write a mini essay that outlines
the question below;
- response/support to ensure that learners
Do you think it is more important to preserve what has already
been uncovered or to further excavate the lower levels in
search of new discoveries?
Differentiation
Unlike T students, A class will not have
the film stopped during the viewing. They
will additionally watch the extended
version of the film which focuses on
depth rather than the As breadth,
Unlike T, students have a less structured
are developing critical thinking skills for
their upcoming exams.

Conclusion

- Exit Pass
- Students to place a dot on the whiteboard in
answering the following question:

Has technology had a major impact on our ability to read the

Papyri scrolls found in Pompeii and Herculaneum?

Self Evaluation