INQUIRY (5E) LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE

Teachers: Mackenzie White Subject: U.S. History Grade: 11

Common Core State Standards:

● HS.SP4.1 Analyze multiple and complex causes and effects of events in the past and present.
● HS.SP4.2 Distinguish between long-term causes and triggering events in developing an argument.
● HS.SP4.3 Integrate evidence from multiple relevant sources and interpretations into a reasoned
argument.
● ISTE STANDARDS- Knowledgeable Constructor- 3a,3b,3c,3d
Objective (Explicit):
● Understand the effects of the Cold War and how it impacted foreign affairs.
Evidence of Mastery (Measurable):
◻ Include a copy of the lesson assessment.
◻ Provide exemplar student responses with the level of detail you expect to see.
◻ Assign value to each portion of the response
Ask questions on how the students understand the project and asses with a thumbs up or thumbs down motion.

ectives, SWBAT (Sequenced from basic to complex)

◻ How will you review past learning and make connections to previous lessons?
◻ What skills and content are needed to ultimately master this lesson objective?
◻ How is this objective relative to students, their lives, and/or the real world?

SWBAT- Analyze the major political, social, economic, and military/technological developments and their impacts on foreign affairs and present on
the effects of history.

Key vocabulary: Nonaggression Pact Isolationism Materials: Presentation and laptops

Domestic Affairs Neutrality Acts
Engage
◻ How will you activate prior knowledge?
◻ How will you hook student attention?
◻ What question will you pose, based on your objective, that students will seek to answer in Explore?
Teacher Will: Students Will:
Explain WWII and it’s impact on foreign affairs and how it relates to Seek primary sources to explain their stance on our history and
9/11. it’s effect on foreign affairs.

Explore
◻ How will you model your performance expectations? (Remember you are not modeling what you want students to discover but need to
model expected behavior or required procedures.)
◻ How will students take the lead and actively use materials to discover information that will help them answer the question posed in the
Engage?
◻ What questions or prompts will you be prepared to use with students while they are “exploring”?
Teacher Will: Students Will:
Introduce and provide support for students and provide daily checks Formulate roles in their selected group and work together
of progress on their project. collaboratively on the task and project as a whole.

Co-Teaching Strategy
◻ What co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement? N/A

Differentiation Strategy
◻ What accommodations/modifications will you provide for specific students?
◻ How will you anticipate students that need an additional challenge?
Explain
◻ How will all students have an opportunity to share what they discovered?
◻ How will you connect student discoveries to correct content terms/explanations?
◻ How will all students articulate/demonstrate a clear and correct understanding of the sub-objectives by answering the question from the
Engage before moving on?

Teacher Will: Students Will:

Work and meet with each group to talk about the progress of their Provide feedback to their teacher of what they know.
project and how they understand what the project is and how to
tackle the subject.
Co-Teaching Strategy
◻ What co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement? N/A

Differentiation Strategy
◻ What accommodations/modifications will you provide for specific students?
◻ How will you anticipate students that need an additional challenge?

Elaborate
◻ How will students take the learning from Explore and Explain and apply it to a new circumstance or explore a particular aspect of this
learning at a deep level?
◻ How will students use higher order thinking at this stage (e.g. A common practice in this section is to pose a What If? Question)?
◻ How will all students articulate how their understanding has changed or been solidified?

Teacher Will: Students Will:

Lead guided discussions on the project and elaborate more on Ask questions (if they have any) on the subject matter and
questions that students may have. elaborate more on their projects.

Co-Teaching Strategy
◻ What co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement? N/A

Differentiation Strategy
◻ What accommodations/modifications will you provide for specific students?
◻ How will you anticipate students that need an additional challenge?

Evaluate
◻ How will all students demonstrate mastery of the lesson objective (though perhaps not mastery of the elaborate content)?
◻ How will students have an opportunity to summarize the big concepts they learned (separate from the assessment)?

Teacher Will: Students Will:

Set up a presentation day in advance in which all of the students Be able to comprehend the objectives of the project and establish
will be presenting their polished projects. group roles.