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Instructional Plan Teacher Candidate: Ty Cronenwett Date: 10/30/08 Cooperating Teacher: Mr. Don VanLierop Grade: 9 School: Ferris High School Unit/Subject: Social Studies/ World History Lesson Title/Focus: Explorers . Component 4.2: Understands and analyzes the casual factors that have shaped major events in history. GLE 4.2.1: Analyzes how individuals and movements have shaped world history. GLE 4.2.2: Analyze how cultures and cultural groups have shaped world history. Component 4.3: Understands that there are multiple perspectives and interpretations of historical events. GLE 4.3.2: Analyzes the multiple causal factors of conflicts in world history. Intro- Take roll and pass out Exploration Poster assignment, and go over the instructions. Explain that the poster only has to be on regular printing paper. A large poster and using color will earn extra credit. Guidance/Questions – What is your explorers full name? Where did they sail from and where were they going? What were some problems faced while on their journey? Activity – working in the library looking up information and creating their poster. Assessment: As stated above the assessment for this lesson is a completed poster. All sections are required and missing questions will result in a lower grade. // Whole Class // – Once posters are finished the class will give a brief overview of their explorer explaining who he was and what he did. // Individual – // Students must complete their own poster. // Closing // – Collect posters. Materials, Resources, and Technology: Handout: Explorers hand out, library, coloring utensils, paper, glue, and something to right with.
 * Learning Targets ** : By the end of this lesson, students will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of different explorers that settled all parts of the glob including North and South America, Asia and other land masses around the globe. Not only will they gain knowledge of these individuals but why they went on these explorations, what they took with them, and what affects these explorations had on their countries and themselves.
 * History EALR 4 ** : The student understands and applies knowledge of historical thinking, chronology, eras, turning points, major ideas, and individuals, and themes of local, Washington State, tribal, United States, and world history in order to evaluate how history shapes the present and future.
 * Assessment Strategies ** : Assessment for this lesson will be for the students to individually create a poster of their explorer. Requirements for their poster would include a picture of their individual, a map demonstrating the routes used both on sea and on land, and a time line of the life of their explorer depicting any major events in his life.
 * Grouping ** : This is an individual assignment. Students may help each other find information if they wish but everyone has to turn in their own explorer poster on their own explorer. No doubling up and a list of explorers to choose from will be provided.
 * Learning Experience ** :