Lesson Plan #3

Name: Kelsi Trest

Date: 5/14/14
Title of the lesson:

Australian Aborigines and Their Culture

I. Preliminary Planning- The presentation should be complete with pictures and examples or the
students to learn from.
Objective(s) of the lesson:

To discuss the culture and customs of native Australians in order to

connect to their musical uses. We will also talk about why it is
important to know about the Aborigines and Native Americans by
connecting the lesson to sustainability of culture.

Theme/Essential Question:

Why should we preserve a culture?

MDE GLCE /Common Core

Standards best served:
(2-3)

K G5.0.1 Describe ways people use the environment to

meet human needs and wants (e.g., food, shelter, clothing).

1 G4.0.1 Use components of culture (e.g., foods,

language, religion, traditions) to describe diversity in
family life.

Grade 1 Core Standards

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2. Retell stories, including key details, and

demonstrate understanding of their central message
or lesson.

Focus question:

What do the Aborigines use music for?

Key vocabulary/concepts:

-Preserve: maintain (something) in its original or existing state

Time required:

45 minutes

Materials needed:

-Powerpoint
-Pictures
-Map picture

II. The Lesson Itself* - http://prezi.com/eabnynqxcu-b/?

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Lesson launch (aka Do Now aka

The Hook or activating prior
knowledge):

-Who knows what an aborigine is?

-Who can tell me something about Australia?

How the lessons objective(s) will

be shared with the students:

Today we are going to learn about Aborigines and how it is

important to learn about history.

Learning activities (step-by-step):

-A presentation will be viewed and discussed with the students

about the Aborigines and music in their culture.
-Sustainability will be connected to by talking about how music is
used to preserve different cultures.

These should be complete enough

that a good substitute could study
them and teach this class.

Checking for understanding:

(formative assessment)

The students should be able to answer a few simple questions at

the end of the lesson about what they learned during the
presentation.

Guided practice/extension:

N/A

At the end of the lesson, how will

what was learned be summarized
for the class?

Music is used in many ways by many different people. Music has

been around for a very long time and it can tell us something about
the past and what the people were like by the way they used it.

Post-lesson reflections and ideas

for next steps:

The students enjoyed videos. Possibly more video examples

should be incorporated in to all future lessons in order to keep their
attention.