Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template

Teachers: Subject:
Max Martin History
Common Core State Standards:
 HS.SP1.3 Evaluate the significance of past events as they relate to their own lives and the world.
 HS.SP3.8 Present arguments and explanations that feature ideas and perspectives on issues and
topics to reach a range of audiences and venues using print, oral, and digital technologies.
Objective (Explicit):
 Students will identify the conflict between pirates and governments in the colonial world.
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.
Name three reasons why there was conflict between pirates and governments, and three reasons why
people went into piracy.

Sub-objectives, 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 relevant to students, their lives, and/or the real world?
Connect to our knowledge of colonial governments and worldwide trade, and how certain individuals
acted within that system.

Key vocabulary: Materials:

Opening (state objectives, connect to previous learning, and make relevant to real life)
 How will you activate student interest?
 How will you connect to past learning?
 How will you present the objective in an engaging and student-friendly way?
 How will you communicate its importance and make the content relevant to your students?

Essential Objective: How did pirates affect colonial trade during the 1700s?
Teacher Will: Student Will:
 How will you model/explain/demonstrate all  What will students be doing to actively capture and
knowledge/skills required of the objective? process the new material?
 What types of visuals will you use?  How will students be engaged?
 How will you address misunderstandings or
common student errors?
 How will you check for understanding?
Instructional Input

 How will you explain and model behavioral

expectations?
 Is there enough detail in this section so that
another person could teach it?
Students will listen to the lecture, taking notes to ensure that
The teacher will have a lecture that provides a general they possess the correct information to use in future class
overview of the time, what pirates did, and how it caused discussions and tests.
conflict in the 1700s.

Co-Teaching Strategy
 Which co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?

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 Differentiation Strategy
 What accommodations/modifications will you include for specific students?
 Do you anticipate any students who will need an additional challenge?
I will include auditory/visual supplements for students who cannot fully participate in
discussion.
Teacher Will: Student Will:
 How will you ensure that all students have multiple  How will students practice all knowledge/skills required
opportunities to practice new content and skills? of the objective, with your support, such that they
 What types of questions can you ask students as continue to internalize the sub-objectives?
you are observing them practice?  How will students be engaged?
 How/when will you check for understanding?  How will you elicit student-to-student interaction?
 How will you provide guidance to all students as  How are students practicing in ways that align to
they practice? independent practice?
 How will you explain and model behavioral
expectations?
 Is there enough detail in this section so that
Guided Practice

another person could facilitate this practice?

Teachers will instruct students on the
significance of three pirates through leading
group discussions and having an interactive
activity that solidifies the content.
Students will practice their knowledge by
participating in class discussion and engaging in
an interactive activity that utilizes an appropriate
amount of technology.

Co-Teaching Strategy
 Which co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?

Differentiation Strategy
 What accommodations/modifications will you include for specific students?
 Do you anticipate any students who will need an additional challenge?
 How can you utilize grouping strategies?
Teacher Will: Student Will:
 How will you plan to coach and correct during this  How will students independently practice the knowledge and
practice? skills required by the objective?
 How will you provide opportunities for remediation and  How will students be engaged?
extension?  How are students practicing in ways that align to
 How will you clearly state and model academic and assessment?
behavioral expectations?  How are students using self-assessment to guide their own
 Did you provide enough detail so that another person
learning?
Independent Practice

could facilitate the practice?

I will provide a video of a certain pirate’s life
and have an independent worksheet that
students will fill out to serve as a guide for the
video. After peer discussions on the
worksheet, a test will be given.
Co-Teaching Strategy
 Which co-teaching approach will you use to maximize student achievement?
 How are you supporting students giving feedback to one
another?
Students will watch the video on the life of a certain
pirate and fill out the worksheet. After peer
discussions on the worksheet, comparing answers
and having academic debate, students will then
take a test.

Differentiation Strategy
 What accommodations/modifications will you include for specific students?
 Do you anticipate any students who will need an additional challenge?

Closing/Student Reflection/Real-life connections:

 How will students summarize and state the significance of what they learned?
 Why will students be engaged?

Students will summarize the information through a test, stating the significance of what
they learned and how it affected the colonial world in the 1700s.
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Students will be engaged because of the interesting information of the topic presented
through the use of effective lectures, class discussions, and interactive activities.