Weekly Block Plan
Dates: 10/4-
Student Teacher: Lydia Ofalt
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Subject/Tim
MONDAY
e
State Standard: Standard - 7.3.U.A
Objective:
STWBAT list the different types of
immigrants who originally settled
Canada
STWBAT list the official languages of
Canada
STWBAT compare and contrast
Canadian and American Culture
11th Grade Materials: 6.2 Google Slides
World 6.2 notes & worksheet
Cultures Lesson Development with
Differentiation: Class discussion on
perception of Canada
Lecture on history and government of
Canada
Assessment: In-class essay assessment
on similarities and differences between
American and Canadian cultures
Modifications/Accommodations:
Honors Class: no IEPS
State Standard: Standard - 8.3.9.A
Objective: SWBAT list the factors
that led to urbanization
Materials: Interactive inventions
timeline, slides
Lesson Development with
Differentiation: Lecture on
urbanization, class time to analyze
timeline, students will decide what
invention they believe was the
most important and discuss why
9th during class discussion
Assessment: Formative assessment
Grade through class discussion.
Summative assessment at the end
US II of unit
Modifications/Accommodations:
Students with IEPS will have the
opportunity to have the inventions
on the timeline read aloud to them
if needed.
TUESDAY
State Standard: Standard - 7.3.U.A
Objective:
STWBAT list the different types of
immigrants who originally settled
Canada
STWBAT list the official languages of
Canada
STWBAT compare and contrast Canadian
and American Culture
Materials: 6.2 Google Slides
6.2 notes & worksheet
Lesson Development with
Differentiation: Process: Class discussion
on perception of Canada
Lecture on Canadian culture, family
Units, and urban areas
Assessment: In-class essay assessment
on similarities and differences between
American and Canadian cultures
Modifications/Accommodations:
Honors Class: no IEPS
State Standard: Standard - 8.3.9.A
Objective: SWBAT list the different
groups that immigrated to the US
during the Gilded age
SWBAT list the causes and effects of
immigration
Materials: Slides, Primary sources of
immigration, political cartoons
worksheet
Lesson Development with
Differentiation: Short lecture with
slides about immigration. Group
activity where students read about a
certain immigrant group and teach
the class about their group. Political
Cartoons worksheet will be assigned
and worked on in class
Assessment: Students will be
formatively assessed through the
group presentation, Students will be
summatively assessed through the
cartoons worksheet
Modifications/Accommodations:
Students with IEPs will be placed in
groups with strong students who are
helpful to them.
Wednesday
State Standard: Standard - 7.3.U.A
Objective: STWBAT Compare and
contrast American and Canadian
Culture
Materials: USA vs. Canada Essay
prompts
Lesson Development with
Differentiation: Students will
complete short essays on two
prompts given in class. Product: The
product will be differentiated through
this essay assessment as opposed to a
multiple choice test.
Assessment: In-class essay assessment
on similarities and differences
between American and Canadian
cultures
Modifications/Accommodations:
Honors Class: no IEPS
State Standard: Standard - 8.3.9.A
Objective: SWBAT list the different
groups that immigrated to the US
during the Gilded age
SWBAT list the causes and effects
of immigration
Materials: Slides, Primary sources
of immigration, political cartoons
worksheet
Lesson Development with
Differentiation: Short lecture with
slides about immigration. Group
activity where students read
about a certain immigrant group
and teach the class about their
group. Political Cartoons
worksheet will be assigned and
worked on in class
Assessment: Students will be
formatively assessed through the
group presentation, Students will
be summatively assessed through
the cartoons worksheet
Modifications/Accommodations:
Students with IEPs will be placed
in groups with strong students

Subject/Tim
Thursday
e
State Standard: Standard - 7.2.W.A
Objective: STWBAT locate the countries of Latin
America
STWBAT locate the geographical features of Latin
America
Materials: Latin American map, slides
Lesson Development with Differentiation: Allow
students some class time to fill in what they
11th Grade
already know about L.A. geography. Lecture on
World
Latin American Geography
Cultures
Assessment: L.A. Map test
Modifications/Accommodations: Honors class:
no IEPS
State Standard: Standard - 8.3.9.A
Objective: SWBAT list the different groups that
immigrated to the US during the Gilded age
SWBAT list the causes and effects of immigration
Materials: Slides, Primary sources of immigration,
political cartoons worksheet
Lesson Development with Differentiation: Short
lecture with slides about immigration. Group
activity where students read about a certain
immigrant group and teach the class about their
group. Political Cartoons worksheet will be
9th assigned and worked on in class
Assessment: Students will be formatively
Grade assessed through the group presentation,
Students will be summatively assessed through
USII the cartoons worksheet
Modifications/Accommodations: Students with
IEPs will be placed in groups with strong students
who are helpful to them.
Self-Evaluation For 1st period, I would definitely say that the written assessment did not go as well as I planned. When asked
about the culture of the US and Canada, the students tended to just spit out facts about similarities and differences as opposed to
who are helpful to them.
Friday
State Standard: "CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.4
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.11-12.3"
Objective: STWBAT define the importance of the
Plague in human history
Materials: Mankind “Plagues”
Viewing guide
Lesson Development with Differentiation:
Students will watch the video and complete the
viewing guide
Assessment: The viewing guide will be graded by
completion and correctness
Modifications/Accommodations: Honors class: no
IEPS
State Standard: Standard - 8.3.9.D
Objective: STWBAT
Materials: Crash Course: Westward Expansion
and worksheet
Lesson Development with Differentiation:
Students will view the video and complete the
worksheet while doing so. Teacher will review the
information on the worksheet and discuss the
answers. Then the teacher will lead a class
discussion on their stereotypes of the “wild west”
and how they might be different than reality.
Assessment: Test on Westward expansion and
populism, formative assessment through the
worksheet and class discussion
Modifications/Accommodations: Students with
disabilities will be permitted to watch the video
on their own with headphones so they can pause
and rewind the video if needed.
actually analyzing the culture, I feel as if I could instruct the students about what I am looking for a little better next time. 2 nd period
went really well, the students enjoyed talking about immigration and how they have seen it impact their own lives.