Zack Hubbard : Teacher Work Sample Overview

The unit used for this Teacher Work Sample (TWS) is about Absolutism in 1500s Europe. In
addition, this lesson was taught in the RSU 18 District at Messalonskee High School, and would
span from January 26th. 2022 through February 10th, 2022. This is the first lesson for a new
group of Modern World History students. The topic of Absolutism includes various student
based activities, as simple as labeling and coloring a map of modern-day Europe to
slideshow-driven lecture notes, and even a bit of simulation where students are given roles in
relation to the topic of Absolutism in 1500s Europe. This is a brief unit, and so to encapsulate
student learning, there is one small summative quiz as students through this unit are guided with
various worksheets, note-sheets, and activities that require students to utilize critical thinking to
show comprehensive understanding of the material.

A Tentative Callanderistic Approach to the Unit

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Jan. 26, 2022: Jan. 27, 2022: Jan. 28, 2022:

Continuation of
Lesson Plan #1: Plan #1 Lesson Plan #2:
Introduction day,
went over class Lesson Plan #1: Learning
expectations and Goals:
started a bit of Learning
Lesson Plan #1/ Goals: -Students will
- Students will analyze
Learning interpret and characteristics of
Goals: identify an absolute
- Students will countries on a Ruler (Louis
interpret and map of XIV)
identify modern-day
countries on a Europe -Students will
map of identify
modern-day -Students will examples of
Europe analyze absolute rulers
vocabulary
-Students will terms related to Assessments:
 analyze Absolutism in
vocabulary 1500s Europe - Absolutism
terms related to and show Vocabulary –
Absolutism in understanding of Terms 6-12.
1500s Europe terminology (Formative)
and show related to the
understanding of time period in -Absolutism
terminology question. 1500-1700
related to the Europe: What is
time period in an Absolute
question. Ruler?
(Formative)

Assessments:
Map of Modern
Europe
(Formative)

Vocabulary
Sheet (Pre /
Formative) –
Vocab over
Absolutism.

Life in the
1500s WebQuest
(Formative)

Jan. 31, 2022: Feb. 1, 2022: Feb. 2, 2022: Feb. 3, 2022: Feb. 4, 2022:

Lesson Plan #3: Lesson Plan #3: Lesson Plan #4: Lesson Plan #5: School
Cancellation -
Learning Learning Learning Learning Snowday.
Goals: Goals: Goals: Goals:

-Students will -Students will -Students will

develop develop - Students will collaborate to
notetaking skills. notetaking skills. learn and utilize form
the comprehension
-Students will -Students will “Appointment” of
identify aspects identify aspects method of Characteristics
of life in 1500s of life in 1500s establish of Absolute
Europe. Europe. partner-based Monarchs.
groups
-Students will
Assessments: Assessments: -Students will develop / utilize
develop skills in note taking stills.
-Life in the -Life in the discussing
1500s Slideshow 1500s Slideshow historical figures
Notes Notes
Follow-Along Follow-Along -Students will Assessments:
(Formative) – (Formative) – compare
Structured Notes Structured Notes characteristics -Characteristics
and actions from of Absolute
one historical Monarchs
figure to another. Brainstorm
(Formative)
Assessments:
-Life in the
-Historical 1500s Slideshow
Figure Analysis Follow-Along
Appointments (Formative)
Worksheet
(Formative) -Historical
Figure Analysis
-Brainstorm Sheet
Worksheets (Formative)
(Google
Classroom): -Historical
Ivan the Terrible Figure Analysis
& Peter the Appointment
Great Worksheet
(Formative) (Formative)

-Absolutism
Vocabulary
Sheet
(Formative)

-Life in the
1500s WebQuest
(Formative)

Feb. 7, 2022: Feb. 8, 2022: Feb. 9, 2022: Feb. 10, 2022: Feb. 11, 2022:

Library Day: Lesson Plan #5: Lesson Plan #6: Lesson Plan #7: Lesson Plan #7:
Workday on the *Lesson carries
Students are Assessment Learning over into Feb. Learning
given an extra pieces. Goals: 11th due to Goals:
credit illness faced by
assignment Learning -Students will student teacher / -Students will
based on Goals: model how teacher. interpret and
historical fiction Feudalism in discuss
books they -Students will 1500s Europe Learning characteristics of
choose. collaborate to Works. Goals: absolute
form monarchs
Learning comprehension -Students will regarding
Goals: N/A of Assessments: interpret and Absolutism
Characteristics discuss
of Absolute =Feudalism characteristics of
Assessments: Monarchs. Activity absolute Assessments:
N/A (Formative) monarchs
-Students will regarding -Characteristics
develop / utilize -Historical Absolutism of Absolute
note taking stills. Figure Analysis Monarchs Quiz
Sheet Assessments: (Summative)
Assessments: (Formative)
-Characteristics
-Characteristics -Historical of Absolute -Historical
of Absolute Figure Analysis Monarchs Quiz Figure Analysis
Monarchs Appointment (Summative) Sheet
Brainstorm Worksheet (Formative)
(Formative) (Formative)
-Historical -Historical
-Life in the -Absolutism Figure Analysis Figure Analysis
1500s Slideshow Vocabulary Sheet Appointment
Follow-Along Sheet (Formative) Worksheet
(Formative) (Formative) (Formative)
-Historical
-Historical -Life in the Figure Analysis -Absolutism
Figure Analysis 1500s WebQuest Appointment Vocabulary
Sheet (Formative) Worksheet Sheet
(Formative) (Formative) (Formative)

-Historical -Absolutism -Life in the

Figure Analysis Vocabulary 1500s WebQuest
Appointment Sheet (Formative)
Worksheet (Formative)
(Formative)
-Life in the
-Absolutism 1500s WebQuest
Vocabulary (Formative)
Sheet
(Formative)

-Life in the
1500s WebQuest
(Formative)