5E Lesson Plan Template

Your name or Austin Stephens

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teacher name
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Date(s) taught 04/17-4/21

Subject 7th Grade

Grade level Civics & Geography

Materials Teacher PPT

Student Chromebooks
Google Slides

Standards State Standards (Each are covered in the lesson)

(State and
SS 10.7G.1-Describe the world in spatial terms using maps and other
ISTE
geographic representations, tools, and technologies.
Standards for
Students)
SS10.7G.2.4- Compare how culture and experience influence individual
perceptions of places and regions.

SS10.7G.5- Explain how cultural features, traits, and diffusion help define
regions, including religious structures, agricultural patterns, ethnic enclaves,
ethnic restaurants, and the spread of Islam.

ISTE Standards
1- Knowledge Constructor: Students critically curate a variety of resources
using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make
meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
4- Innovating Designer: Students use a variety of technologies within a design
process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative
solutions

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Objectives State Objectives:
Students are able to define and recognize elements of culture and expressions
of culture on the landscape that collectively define a culture region.

Students understand that cultural features, traits, and diffusion help define
regions and change over time.

ISTE Objectives:
Students can plan and employ effective research strategies to locate
information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.

Students will select and use digital tools to plan and manage a design process
that consideres design constraints and calculated risks.

Differentiation I will differerntiate the lesson by guiding students through the project in various
Strategies ways.
- Students will be creating a PowerPoint presentation on their dream travel
destination
- Students will include pictures, short videos, and text.
- Students will see a visual example of a powerpoint presentation
- I will present the instructions on a Powerpoint in a whole-group setting
- Students will have directions available via Schoology

The 5 Es

E Description

Engagement Are You A Tourist Or A Traveler

1) Blooket Game: Students will compete in a blooket game based on
famous places to visit around the world.
2) Introduction PowerPoint: Students will be introduced to the project and
participate in small-group discussion on where they would like to visit.
Students should pick the city/country they want to visit by the end of day
one.

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 E Description

Engagement Exit Slip: Students will turn in there exit slip as they are leaving class.
Assessment
1) Which city and country did you pick for your dream trip project?
2) Why did you pick this country?
3) What do you know about it and what do you want to know?

Exploration Exploring The Destination

- Students will explore the city and country they are visiting by completing
research in a small-group. Students will have a questionnaire to guide their
research. Students will need to find: a map showing where in the world
they are going, the weather and when the best time to go, travel tips and
cultural rules, packing list, languages, currency, food, traditions, and
pictures.

- Students will gather all of this information before beginning to construct

their presentation.

Exploration - To assess the exploration phase students will complete the questions that they
Assessment use to guide their research. Students are working in pairs of two, and each is
required to turn in their evidence.
- Students will also be assessed based on their collaboration & partcipation with
their partner.

Explanation To explain the lesson I will cover all major points of the presentation and
provide students with an dream trip presentation example. I will emphasise
the importance of understanding cultural traits and how they define certain
regions. Students will be researching areas they want to visit and they
must become familiar with the countries cultural traits (religions,
langauges, etc.).

Explanation Whole-Group Discussion: Students will participate in a whole-group discussion

Assessment on the importance of understanding different cultures around the world.
Example Question: What language is spoken in your dream destination? If it is a
different language how will you communicate with others?

Elaboration Students will be creating a powerpoint for their dream travel destination. I
will provide students with an example from my classes in the past. I am
sticking with the powerpoint because that is what I have always done in
the past and it is what my 7th graders are most comfortable with right now.
- Students are completing their project in small-groups and students will

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 E Description

be able to collaborate on the powerpoint at the same time.

LINK TO DREAM TRIP PPT INTRO/EXPLANATION

LINK TO STUDENT EXAMPLE

Evaluation For the evaluation students will present their powerpoints to the class.
Students will be graded based off of the pojects rubric.

LINK TO RUBRIC AND TRAVEL ASSIGNMENT GUIDE

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