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Title of Lesson The Ancient World Grade Level Form 1

Week Five: Two Periods
Subject HISTORY Time Frame

Teacher (s) Ms.Kartick

Date Developed 27th January, 2023
Date Modified 02/02/2023

Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results

Established Goals (Transfer of Knowledge)

Students will be able to independently use their learning to:

Evaluate how Hammurabi's Code reflects Babylonian society at the time.

Appreciate the Contributions of Babylonian Civilization

Learning Outcomes (Established Goals)

What relevant goals will this unit address?
(Must come from curriculum – Ministry of Education, IGCSE, AS/AL)

Describe who Hammurabi was.

Explain the basic principle of justice in Hammurabi’s code.
Examine who the Babylonians were.
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Enduring Understandings (Meaning) Essential Questions (Meaning)

What understandings about the big ideas are desired? (What you want
students to understand & be able to use several years from now?
 Students will understand that...
 Hammurabi had a law code of 282 legal decrees.
 Babylon is a real place.
What provocative questions will foster inquiry into the content? (Open-
ended questions that stimulate thought and inquiry linked to the content
of the enduring understanding)
 Hammurabi could best be described as?
 The principle of "an eye for an eye" means that?
 What does Babylon actually mean?
 What are some of the inventions that the Babylonians made.

Knowledge (Acquisition) Skills (Acquisition)

What knowledge will student acquire as a result of this unit? This content What skills will students acquire as a result of this unit? List the skills
knowledge may come from the indicators, or might also address pre-requisite and/or behaviours that students will be able to exhibit as a result of their
knowledge that students will need for this unit. work in this unit.

Students will know... Students will be able to…

 the role of the Code of Hammurabi in legal history.
 Describe some of Babylon’s important or famous
achievements.
 Describe major attributes of the Code of Hammurabi
 Evaluate how Hammurabi's Code reflects Babylonian society at
the time.
 Describe the daily lives of the Babylonians.

Stage 2 – Assessment Evidence

Performance Task
Through what authentic performance task will students demonstrate the desired understandings, knowledge, and skills? Typically, the P.T. describes a scenario
or situation that requires students to apply knowledge and skills to demonstrate their understanding in a real life situation. Describe your performance task
scenario below)
By what criteria will performances of understanding be judged?
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Formative and summative assessments used throughout the unit to arrive at the outcomes.

Students will:

 Post it Summary
 Comprehension questions.

Other Evidence Student Self-Assessment

Through what other evidence (work samples, observations, quizzes, tests, How will students reflect upon or self-assess their learning?
journals or other means) will students demonstrate achievement of the desired
results?
- Structured and objective questions.
 Sticky note summary
 Thought shapes
 KWL chart.

# Lesson Title Lesson Activities Resources

Introduction
Topic: The
Babylonians.
For bell work students will listen to the song “By the Rivers of Babylon.” History Textbooks
Page 34
Teacher will tell students lesson objectives.
Worksheets
Development

Teacher will share notes on the Babylonians and explain same. https://youtu.be/
nKThyNeKqUU
Students will copy notes. 0:50 -

Teacher will encourage students to ask question for clarification.

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Students will ask questions for clarification.

Conclusion
Teacher will recap main points of lesson.

Students will write a post it of what they learnt.

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Introduction
Lesson Two:
Review: The
Sumerians. For bell work students will complete a KWL chart on the Sumerians.

Teacher will tell students lesson objectives.

Development

Teacher will share notes on the Sumerians and explain same.

Students will copy notes.

Teacher will encourage students to ask question for clarification.

Students will ask questions for clarification.

Conclusion
Teacher will recap main points of lesson.

Students will state what they learnt.

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Assess and Reflect (Stage 4)

Considerations Comments
Required Areas of Study:
What went well in this lesson/unit? Why Students are taking a long time to write notes and despite it being posted on plus portal
What challenges did I/we experience in this lesson/unit? Why? they are not printing it out.
What would we/I do differently?

Adaptive Dimension: For struggling students:

Have I made purposeful adjustments to the curriculum content
(not outcomes), instructional practices, and/or the learning Notes were sent to the class via plus portal.
environment to meet the learning needs and diversities of all my
students?
What went well? Why? For students who need a challenge:
What challenges did I/we experience? Nil.
What would we/I do differently?

Instructional Approaches:
Did I use a variety of teacher directed and student centered Yes.
instructional approaches?
Were students involved in the lessons? How? Students were involved in group discussion as well as participated in teacher directed
Were the lessons presented clearly? lectures.
What would we/I do differently?

Resource Based Learning:

Do the students have access to various resources on an ongoing Yes
basis?
What additional resources could we/I make available to students?
Other notes of reflection
80 % of students understood all concepts taught. ESL students are struggling to keep up
without a translation.
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