Eastside High School Lesson Plan Template

Teacher & Coteacher

Course Name &
Period

Cricket Butler

Week & Date

February 2-6, 2015

Unit Title

Period 3: 1815-1914

APEH- 3rd Period

Unit Standards

(including text)

Unit Essential Questions

How did the European leaders of Russia, Great Britain, Austria, and Prussia facilitate a peace agreement after the defeat of Napoleon?
How was the peace agreement of the Congress of Vienna going to be maintained by the conservative European leaders in a time when new ideologies
were becoming popular?
What were some of the new ideologies in Europe at the time, and how did their dislike of the decisions made at the Congress of Vienna fuel their
decisions to revolt in the early 19th century?
How did the new ideologies continue to affect European countries politically, economically, and socially after the revolutions of 1848?
Explain the causes that led to the growth of nationalistic tendencies post-1848.

Monday
Daily
Essential
Question/s

02/02

Why did the Revolutions

of 1848 occur in their
respective countries and
how did they end?

Tuesday

02/03

Why was there no

revolution in Britain in the
period 1815 to 1848 while
many revolutions occurred
on the continent?

Wednesday 02/04

Thursday

How do we define
important doctrines and
identify these ism's in
action throughout history
and current events?

How is your ism

(conservatism v.
liberalism) better suited
for the governments of
the European continent?

02/05

Friday

02/06

How is your ism

(conservatism v.
liberalism) better suited
for the governments of
the European continent?

Activating
Strategy

Delivery/
Instruction/
Activities

Think: Students will read

the article:
Every Revolution is
Different by
Applebaum
Pair: Find evidence
(from their notes on the
Heineman lecture &
1848 Reading) to
support Applebaums
theory that the Arab
Spring and Revolutions
of 1848 had similar
causes.

Talking Points: British

Reforms

Watch & Analyze: The

Dow Chemical Companys
Solutionism videos

Kahoot Review of the

isms

6 Degrees of Separation:
British Reform Bills

Define ism using Visual

Thesaurus

Debate Prep:
Debate:
Conservatism v.
Conservatism v. Liberalism
Liberalism
*Students are assigned to
one of the two debate
groups.
*Students will read &
annotate a collection of
documents relating to
their ism
*In groups, students will
prepare their
arguments/statements

Students will define the

Top 25 Social Studies isms
in a chart using Visual
Thesaurus

Share: As a whole
group, students will
determine which
European countries
werent mentioned in
the lecture (Great
Britain and Russia) and
find evidence as to why.

Grouping
Method

Collaborative Pairs;
Whole Group

Whole Group

Collaborative Pairs; Whole

Group Discussion

Individual Work; Flexible

Grouping (teacher
assigned)

Multiple Choice Quiz

Flexible Grouping (teacher

assigned)

HOW &
WHY
Questions
(4 per day)

Constructed
Response
Practice

How did major

powers deal with
liberal and
nationalistic
uprisings in various
parts of the
continent during the
19th century?
Why did the
Revolutions of 1848
occur in their
respective countries
and how did they
end?
How do the
Revolutions of 1848
represent the
centrality of France
as the liberal
inspiration for other
Europeans?
To what extent did
conservatism
achieve its
objectives in the
years between 1815
and 1849?
Synthesis Practice &
Quick Write:
Choose ONE of the
following dates and
argue for why it should
be considered a turning
point in European
politics and diplomacy:
1789, 1799,
1815, or 1848.

How did the events in

Britain and France
compare & contrast
during the period 18151870?
Why was there no
revolution in Britain in
the period 1815 to
1848 while many
revolutions occurred
on the continent?
Why was there no
revolution in Russia in
the period 1815 to
1848 while many
revolutions occurred
on the continent?
To what extent did the
liberals and nationalists
achieve their goals in
Europe between 1815
and 1900?

Ticket Out the Door:

Answer todays EQ in a 50
word summary.

How do the different

isms relate to one
another?
How do opposing
isms sometimes
coexist in the same
society?
How were liberalism,
nationalism, and
socialism similar in
their ideologies? How
were they different?
How was romanticism
a social, a political,
and an artistic
movement?

Quick Write:
"Not that I condone
fascism, or any -ism for
that matter. -Ism's in my
opinion are not good. A
person should not believe
in an -ism, he should
believe in himself."
Ferris Bueller
What is Ferris Bueller
saying about ism's as

How do you define

sovereignty?
How do you propose
to carry out the
necessary limitations
placed on your
citizens?
How do you feel
about constitutions?
How is your ism
(conservatism v.
liberalism) better
suited for the
governments of the
European continent?
Would Machiavelli
agree with your
ideas? Why or Why
not?

Synthesis Practice &

Quick Write:
Based on your assigned
ism, explain whether
Machiavelli would or
would not agree with
your ideas.

Why were liberalism,

nationalism, and
socialism considered
revolutionary by so
many people?
How do you define
sovereignty?
How do you propose
to carry out the
necessary limitations
placed on your
citizens?
How do you feel about
constitutions?
How is your ism
(conservatism v.
liberalism) better
suited for the
governments of the
European continent?

6 word summary:
Conservatism v. Liberalism
(3 words per ism)

political doctrines? Do
you agree or disagree with
his message?

Differentiation Process/Environment:
Students will prepare
for class by completing a
flipped assignment
(content); in class
students will participate
in a think-pair-share
activity that compares a
modern revolution to
the revolutions of 1848

Tech
Integration
(include
hyperlinks to
video clips)

Heineman, Revolutions
of 1848 and the isms of
19th Century Europe

Talking Points
Lecture/Discussion meets
needs of diverse learning
styles (auditory, visual,
logical, interpersonal,
intrapersonal)
AND visual primary
document analysis

Process/Content &
Environment:
Through video, digital
resources, and
collaboration, students
will define, analyze, and
synthesize the Top 25
Social Studies isms

Process/Content &
Environment:
Students will analyze
documents & conduct
research using their
textbooks on their
assigned ism and will
work collaboratively to
prepare for an academic
debate

Product & Environment:

Students will participate in
a Socratic-like debate
simulation to compare &
contrast conservatism &
liberalism

Resource: British Reforms

YouTube video

Resource: Taking Apart

the Top 25 Social Studies
isms

Kahoot

No Technology Day.