UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS - FORT SMITH

LESSON PLAN TEMPLATE

NAME_____Maggie Weeks_____________________DATE_November 2, 2015_-November 10,
2015___________
GRADE/LEVEL___7th____ SUBJECT AREA___Geography_________________SCHOOL AND

Materials
Needed

Pre-assessment: (What will I use for pre-assessment,

and how will I use the results of the pre-assessment?)

Text: __________
Pages: _________
Other: _Map,
tape, scissors,
graph paper,
pencils_____

I will have students look at a typographical map of

Africa and circle areas that will look like potential
rainforest areas.

Accommodati
ons
Extended
Time
X Preferential
Seating

Standard(s): (Include specific state standards.)

Blooms
Taxonomy
My lesson
provides
opportunities for:

X Creating
Evaluating

WST.1.7.2 Construct geographic representations

for the purpose of asking and answering specific
geographic questions
ES.10.7.2 Examine physical and human processes
that influence formation and sustainability of
resources

Objectives: (What should students be able to do at the

end of the lesson?)

X Analyzing
X Applying

Segmented
Assignments
Assignment
Length
Communicati
on Methods
X Peer Tutors
X Instructional
Assistance

Students will be able to Define: Natural Resources,

Other
Conservation, Product, Medicinal Plant, Cultivate,
X Understanding
and Native. Understand that clear cutting of trees
Remediation
Remembering
has effects on products they use in everyday life.
Analyze and interpret date from inventory in the
Types of
classroom of materials used from the rainforest.
Activities:
Enrichment
Create a brochure describing why we should care
about what happens to the rain forest, why it is important to plant trees, and
what people can do to help protect the rain forest.

Anticipatory Set, Hook or Engaging the Learner: (How will I gain

students attention?)

I will show pictures of the amazing animals, insects, and plants that
live in rainforests. I will ask the students why they are so interested in
these living things.

Instruction: (How will I present new material and make learning relevant? Bullet
the order and content you plan to teach in the lesson. Include proposed questions
and anticipated responses from students.)

Day 1: Introduce and define key vocabulary: conservation, natural

resources, cultivate, medicinal plant, native, product. Ask students to
fill in the Vocabulary Worksheet.
Day 2 Distribute the Rain Forest Product Survey. Students will share
their results and present.
Day 3 Students will research online all of Africas rainforests and the
importance of each individually.
Day 4: Students will create a brochure to notify the public of the
importance of Africas rainforests individually.
Day 5: Students will present brochures to the class and take quiz over
rainforests.

Guided and Independent Practice: (How will I get students to practice/apply

what has just been taught?)

Students will work in coop groups to complete tasks and each is assigned a
role.
Have students read the article Treasures of the Rain Forest individually or in
pairs.
Ask the students to think of all of the materials in the classroom that are from
the rain forest.
Have them cut the labels from the Rain Forest Product Inventory sheet and
tape them to those things that apply.
When the students are finished, have them reconvene as a class and draw up
a class list of all the things they labeled.
Students will individually be assigned a google chrome book to research a
rainforest.
Students will individually create a brochure to notify the public of the
importance of the rainforest.

Closure: (How can I bring closure to summarize learning and enhance retention of
the material?)

Students brochure presentations will help in closing showing the importance

of the rainforests, planting more trees, and the preservations of the
rainforests and what people can do to help.

Alternate Plan B: (What will I do if students do not understand the material?

What will I do if technology doesnt work?)

I will have library resources available.

Post-Assessment: (What data will give me information about students

understanding of the lesson, and how will this assessment be used?)

There will be a 20 question quiz after brochure presentations.

Resources/Materials/Equipment: (Technology, Visuals, Supplies, Professional

References)

Scissors, tape, graph paper, chrome books, markers,