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Lesson plan taken from :

http://www.sharemylesson.com/teachingresource/athensandspartaday1of35
0009367/

ShareablelinkoflessonplanresourcesinGoogleDrive:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9oD8EPBL0HpVkN5d2tWd2R2UEE&usp=sharing

Helloclass,
Ihavereceivedacoupleofquestionsregardingthelessonplanforapproval.Please
provideabriefdescriptionofthetheoreticalperspectivesyouthinkhaveguidedthe
designofthelessonplan.Youmayneedtoguessifitisnotyourlessonplanbased
uponthewaythelessonisstructured,theactivitiesaredesigned,orhowthe
assessmentisdesigned.Abriefparagraph(150200words)willsuffice.Hereisan
exampleofalessonplanforreviewdonebymypreviousstudent.Ihopethishelps
youinsomeways.

Example:
Ihavechosenalessonplanthat,Iamembarrassedtosay,Icreatedandtaught
duringmypracticumtenyearsago.Itisagrade1lessoncontrastingfactversus
fictioninstories(attachedbelow)[
Youcanattachthelessonplanor

providemewiththeURLSunah]
.

TherelevanttheoreticalperspectivesthatIwishtocoverare:

Behaviourism
:Uponfirstglance,thelessonactivityisdesignedinacauseand
effectmanner.WhentheteacherdoesX(e.g.:asksifasceneinthestoryisfactor
fiction),thestudentswilldoY(e.g.:placeacheckmarkintheappropriatecolumn
oftheirchart).

InformationProcessing:
Studentsareexpectedtoaccesstheirmemoryinorder
tomakeconnectionswiththestoryastheydecidewhetheraparticulareventisfact

orfiction.Also,thereisrepititioninvolvedintheactivitysothatstudentsmay
transferthenewskillsandconceptslearnedtotheirlongtermmemory.
Constructivism:
Aconstructivistapproachappearstobeabsent.Thelessonis
teacherdriven.Studentsareexpectedtoworkindividuallyandhavenoopportunity
tomakechoices.

ThelessonplanIwilluseisobtainedfromtheinternetbutitcoversthetopic
AncientGreecewhichIcurrentlyteachinmyGrade6SocialStudiesclassroom.I
washopingbycritiquingthislessonIwouldbeabletobringsomeoftheideasto
myownteaching.
AllresourcesforthelessonarecontainedinthisGooglefolder.
Inadditionthelessoncanbevieweddirectlyontheinternethere.
Therelevanttheoreticalperspectivesincludedare:
Constructivism:

Theseriesoflessonsincludeshortactivitiestoallowstudentsto
gainanunderstandingoftheculturalcharacteristicsandvaluesbetweenSpartaand
Athens.Theseactivitiesaredoneinsmallgroupsorwithapartner.Theactivities
allowstudentstoscaffoldtheirknowledgethroughactivitiessuchasmapreading
andexaminationofprimarysources.Overallthelessonappearstobevery
experientialwiththeteacheractingasafacilitator.
InformationProcessing:

Studentsgainknowledgeofthetwocitystatesthrough
visualsandtext.Theythenaccessthisinformationastheytrytodecidewhich
valuesbelongtowhichcitystate.Further,theywillagainaccessallknowledgethat
waspresentedtothemascreatehypothesesandjustifytheirchoices.There
appearstoberepetitionofideas.

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