Lesson Plan Two

Grade level: Middle School

Language Arts

Level III: Grades 6-8

Gathers and uses information for research purposes.
Organizes information and ideas from multiple sources in systematic ways (e.g., time lines, outlines, notes, graphic representations.

Uses reading skills and strategies to understand and interpret a variety of informational texts
Summarizes and paraphrases information in texts (e.g., arranges information in chronological, logical, or sequential order; conveys main ideas, critical details, and underlying meaning; uses own words or quoted materials; preserves author’s perspective and voice.

Standard 9 – Viewing

Uses viewing skills and strategies to understand and interpret visual media
Uses a variety of criteria to evaluate and form viewpoints of visual media (e.g., evaluates the effectiveness of informational media, such as web sites, documentaries, news programs; recognizes a range of viewpoints and arguments; establishes criteria for selecting or avoiding specific programs
Understands a variety of messages conveyed by visual media (e.g., main concept, details, themes or lessons, viewpoints

Visual Arts

Standard 4 – Understands the visual arts in relation to history and cultures
http://www2.mcrel.org/compendium/standardDetails.asp?subjectID=13&standardID=4

Understands the historical and cultural contexts of a variety of art objects.
Understands how factors of time and place (e.g., climate, resources, ideas, technology) influence visual, spatial, or temporal characteristics that give meaning or function to a work of art.

Technology

Standard 3 – Understands the relationships among science, technology, society, and the individual

Knows ways in which technology has influenced the course of history (e.g., revolutions in agriculture, manufacturing, sanitation, medicine, warfare, transportation, information processing, communication).
Knows ways in which technology and society influence one another (e.g., new products and processes for society are developed through technology; technological changes are often accompanied by social, political, and economic changes; technology is influenced by social needs, attitudes, values, and limitations, and cultural backgrounds and beliefs).

Historical Understanding
Standard 2 – Understands the historical perspective

Understands that specific individuals had a great impact on history.
Understands that specific decisions and events had an impact on history.
Predicts how events might have turned out differently in one’s local community if specific individuals or groups had chosen different course of action.

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