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 ** UNIT PLAN TEMPLATE **  · Tommye Cargill
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 * __ Unit Overview __**
 * Unit Title: ** “Hear Ye, Hear Ye, There is a Rise from the Rubble: The Middle Ages an Emerging Society" 
 * Unit Summary:** This unit plan is intended for grade 8 social studies. The main goal of this unit is to introduce life in the Middle Ages and in turn have the students relate medieval times to their daily lives. This introductory unit is intended to serve as a culminating section. A further exploration into the Middle Ages is necessary to cover various topics such as the role of the church, economy, culture and the crusades to name several important concepts (Patterns of Civilization, Chapter 4).  Students will be involved in critical thinking and drawing connections between their lives and interpreting events in history thus, learning how to make important connections between Medieval times and their daily lives.

 ** Targeted Content Standards and Benchmarks ** :  Students will: Describe military and governmental events that shaped Europe in the early Middle Ages (600-1000). Examples: invasions, military leaders · Describing the role of the early medieval church · Describing the impact of new agricultural methods on manorialism and feudalism  Students will: Describe major cultural changes in Western Europe in the High Middle Ages (1000-1350). Examples: the Church, scholasticism, Crusades · Describing the changing roles of church and governmental leadership · Comparing political developments in France, England, and the Holy Roman Empire, including the signing of the Magna Carta · Describing the growth of trade and towns resulting in the rise of the middle class Students will: Explain how events and conditions fostered political and economic changes in the late Middle Ages and led to the origins of the Renaissance.
 * Sub****ject Area(s): Social Studies**
 * Grade Level: 8th **
 * Approximate Time Needed: 96 minutes, 9 lessons, approximately 2 weeks **
 * __ Unit Foundation __**

Examples: Crusades, Hundred Year’s War, Black Death, rise of the middle class, commercial prosperity · Identify the changes in the arts, architecture, literature, and science in the Middle Ages **Student Objectives/Learning Outcomes:** <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt;"> Objective 1: 8th grade students will define the middle ages using their textbooks with at least 80% of accuracy <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt;"> Objective 2: 8th grade students will identify the primary events and figures of the early Middle Ages (400-900) by using their textbooks with at least 80% of accuracy

Objective 3: 8th grade students will identify the primary events and leaders of the high Middle Ages (1000-1200) by watching a video with at least 80% of accuracy

Objective 4: 8th grade students will identify the primary events and figures of the late Middle Ages (1300-late 1400) by using their textbooks with at least 80% of accuracy

Objective 5: 8th grade students will identify the changes in the arts, architecture, literature, and science in the middle ages by using their textbooks, videos, and articles with at least 80% of accuracy <span style="font-family: Calibri; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msohansifontfamily: Calibri; mso-spacerun: yes; msospacerun: yes;"> ** Essential Question **: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">What can we learn from our past? What factors influence the development and decline of world civilizations? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; msobidifontfamily: Times; msofareastfontfamily: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; msoansilanguage: EN-US; msofareastlanguage: EN-US; msobidilanguage: AR-SA;">What various ways individuals and groups can influence legal systems and political structures? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 8pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; msobidifontfamily: Times;">What were the characteristics of life in the Middle Ages? What is a feudal system? What is chivalry? What were the crusades?
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** Assessment Timeline: **// Explain which assessment tools and methods will be used at each stage of the instructional cycle to determine of students are mastering the learning objectives outlined above. // <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: Calibri; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msohansifontfamily: Calibri; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Before project work begins: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">Student will do bell ringer to assess prior knowledge of lesson. Bell ringers allow teachers to take an account of students' overall knowledge of content area. Also, it can be used as an refreshener or review of knowledge <span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial;">The <span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial;"> purpose of this bell ringer is to s <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; msobidifontfamily: Times;">how a medley of video clips that compare Medieval society to today’s <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; msobidifontfamily: Times;">society. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; msobidifontfamily: Times;">The clips will illustrate features such as fashion, transportation, entertainment, warfare, feudal society, gender roles, social structure, architecture etc. The video clips will allow the students to begin to create a picture in their minds of what a Medieval town or village would look like. The Middle Ages clips <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; msobidifontfamily: Times;">will then be compared/contrasted with our current society. <span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; msobidifontfamily: Arial;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;"> · Students work on projects and complete tasks: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Students will do continuous brain storm activities about the Middle Ages, write 1-2 page reflection of lesson and material taught, and involve students in continuous discussions about important people, events of the Middle Ages. Allow students to come up with their own ideas of the Middle Ages, do continuous guided practice activities to reinforce the lesson.
 * __ Assessment Plan __**

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· After project work is completed: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Allow students to present their work in front of class, this will allow feedback from peers and teacher. Assigned homework and addressed any questions or misconceptions of the lesson. This will allow me to make sure students are on task.

<span style="font-family: Calibri; msoasciifontfamily: Calibri; msohansifontfamily: Calibri; mso-tab-count: 2; msotabcount: 2;"> **Instructional Procedures:** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; color: black; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">A variety of activities and teaching methods will be used to introduce life in the Middle Ages. Students will be required to plan, revise, and deliver written and oral presentations as well as co-operatively plan and implement group presentations and projects. Many lessons in this unit focus on an interactive approach to learning, where students will be required to critically assess the past by completing various compare and contrast activities. Hopefully I will provoke the interest of all students by introducing a number of dynamic activities, lessons and projects. I have attempted to appeal to all styles of learning by facilitating a variety of activities for example use of videos, games, creative individual writing, art projects, and presentations. Co-operative learning and active participation in group activities, class discussions, and presentations will also be emphasized through a variety of themes throughout this unit. By the end of this unit students will be encouraged to explore an area or topic of interest relating to the Middle Ages. This topic will be presented during the 8th lesson to provide a scope of new material and review some of themes we have already explored. Throughout this unit students will be encouraged to develop understandings through brainstorming activities, writing individual reflections, creating their own manor, and presenting in groups an area of interest to the class. Throughout this entire unit I will use a variety of learning tools and activities to capture the student’s interest in the Middle Ages and create a meaningful learning experience.
 * __ Unit Details __**
 * Prerequisite Skills: **

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Resource Student: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">He/she will be placed on front row. Student will be allowed to keep a diary of classroom info. Also, student would be placed in group with higher level student for assistance and balance. This will allow student to work and express progress with classmate and not feel left out. Also, an educational specialist will be present to help addressed the student’s need.
 * Accommodations for Differentiated Instruction:** //Describe specific ways in which you will modify activities for each of the following special needs students.//

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Non-Native English Speaker: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Use the BI-lingual education and English as a Second Language program. Both programs help to integrate immigrant students into the classroom. The BI-lingual program allows the immigrant student to work with their English speaking classmate. Therefore, student is able to achieve equal academic education. The ESL program focuses on teaching the students English language. An educational specialist will be present to accommodate student’s need.

<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  Gifted Student: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Student will be given more rigorous work that will challenge the student to press higher grounds <span style="font-family: 'Verdana', 'sans-serif'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Also, an educational specialist will be present to help addressed the student’s need.

Technology – Hardware (Indicate all equipment needed): <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Computer DVD Player Internet Connection Television <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">VCR
 * Materials and Resources Required For Unit: **

Technology – Software (Indicate all software needed): <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Database/Spreadsheet <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Internet Web Browser Multimedia <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Word Processing Printed Materials: <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Textbooks, worksheets, thematic maps, rubrics, and tests Supplies: <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Videos and DVDs must be ordered if not available in library Internet Resources: <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive; color: #000000; font-size: 9pt;">[] [] Other Resources: <span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">·  <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">After the unit is covered, the Renaissance Festival (Augusta, Georgia) is planned for end of lesson trip