The lessons below were written in accord with the requirements of the School of Education at CSUSM. Any student names within are pseudonyms.
Imperialism Contest
This is the first lesson I ever wrote so it has a special place in my heart. The idea is to have several teams and assign each team one of the reasons for Imperialism (economic, militaristic, ideological, religious or exploratory). Then each member of the team will have a task to complete in developing an argument that their reason for Imperialism was the most important. Finally each team will present their case and vote on who was most convincing based on the evidence provided.
Imperial Perspectives
The above lesson is a week long activity. It involves the students selecting the flag of a Imperial power and a colonized region and then researching the history and evolution of both flags and nations in the relevant time period. Using their research, students will then write imaginary journals from two perspectives. One as the colonizer and one as the colonized.
Vocabulary Cards
This vocabulary card lesson is a short but frequent activity that I use to make sure students are familiar with key terms.
Ethics of War (Condensed Lesson)
This lesson uses a Socratic seminar and journal responses to encourage students to think about and express their views on the realities of a total war.
Dynamics of Discrimination (Condensed Lesson)
The attached lesson pushes students to theorize on the benefits and drawbacks to identifying people by their ethnic or racial qualities. As a class we will discuss this issue within the context of WWII.
Listed below are the lesson plans I submitted to my university supervisor at CSUSM for the three formal observations at my first school site (El Camino High School in Oceanside).
Observation 1 -- University Feedback
The above lesson was designed to review the process of writing an introduction and a conclusion in a historical essay for my freshman world history class.
Observation 2 -- University Feedback
The above lesson was the culmination of a week long activity designed around specific examples of Imperialism in Africa.
Observation 3 -- University Feedback
The above lesson outlines a more standard day of instruction which includes a brief quiz, some close reading and a bit of interactive PPT lecture.
Imperialism Contest
This is the first lesson I ever wrote so it has a special place in my heart. The idea is to have several teams and assign each team one of the reasons for Imperialism (economic, militaristic, ideological, religious or exploratory). Then each member of the team will have a task to complete in developing an argument that their reason for Imperialism was the most important. Finally each team will present their case and vote on who was most convincing based on the evidence provided.
Imperial Perspectives
The above lesson is a week long activity. It involves the students selecting the flag of a Imperial power and a colonized region and then researching the history and evolution of both flags and nations in the relevant time period. Using their research, students will then write imaginary journals from two perspectives. One as the colonizer and one as the colonized.
Vocabulary Cards
This vocabulary card lesson is a short but frequent activity that I use to make sure students are familiar with key terms.
Ethics of War (Condensed Lesson)
This lesson uses a Socratic seminar and journal responses to encourage students to think about and express their views on the realities of a total war.
Dynamics of Discrimination (Condensed Lesson)
The attached lesson pushes students to theorize on the benefits and drawbacks to identifying people by their ethnic or racial qualities. As a class we will discuss this issue within the context of WWII.
Listed below are the lesson plans I submitted to my university supervisor at CSUSM for the three formal observations at my first school site (El Camino High School in Oceanside).
Observation 1 -- University Feedback
The above lesson was designed to review the process of writing an introduction and a conclusion in a historical essay for my freshman world history class.
Observation 2 -- University Feedback
The above lesson was the culmination of a week long activity designed around specific examples of Imperialism in Africa.
Observation 3 -- University Feedback
The above lesson outlines a more standard day of instruction which includes a brief quiz, some close reading and a bit of interactive PPT lecture.