Sample Lesson Plan Format

Class: World History

Grade Level: 9-12
Unit: Ancient Greece
Teacher: Mr. Anderson
Objectives
Students will be able to describe the role Greek Gods had on the culture and society of
Greece.
Students will be able to compare and contrast how each Greek Gods came to be in
culture.
Essential Question
How influencial are higher powers in society?
Iowa Core Curriculum
Understand patterns of social and cultural continuity in various societies
Understand the ways groups, societies, and cultures have addressed human needs
and concerns in the past.
Understand the origins, central ideas, and global influence of world religions
Understand how social status, social groups, social change and social institutions
influence individual and group behaviors
21 Century Skills
-Critical thinking
-Collaborative work
-Using Systems thinking
-Making Judgements
Anticipatory Set (4 minute movie, 10 to do 3-2-1, 6 to discuss)
Students will watch a 4 minute video called The Greek Gods. It is a quick, fun, crash
crouse on the Greek Gods. The video describes the main Greek Gods and what they are
the God of. Students then will do a 3.2.1 activity, where they describe what they learned
from the video. What they want to learn more about? Finally one question they had about
the movie. Discussion will start about what they learned and what they thought was most
interesting. Questions about the movie will be answered as well thorugh class discussion.
Teaching: Choices (35 to work, 15 to present)
Students will do an in class assignment. They will have to make a few choices on what
their project will be on and how what their project will be. The project will be about three
Greek Gods (will be given list). The students will have to describe the Gods they chose in
a project created in class. Possible project options are:

Powerpoint/Prezi: Needs to be about 10 minutes. Should include pictures of the Gods the
student chose.
Creative Writing: Paper should be about 3-4 pages. Should include all three Gods they
chose in class and how a Common Greek would pray/worship to them and why they
would pray/worship to them.
Poem: Could be three different poems or just one big poem. Should be in the tense of a
common Greek
Create a wiki page about each God.
Poster/Hand written presentation tools:Should have enough detail that studnets could
present for ten minutes
Students can come up with other ideas, if teacher agrees with them.
All of the projects should include these requirements:
Greek Bio: what does the God reign over? When did it come to be? Man?
Women? Story behind the God
Similarites to any modern Gods: Christian God, Allah, etc
What real life questions does the God answer? (ex. Zeus= exsistense of people)
Compare Gods to other Greek Gods: powerful? Influencial?
Students present: Which Gods they did? One Interesting Fact. Compare and Contrast
God.
Closure

(20 minutes)

Group Discussion
Why do you think Greek Gods came to be?
Why were they so influencial in society?
Are the Greek Gods similar to modern day Gods?
Exit slip will be a text message
Question is: Describe how one Greek God come to be
Independent Practice
Students will read pages that are about Greek Gods
Assessment
How influential were Ancient Greek Gods in society?
Materials
Laptop and notebook
Duration
90 minutes

Modified from Madeline Hunters Lesson Plan Design